BG two weeks already and still no name :/

[louisnz]

Hi everyone. We're really struggling with our shortlist for our not so new baby girl. Our shortlist is below and current favourites are Ciela and Isabella.

Amelia
Ciela (pronounced see-elle-la)
Clara
Claudia
Isabella
Margot
Olivia
Sienna
Sophia

Ciela is different though we're worried that no will know who to spell it.

Isabella is a worry too in that everyone will just use Izy or Bella.

Any thoughts on these two and any of the others?

Many thanks!!

I'd pronounce Ciara as Kee-ara rather than Keera. I do think it's nicer than Ciela and more unusual than Clara or Celia though I like both those too.

Our DD2 is planned to be Claudia so that's my favourite of the lot

Ciela.

It's pretty and unusual. I like it!!

Margot

marshmallow, Ciara is the female form of the Irish name Ciaran, pronounced keer-ran, so it follows that the female form has a similar pronunciation. There is an Italian name, Chiara, which is pronounced kee-ara.

Sorry to be pedantic, but my dd's middle name is Ciara! I do know two people called Chiara who are English, and it is a beautiful name as well.

Gloop - I do know an Irish Ciara who pronounces it Kee-Ara. Didn't realise there was another way of pronouncing it (& I try to be careful with Irish names if they are new to me after the humiliation of trying to say Nuala for the first time - if looks could have killed!)

Irish names are a nightmare for us English! Caoimhe, Dearbhla (prob got that one wrong!), Saoirse... Beautiful, but the spelling is entirely different from anything we would think. I haven't heard of an Irish person pronouncing it that way before; DH is part Irish so that's why we wanted an Irish name.

Apologies, OP, I have hijacked your thread... So, back to your name choices...!

Ciara should always kee-ra but there is an American r&b singer who pronounces it as sierra.

I have an Olivia, so obviously that is the best name on the list

I'm not keen on Ciela (I read it as Celia!). Not sure I could burden a child with a lifetime of correcting people! Though I do like the way it sounds.

There are loads of Isabella's at the moment - still a gorgeous name but around where I am (SE) there are SO many - may or may not be an issue to you! Also lots of Amelias, so again would avoid personally.

Like Clara, Sophia, and Olivia. Also like Margot.

Sorry but Ciela does sound like a cleaning product, or a brand of contraceptive pill. Margot is lovely, the rest are super popular.