European or Irish name help please

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We are expecting our second baby in early September and although we don’t know the sex yet, I’ve started thinking about names as we struggled a lot last time. DH has Irish heritage and I am European so wanted something that sounds easy enough across Europe but not too common. To add to it, our surname is rare and rhymes with Ashton. Current list for a boy, in no particular order, is:
Elias
Samuel
Theodore
Connor
Cameron
Liam
Torin
Dylan
Aidan
Lucas
...and for a girl:
Clara
Ida
Thea
Lara/Laura
Carina
Alina
Cara
Erin
Eleanor/Ellinor
Louisa
Leonor
Our DS is Ryan. Please help, any preferences, suggestions or definite nos in there?

I like quite a few on your lists, but favourites are:
Elias, Theo (rather that Theodore), Liam and Torin.
Cara, Carina, Clara and Alina.

My favourites of your list are Theodore, Torin, Aidan, Laura, Cara, Carina.

Owen
Allana
Emma
Rosalie
Jude

Ooh I like your lists! My favourites are:

Elias
Samuel
Dylan

Clara
Lara
Cara
Erin
Eleanor/Ellinor

Lara and Thea, not sure about boys, maybe Theodore if he was a Theo?

In order, I like:
Samuel
Elias
Theodore
Cameron
Lucas
Liam (though I prefer William, with Liam as nn)
Torin
Dylan
Aidan
Connor

...and for a girl:
Thea
Ida
Clara
Eleanor/Ellinor (Eleanor or Elinor, not with double l).
Louisa
Lara/Laura
Carina
Alina
Cara
Erin
Leonor (this is quite rare and ppl will assume it's Eleanor or Leonora)

There's no particularly obvious reason against any of these, though, just preference.

I have Dylan and a Ryan.I think Cameron or Caleb are quite nice.

Europe is a pretty big place with a pretty wide range of languages spoken so it's hard to think of a name that works "across Europe". Even the names that exist or are known in multiple European countries will have different pronunciations in each. Is that a problem for you?

I like Samuel, Lucas and Ida though.

To go with Ryan i'd maybe avoid another "n" ending.

Connor and Lucas are nice, I'd also suggest Cormac.

For girls I like Cara, Eleanor and Alina. I'd suggest Carla or Carys.

Amy more thoughts OP?

Thanks everyone. Some good thoughts in there. I agree that these names whilst recognisable across Europe, might be pronounced differently in the UK, e.g. Ida would be Ee-dah across Europe but maybe Eye-da in the UK? Not sure. Need to check. Also Elias I want it pronounced the European way of Eh-lee-as and not Eh-lye-us. So some more thought to go into this.
Also the -n ending comment is valid too I guess. Also I think maybe Ryan and Liam are in some way too similar so we should go for diffent sounding names, e.g. Ryan and Samuel or Ryan and Louisa (as opposed to Ryan and Erin e.g.). Slowly narrowing it down but knowing myself, I’ll be overthinking it until I give birth 😂

You could spell Erin like Éirinn as in the country Ireland in Irish?

The Irish for Ireland is Éire. Éireann means something that belongs to Ireland.

European is a bit too broad of a remit. There's so much variation between languages and accents.

Hm - we’ll wich European country do you mean? It does matter.

We needed a name that worked in both English and Italian. My preference for Jake wouldn’t work In Italian so we chose a name that was easy and familiar in both languages.

loveisanopensore I know Éire is Ireland in Irish but I doesn’t have the same pronunciation as Erin so sorry I forgot to mention it’s the dative case for Ireland in Irish

Europe is a very big place and does not have the type of standard pronounciations you describe.

Well a big part of Europe pronounces words “as seen”, e.g. most of Eastern Europe, Germany, most of Scandinavia. So the example I gave above about Ida - this would be Ee-dah in all of the above places but possibly Eye-dah in the UK. Same for Elias. Would be the same across most of Europe apart from the UK. This is why I’m looking for names that would be pronounced the same everywhere (therefore Ida and Elias might not be suitable and might need to come off the list). Also, I will need to spell the name in the cyrillic alphabet too and some names look just strange in it - another consideration to have. But I’m glad most people like the lists, now to go through the practicalities of pronunciation and spelling and I’m sure they will get narrowed down even more :)

That's nonsense. There are countless names that are pronounced differently in France, Spain, Latvia, Turkey, Greece. There are almost no names that are pronounced the same everywhere across Europe.

Ida in Spain is pronounced eeda and it means go, as in 'ida y vuelta' = return.

I wouldn't worry about other European countries' pronunciation unless it is your own country. So as a Spaniard, avoid Ida.

On another baby names thread someone is considering Xavier, but with an American accent. Meh. Nice name whichever way you look at it.

I think as long as it doesn't sound like a swear word or slang for penis or something in your preferred languages, then go for it.

Kerry I don’t think you are getting what I’m saying. I’m talking about the names on the lists above. Obviously there are hundreds of other names pronounced differently across Europe. I have lived in various countries and I’m aware of this. Never mind.

ElQuinto - agree with you. Ida actually means “to come” in Bulgarian too, although it is an actual name there. But yes, hopefully no obscene meanings in there :)

I get what you are saying and you are wrong.

Oh ok. Thanks for the helpful input.