Girls names ending in "a" or neutral sound - help please

[daphnehoneybutt]

Hello

Our surname ends in "ley".

I am struggling to find any girls names I like. Would like something quite "strong" sounding.

So far I like:

Sylvia - great aunt who was a badasss in her times. But is it a bit grannyish?
Julia - all the ones I know are cool plus love the John Lennon song (although it is about his dead mum )
Sanchia- one of the reporters on the today programme, but is it too odd? And we are not Spanish. At all.

I really don't like cutesy names. Would like something not too popular.

Name needs to not sound too horrific in broad Geordie or Scouse accent.

So - if anyone has any suggestions fire away! Feel free to mock my suggestions.

Amelia
Ella
Etta

Sophia? Dd's name

Thea

Thea

Naomi

Adrianna
Alana
Amanda
Amelia
Anna
Arianna
Ava
Brianna
Cara
Cassandra
Cecilia
Celia
Chelsea
Clara
Cora
Daniella
Dara
Diana
Elena
Emma
Enya
Eva
Fiona
Flora
Gabriella
Havana
Helena
Iona
Isabella
Jenna
Joanna
Katia
Keira
Lara
Laura
Leah
Lisa
Maya
Mia

Nadia
Natalia
Natasha
Nina
Olivia
Patricia
Paula
Rhia
Rosa
Samantha
Sandra
Sarah
Sasha
Savannah
Selena
Serena
Tabitha
Tanya
Tara
Tina
Valeria
Victoria
Zena

Sorry, pressed 'submit' too soon. Here's some extras - a nice long list! :)

Emilia :)

Emilia or Amelia

Sylvia is nice! How about Hazel? Anya? Ziva? Una? Reva?

Love Sylvia. Someone else suggested Iona which was on my girls list after it came to me in a dream now having a boy so can't use it. Someone on another thread suggested Ramona as a strong girls name but not sure it sounds that great with a scouse accent.

Galatea,
Petra,
Petrina,
Paula,
Iona

Annastasia Lucia Perpetua

Alexa, Olivia, Ophelia, Fenella, Tina, Mia, Araminta, Arabella, Hannah, Nina, Zina, Amelia, Leah, Erica, Leila, Lydia, Leyla, Minna, Maria, Irina, Maya,Adriana, Rebecca, Ria, Hermia, Paula, Marina

Haven't seen my grand-daughter's names yet: Anya, Katya and Isla

Alana.

Sykvia - lovely name - not old fashioned, I think it is returning as quite a cool name. got a good sound; strong, feminine, has the a sound - what's not to like?!!

sorry Sylvia I meant!!

Two actresses spring to mind,
Famke, and Olympia.

But the three names you suggest are great.

Wow thanks for all the suggestions. Lots of lovely names to consider here : )

I shall ambush DH with all these to find some names we can agree on.

Please come back and tell us what you decide, I love to find out.

Selena x

Greta?

Dd has friends called Fiona and Ophelia

Gilda
Giselle
Dorcas
Noa (commonly used for girls in Israel)
Undine/Ondine

Lara or Lyra? DH wanted these for a girl but we had a boy!