Need help for Girl Shortlist

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DH is Italian, so have Italian surname (4 syllable). Have a boy name firmly decided, but need help on girls:

So far we agree on (just):

Livia
Isola
Giulia
Joanna
Giovanna
Claudia
Elia
Onelia
Vera

Let me know what you think. My fave Lucia has been vetoed by Dh!

Thanks.

Ooh lovely list!

My faves are

Isola (love this, tis beautiful)
Onelia
Elia
Ver

Vera that should say!

Giovanna
Isola
Onelia

Are my fav's from your list.

Elia is lovely.

Love them all except last 3! Isola is esp pretty.

I like Giovanna best though may be a but much with a 4-syllable surname. Also Isola is really pretty.

Joanna and Elia are my favourites.

Thanks all for your replies. Very helpful x

Vera

I think the actress Vera Farmiga is very beautiful with a beautiful name.

Giulia is gorgeous.

Livia is lovely - what about Valentina

Love Isola too! Claudia and
Very are also pretty and nice as the spelling and names are well-known but quite rare to actually meet :-)

Giulia is lovely too, but it's a pain to have a common sounding but uncommonly spelt name (DH has this issue and avoiding it was his one rule when naming DCs).

Vita is a lovely alternative to Vera (which might be very popular due to the current 'Granny Chic' movement!). And I second Valentina. Beautiful name.

I just LOVE Livia and Giovanna!

Livia and Guilia

My favourites are Joanna, Isola and Elia.

My DH is also Italian and our surname is 4 syllables too! We had a DS but if a girl, she would have been Persephone. I say would, but if DH had vetoed, I would have gone for Aurelia, which he liked, and would have worked in the uk and Italy.

From your list I like Livia the best. Not keen on Joanna. Will you be living here or in Italy? Giovanna is lovely if you are here (uk) as not common and very pretty, but in Italy I know so many girls called Giovanna/Claudia/Valentina etc etc.

Never heard of Onelia. I know an Ornella?

Presumably you need a name that has a saint? My Italian SIL chose a name then realised she had to stick a middle (saints) name on for the baptism otherwise DN would have missed out on her saint's day pressies!

Isola is pretty and I really love Claudia.
Dislike Vera.

What a shame, Lucia is lovely! Of your list I like Isola, Giulia, Claudia and Livia (in that order), but not Joanna or Vera at all. What about Lilia or Gioia?

Thanks all!

I like Gioia but hubby vetoed that too and would be difficult to spell for english... live in London.

Oriunda: it doesn't need to be a saints name as husband is not religious at all and does not want to baptise baby. His family don't mind either. I am glad I don't need to buy hubby more presents on his saint day!

Onelia and elia are the names of dh's great aunts and isola is his gran's name. Middle names will probably be English x

Lucky you not having to remember saints' days! I'm not catholic, so never do, and always get into trouble because I don't remember and they simply don't register with me. Luckily DS shares a saint with FIL so that's 2 birds killed.

Pretty names list!

My favourites are Livia and Isola, and I also really like the vetoed Lucia!