Lilah or Seraphina?

[Peridotty]

I am going to have my baby girl in 2 months time but husband and I can't decide on a name! Went through top 500 names but husband did not like any of them.
We came up with Seraphina or Lilah as potential candidates. Our surname is Shay. So it's Seraphina Shay or Lilah Shay.

What do you guys prefer? We want something unique but not weird and nothing too popular!! Thank you

Iona

Iona rather than lilah

Iona is in a different league. Only caveat - does it go with your surname?

Don't use it if your surname is a noun, or could be changed into a noun.

Iona Butcher('s Shop)
Iona Field etc.

Iona was our front runner until I read that some Ionas get teased at school because it sounds like ‘I own a...’ and we thought ‘what if she marries a Mr Carr’.

@MikeUniformMike
Our surname is Shay so Iona Shay.
We liked Iona as I was born in Scotland. We couldn’t find any other Scottish names we liked. Isla was too popular !

Shuna is pretty but not with your surname. I like a lot of the scottish names

Some of the island names are nice but Iona is lovely. Much quicker for her to learn to write than Seraphina.

Ben bloke off the telly Fogle has an Iona.

Now we are going 360 back to our original Iona!

Iona is the best by far, much classier than the other two options, and you are lucky that it goes well with your surname!

Go for it! So not concern yourself with why she'll do if she gets married to someone with a noun surname - goodness, that's unlikely and even if she does who says she'll what to change her name? Girl power:)

Seraphina sounds beautiful with your surname! I would love to have that name