Advice-what do you think of these girls names??

[Blackforestdonuts]

Hi, we are looking for a girl's name that isnt common, but also not too 'out there'. Choices so far are...
Lyra
Carys
Eleanor
Helena
Beatrice

Thanks!

I love Eleanor, always have, beautiful classic.

Disclaimer I'm biased I have one!

I like Carys, only ever known one and her little sister was Eleanor spooky!. Think Lyra is beautiful, Helena is also lovely. Congratulations by the way

my favourite is Helena.

i also like Carys, but for some reason prefer it spelt Charis, which i think is the greek way.

i like lyra

Helena & Eleanor are nice, don't like the others.

Clemency

I prefer Charis to Carys. (I know a Charis and she is one of the loveliest people I've ever met. I also prefer the way it looks).

Love all your names, particularly Eleanor & Helena.

Helena is lovely. Love Elinor with this spelling. They are all nice though.

LOVE Charis, but with that spelling.

I like Lyra - but it could easily become liar ?????

I like Eleanor the best but I think they are all nice names. I prefer Carys spelt Charis like others have said.

Beatrice

Eleanor and Beatrice are beautiful.

Not keen on the rest.

I like Eleanor best, then Beatrice.

Not so keen on the rest. Well, I do quite like Lyra but it's v "now" and so could date. Not sure why I don't like Helena when I love Eleanor!

My daughter is Charis Eleanor so they're my favourites but like them all.

Seeker that newsreader ( Kate Silverton I think) called her baby Clemency.
Think it would get shortened to clem which is too close to clam really. I like Clementine but no -one is called Clementine exvept in the song.

I like Carys (spelt that way!)

Helena is beautiful. Don't know why but Eleanor sounds a little stuffy to me. Also like Beatrice.

Beatrice is beautiful...

Eleanor is lovely. I like Lyra as well. There is a Lyra in one of my favourite books :)

skoggy - how come you get MNHQ blue on your Posts?

Love Eleanor best of all.

Carys spelt like that, the other way looks horrible IMO and I imagine some people would pronounce the CH sound so Cha ris not Ka ris IYSWIM.

How is Eleanor pronounced? Have heard it both ways, we are in Wales so I know a few Elinor's so I am used to hearing that pronounciation.

Notso - that's what I was thinking about pronunciation of Charis. I love Carys though. Beatrice too - and Beatrix. Eleanor is lovely but I definitely thin of it as a common name (popular common, not peasant common!)

I like Carys

and Skoggy's posts are coloured for me too, but not HQ blue, it's pale olive green

Perhaps Skoggy is a new farrow and ball colour