Leah, Lara or Elara

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I gave birth to our daughter on Friday but we can't decide on her name. We both like Leah, Lara and Elara which are all fairly similar just can't make a final decision as to which one so wondered what peopled thoughts were on them?

Lara
But I'd be tempted to use Leia

Leah would be my pick.
I do like Lara but prefer the similar Clara. Also love Layla.

Adore Elara, such a beautiful name. Though I wouldn't like it to turn into another generic Ellie, so on that basis I'd say no.

Leah is ok, Lara nicer imo.

I've got a cousin Lara, but I've never really liked the name. I've a cousin Leah and a friend Lėa. I love both spellings. The other name is a big no from me.

Leah or Lara

Lara is very sweet

@EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall Yes I am aware of the Greek character but I still don't think it's a proper name. Or would you call a child Zeus? You clearly don't know enough to have spelt that one correctly 😂

Not Elara, Lara is much nicer.

Leah needs a H otherwise it would be “lee” like dairylea 😬 Leah is my favourite reaaaally don’t like elara sounds like alarm

Lara. Elara is nice, but a bit fussy for my taste and may end up with Ellie as a nn. Leah feels a bit downmarket to me, like Leanne. I really like Leila (Layla) and Lyra.

1. Leah
2. Lara
3. Elara

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Lana
Leona

I’d choose Lara definitely, short but strong name. Not keen on Elara. Leah feels a bit 90’s to me but nice enough.

Leah

If it helps, my name is Leah and I've always loved it. Slightly unusual, feminine, not too weird. And the worst nickname you get is Princess Leah, which is quite nice.

Lovely Lara. I also like Laura too which is under-used

Another vote for Lara.

Leah

Leah

Lara is beautiful

Of the three, I think Lara is your easiest option - elegant, internationally well used, classical (from Greek mythology), popular but not overused (hovers in and out of the uk top 100) and simple to pronounce and spell.

Leah may get misspronounced/misspelt sometimes as Lee/Leia/Lia and also doesn't look/sound quite as elegant as Lara imo (personal taste).

Elara is lovely but being quite rare, again may suffer from regular misspronunciation/misspelling (as well as possibly blending more into all the Ella's about at the moment?). It does have a nice sound though so if 3 syllables would work better with your surname...

If you pronounce Lara like Zara then I would choose that.

I prefer Laura though.

Lara! Lovely.

Congratulations

Lara

Leah, love it

"Leah may get misspronounced/misspelt sometimes as Lee/Leia/Lia"

In my experience, this doesn't really happen aside from the occasional "Leia" pronunciation but nothing to get annoyed about! I think people nowadays are quite comfortable asking how you pronounce a name. My gran once wrote it as "Leigha" in a birthday card, but she was very, very old...