Elara, Alara, Elaria or Zahara

[tiffany2307]

What are people’s thoughts? Elder siblings are Rafael and Sofia. Please just say what you prefer not if you hate one of them! Elara, Alara and Elaria names would probably use Lara as a nickname (but we wanted to use a longer form version for the name register)

I like Elara best. My least favourite is probably Zahara. It’s still a lovely name but I prefer the others.

Elara.

Zahara

I don't hugely like any of them, and they don't sound to me like they fit very well with Rafael and Sofia. I would just call her Lara, which is a perfectly good name in its own right.

Zahara sounds like Sahara gone wrong so not that

Just Lara. Or Larissa / Larisa if you want a longer name for the birth certificate.

I think I like Elara best.

There's an alien character called Alara in the sci-fi TV show 'The Orville' - she's a nice character, so there aren't negative connotations there, but it's something to be aware of if that would bother you!

Elara

What about Ilaria?

Elara out of your choices but prefer Lara or Elana.

Zahara sounds like a car.

Elara

Family member has just used Elara. I prefer Cara or Lara. None of the others.

Ilaria is nicer. it's italian for Hilary.

The last one sounds like malaria ? Unless I’m pronouncing it badly?

Tbh I’ve not heard of any of them I don’t think. They’re all quite flowy / pretty - I’m not sure which I’d go for - maybe Zahara as it seems quite cool

Elaria.

I also really like Ilaria.

Did you make them all up?!

Others you might like: Clara / Larissa / Laurel / Leonora / Zara

I like Elara or Alara best, maybe I slightly prefer Alara (although that may be biased because its similar to Alena, a name I love but DH won’t agree to :( )

I like Zahara best, but I like them all

Non of them go with a Rafael and Sofia. At a push I'd say Alara sounds the best in terms of sounding like a name. If it's Lara you like why not just use that? It's fits nicely with the other names and is timeless, or Clara or Larissa (Lara is the diminutive version of it in Eastern Europe),

I like Alara (or Alanna).

Zahara is okay though I think I prefer Zahra.

Really like Elara

Reminded me of the name Eleri

I would just use Lara if that's the name you are going to use day to day. It works as a stand alone name and sounds great with your other children's names. The other names seem to me that they could provoke spelling/pronunciation issues.

Elara