Girls first name for unusual family name

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I know, very premature at only 8ish weeks but thinking of girls names. The family name that I want to continue is Sharland but not as a first name. I've been thinking Ella Sharland but seems Ella's are everywhere! Want something traditional and quite short that prefererably can't be shortened. Over to you...

That is a really nice idea!

Ella is very popular at the moment but is nice none the less.

I like:

Emma
Cora
Ava
Lucy
Anna
Molly
Elsa
Clara
Julia
Leah
Sarah
Alice
Lois
Tess
Ivy

HTH!

I will second Alice and add Rose and Grace for my contribution

Ella is a lovely name!

How about: Mary, Jane, Margot, Helen, Sara, Karen, Rosa, Sadie, Gina, Faye, Tessa, Claire, Anna?

mental - ooh some good ones there. I quite like Elsa.

veg - Alice is a definite no - dp's grandmother and she was nuts. Shame because I quite like it!

I do love Elsa - every Elsa I've known is feisty and gorgeous!

Not premature at all. I was the same!

I've suggested uncommom names that I think work with Sharland a lot of very short names are quite popular IYSWIM. How about:

Anna
Marie
Ffion
Estelle
Faith
Niamh

Less traditional
Lulu
Allegra

I wouldn't worry about the shortening my children have 3 or 4 syllable names and stick to the full version.

sorry about the nutty aunt connection.
Certainly a short name is best. Anna is a good solid name. Can't shift the Born Free connection with Elsa though my best friend from primary school was Ailsa which most people pronounced the same way.

Laura
Nina
Adela
Emily
Faith
Joan
Lydia
Megan
Naomi
Holly
Iona
Cara
Amber
Coral
Stella
Zoe
Julia
Tanya

Esme