Updated shortlist: Shanaya, Serena, Eliana for a baby girl (Indian)

[meera454]

Shortlist: (top 2 = Shanaya or Serena)
Shanaya (pronounced SHA-NAAA-YA, like Shania Twain), the spelling Shanaya is the Indian spelling
Serena
Elina/ Eliana (saw these on another thread and think they're quite pretty and Indian-sounding), similar to the Indian names Leena, Leela and Ila but different.

As a wild one... we quite like Larissa (totally unrelated to our culture but we like the name and it is our Western name option incase we decide to go for a completely western name. Would this suit a British Indian baby or is it too Greek/Russian?)

The ones we ruled out thanks to all of your wonderful and helpful comments:

Jiya (sounds like jeer)
Ruhi/ Rohini/ Ruhani (not international enough, too old school for us)
Maya (overused and a bit bland for us)
Siya (sounds like see-ya later)
Ananya (sounds like a-nun)
Aria (masculine name in some cultures, harsh sounds to our ears)
Leela (too simple as a first name and overly common in India, parents not keen on it)
Anushka and Anya (too harsh sounding)

Radhika - Raddicka
Vaishali - Vay-sharl-ee
Parineeti - as written
Aditi - A-dee-tee
Aarti- Arty
Vaani- Varn-ee
Anjali- An-ja-lee
Rohini- Roh-hee-nee

I vote Serena Radhika or Serena Anjali

Love Radhika! Would you consider as first name?

I like Serena

Oh I love Anjali and Radhika. Others nice too but those two really stand out.

Serena Anjali.

Serena Vaishali would be beautiful! ♥️

I would say VAI - shuh - lee?

Serena is lovely. Shanaya is dreadful (sounds very 80s to me, a bit like Sharon). Larissa and Elina / Eliana are ok, but a bit frilly for my taste.

Everytime you get a majority name and it seems like you finally finalised ut, you chuck in new names in the mix with 'oyr fabourite so far'. Where the hell did Radishio name come out from? Are you just winding us up? 😂

I don't understand how Anya sounds harsh to OP but Radhika does not.

A lot of these are nice. I'm sure you'll figure it out.