Cara or Serena?

[Zana2222]

I am 27 weeks pregnant with a girl and I think I am down to two favourite first names - Cara or Serena. We have a French last name and might take the name not used as a middle name. Also like Naomi for a middle name. What’s your favourite of the above names?

They are both lovely!

Cara is the Irish word for friend

Cara.

Cara definitely.

Serena is lovely

I know others have suggested Clara but what about Carla Serena?

I love Serena, not so keen on Cara

Cara definitely

As a previous poster has pointed out, I do always get Selena and Serena mixed up. I know one of each and I can never pick the right name

Cara is lovely

You may have issues with how people pronounce Serena, depending on what your surname is.

I read it Se-ray-na as I know it from Italian and Spanish people. I forget that the British pronunciation is Se-ree-na like the tennis player. Looking at YouTube it appears that both are common in the USA.

I’m not sure how it is pronounced in France but if your surname is recognisably french then you may find yourself correcting people a lot.

I love Cara

Seren is Welsh for star and removes the sing song double-a sound if you want both names. How about Cara Seren?