Lyra or Carina?

[Momadream]

Which name do you like better from the two?
Lyra or Carina
We have Greek and Spanish roots so both names are linked to our cultures. Just any decide. We had a totally different lost initially but seem to settle on these two...
Do you like both equally or do you have a favourite and why?

Meant just hard to decide (not just any decide) and list intitially (not lost initially) ...

I prefer Lyra - I think it's prettier. It's also the name of the girl from Philip Pullman's Northern Light/His Dark Materials trilogy, which is a pretty cool literary heroine for a child!

I love them both! Sorry, not at all helpful.

Lyra. Carina sounds like a car to me.

I prefer Lyra but they are both very pretty names.

Lyra is gorgeous. I do like Carina too but Lyra is especially lovely

Interesting how most people prefer Lyra. What is the reason for that? Is it because it is more unusual or shorter?
What image will each name give you? What girl will it make you feel a person with that name is?
Personally I think that Carina is such a sweet girlie name and Lyra is an exotic trendy one...

I like Carina, and it gives you Carrie as a nn. I know a girl called Lyra, who gets called Lycra, so that puts me off it personally.

I actually like both, but the Phillip Pullman heroine is one if my favourite literary characters and I’d be proud to have a daughter like her... and not so much want a ‘sweet girlie’ name, so that’s why my personal preference!

Lyra is much nicer.

I do actually like Carina, it's just that I like the sound, not how it looks.

My friend just had a Lyra. I think it's a pretty name but too close to Liar for my liking.

In Greek it is pronounced LEE-ra. So it may be an option to pronounce it the same instead of LIE-ra though I like both pronunciations. Is LEE-ra also a nice version of this name?

Carina!

I don't like Lyra. Seems like a trendy name that will date.If it's a genuine Greek name then fair enough, but the Lee-ra pronunciation makes me think of the Italian lira.

I like both, I think I prefer the UK pronunciation of Lyra. But I strongly associate it with Phillip Pullman.

Carrie is a pretty dim of Carina. Also like Calina.

I know a 50 year old Carina so I don't like it. Lyra is classic and pretty as well as unusual. Do you spend much time in Greece/Cyprus/with Greek relatives? If you do they will just call her Lee-ra anyway.

I love Lyra. It's so pretty.

hellololly we don’t spend a lot of time in Greece, just holiday times. So I guess the LIE-ra pronunciation will be the one most people will use...
Aside from Carina, another option will be Catalina but that is a longer name and think Carina is nicer in that sense...

Lyra is nice.

I like Carina, really don’t like Lyra.

Lyra by a mile, don't like Carina at all.

Really like Lyra. Another Pullman fan here.

Lyra for me too- a great role model!

Lyra is our no.1 choice for our daughter when she's born. I love the Philip Pullman books, and we have Greek family connections - plus Lyra is a constellation and dp is an astrophysicist, so to me it's the perfect name.

But I do also love Carina. I've only known one but she was awesome.