Last shortlist for a few days (I promise!)

[rachxx]

Back to the drawing board (again)and we are now looking at

Samara
Samira
Maya
Annaliese
Lula
Brooke

We have exhausted all our baby name books, spent hours searching, and Im about to give up.

Samara - sounds like a car
Samira - just no
Maya -
Annaliese - anna or lise nn?
Lula - hooker
Brooke - well, there is this programme called one tree hill where the female protagonist - brook, had a famous frigging scene, since that scene i have always refered to female masturbation as brooking

samara can be spelt samarah and samira samirah

I like Samara (Nn Sam?) and Maya I think is lovely.
I'm afraid my first thought for Lula was also 'hooker'.
Annaliese is a bit tricky to spell and could cause confusing pronouncing it.
Brooke I dislike.

I just went off Annaliese. Hadnt realised the annal part.

But thanks for input on othr names. Maya is quite common Im reading but Samara not common at all.

I think Samara(h) is lovely.

Sa-mayr-ah or Sa-mah-rah?

Samara....?!

It reminds me of that scary, evil child that crawled out of the TV set in the films the Ring and Ring 2. Please don't go for Samara.

Annaliese is nice.

Samara is a beautiful name

I think Annaliese is really pretty

Oh no - not liking any of them - sorry :-(

None.

My niece is 15 now and quite happy to be the only Annalise amongst her peers.

When my sister first announced the name my Glaswegian Pa - charming and subtle as ever - said "it sounds like a fucking suppository!"

I still think it's a very pretty name despite Fathers harsh words.

Samara -- lovely
Samira -- lovely
Maya -- meh
Annaliese -- LOVE
Lula -- president of Brazil
Brooke -- horrible

Samara - Like
Samira - Really like
Maya - Very nice
Annaliese - Very nice (although at badcoverversion's Pa)
Lula - Not keen
Brooke - Shields. Very American. Not keen

My niece is annaliese and noones pointed out the annal part.so i wouldnt worry.Samara is lovely and pretty

What about Annaliese Samara (your last nme)I think it sounds very nice,and not too common

At least there are some good comments for once. I might actually be getting somewhere with names :)

Do people prefer samara or samira?

Samira.

I prefer Samara, what are you planning to do about nicknames? Sam? Or Mira/Mara? Or none?

I prefer mira as a nickname. Not sure if we will even go for it though? Its not my favourite, but its one of the only names we have agreed on so far.

None - but Annaliese if I had to choose one.

How about Elise?

Maya or possibly Annaliese (although quite a harsh, Germanic sounding name to my ears).

Lula and Brooke are stripper names
Samira is OK. Samara too, although sounds slightly made up

Samara has a nicer ring to it

LOL DaisyDaresYOU! Samara was the name of that evil girl in the film The Ring.

So you're right, it does have a nice ring to it :)

Samara is a city (and province in Russia)