Maya or Ela?

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Which one do you prefer? And which one is less popular nowadays? Ela with one 'l' as I would like a Polish spelling of this name. Opinions please!

I have a very irrational hatred for the name Ella (Ela) so Maya

Maya

Do you think Maya is too common nowadays? I know 4 Mayas born this year...

Ella is too common, there are 20 in the school I work in. Maya isn't as common as Ela.

Ela with 1 l is ok but will get misspelt. Before I read the thread I would have said it as Eela or Ayla.
I don't like Maya - It will be said as Maya and My-ah.

I like both, but love Maya. It's pretty without being too frilly.

Maya is really lovely.

Ela I'd read as E-la not Ella. There are lots of Ellas.

We live in an area which has a relatively large Polish presence, Maya/Mia is very popular here!

Maya/mia/Mya all waaaaay too popular. Lea is ok.

Autocorrected sorry!!! Ela is ok.

Thanks for all your responses. I think I will end up without a name at all...

Both are nice but really popular. I know a few of both.

I prefer Ela of the two.

How about Ela as nickname for a longer name such as Maristela, Eloise or Raphaela?

Sorry I don't like any of those three... I like Bianka but my husband doesn't. The problem is the name i like he doesn't and what he likes I don't.

Those were just examples... there are heaps of names Ela could be nickname for.

What names does your husband like?

Love Maya but yes it's become very popular

Lenka?

He is Turkish and he likes Turkish names: Melisa, Ceyda (it's pronounced like Jeyda), Aylin, Sara, lately he is very fond of Kamelia.

I would prefer Lena but again my husband already voted no to Lena

Amelie ( A melie) | Kamila ( Ka mila)

How many weeks do you have left? DH and I battled for 37 weeks of my pregnancy, I had a list of about 30 I’d have been happy with, he said no to all of them and had about 3 (terrible names) that he wanted. I didn’t budge and just last week I have him a narrowed down list of 10 names and he decided he likes 3 of them and would be happy to use them Try holding your nerve and see if he changes his mind!

I like Maya. I hadn't heard of Ela before but it sounds pretty. I hadn't heard of Melisa either but already really liked Melissa and assume they're both pronounced the same way.

I agree with your husband's veto of Lena.

I'm 36 weeks now. Today I suggested some more names to him Ida, Iga and Inez and obviously he said no as these are so weird for him - these are Polish.
ELA would be pronounced like Ella and I know now how popular it is and wouldn't choose this one. Maya being so common nowadays is a no too.
Melisa would be pronounced the same as Melissa but I don't really like this name

Tara
Zara
Sara
Anna
Anita
Yasmin/Yasmina
Zinnia
Rosa
Eva
Hannah
Suzannah
Rebecca
Farah
Nadia

I'd go with international & flower names as these tend to be more multicultural.

I quite like Maya, but if it is too common, have you thought of similar names like Amaya or Amiyah maybe?