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Help deciding baby girl name

31 replies

xoubie · 13/09/2026 11:33

My husband and I have differing tastes when it comes to names. We've got two names that we agree on:

Liora and Twyla.

We are both in love with the sound of Liora, but worried because we aren't Jewish and don't want to offend anyone. Twyla is so pretty but we are worried it's too "out there" and the reactions from others we've tested it on haven't been great.

Names I like but my husband dislikes: Melody, Cadence, Violet, Daisy, Annabelle

Names my husband likes but I dislike: Ophelia, Penelope, Lucy, Miriam

Her middle name will be Mae.

Any suggestions if other names? Or opinions on the names Liora or Twyla?

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NamingNoNames · 13/09/2026 13:21

Twyla is awful.
Mae is a filler middle name and the spelling May is a lot better, but it is so common and nothingy.
Not keen on Liora - seems like you were hoping for a little Leo.

Lucy - like a lot
Miriam - like but a bit prim-sounding. Miriam Mae is basically Mary Mary.
Penelope- nice but will be shortened
Ophelia - too long, tragic, 'I feel ya'
Melody - No, naff. Melody Mae is dreadful.
Cadence - No, too technical-sounding
Violet - ok, a bit 'shrinking'
Daisy - ok but quite boring. Daisy Mae sounds like a cow's name
Annabelle - a bit too frilly but ok

Mandarinaduck · 13/09/2026 12:34

Liora is nice but I would instantly assume Jewish. Twyla is unusual - I think it's a great choice.

Your list is more girly and your husband's more classic.

Given your list, I wonder if any of these would work:
Natasha
Frida
Astrid
Miranda
Melissa
Liane, Liana, Lia
Livia
Mirabel, Mirabelle
Estelle

Jugjug · 13/09/2026 12:27

Loads of regular names are Jewish. Jude literally means Jew in German. If any name was going to offend surely it would be that one.

All the popular biblical are Hebrew originally.

Madamecholetsbonnet · 13/09/2026 11:48

Sorry but I don’t like either of those. Your choices are much better than your DH if that helps!!

Sparklesbigtoe · 13/09/2026 11:45

Sorry but personally I think Twyla sounds a bit ridiculous and too try-hard. Liora has a nice ring to it. I didn’t even know it was Jewish, I don’t know if that’s just me or if most people wouldn’t know though. Regardless though, I don’t think it would be offensive, but I wouldn’t want to give my child a name that would regularly make people mentally put her into a category of a religion she’s not

faerylune · 13/09/2026 11:40

I like Twyla very much. I also like Liora, but think L names are very popular at the moment and might sound bit samey if she ends in class with many L-name wearing girls. I don't like Twyla Mae though - although I like Twyla whole combo makes it a bit trendy

other suggestions
Linnea - Swedish
Nancy
Georgina
Daphne
Delphine
Juliet
Rosalie/Rosabel
Beatrice
Cecily
Saskia
Madelief - daisy in Dutch

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