Stuck on three Baby girl names

[BethanyLouiza]

We have a little girl due in 4 months, our first, and currently stuck on three names that both myself and husband absolutely adore.

Nesta
Livia
Emery

Looking for some help deciding. Last name begins with an A.
Thanks!

I'd choose Emery to stop it running into surname e.g. Nesta/Livia Allison end up sounding like one long word without pausing in between.

Emery is nice :)

I prefer Lilia to Livia, and Ebony to Emery.
Emery is what you file your nails with, and makes me think of Dick Emery who keeps popping up on TikTok for some reason.

Livia

Emery is the one I’m least keen on but does work best with a surname starting with an A.

Does your surname start with a soft A sound as In Anderson or a hard A sound as in Acaster?

The first will run into Livia and Nesta, so of three, I’d choose Emery, even though all I can think of is “Rmery board”.

My first and surnames run together to make a completely different, and perfectly normal, other name.

Livia

Emery is what you file your nails with so that would be a no from me.

Nesta.. also no.

Livia is the nicest of the 3 but if I'm honest I don't like any of them.

I like Nesta best. A bit different. A lot of people seem so negative on here.

Out of your list: Emery. I prefer Everly.

I love Livia.
Nesta is a lovely sound but feels like it should be short for something?
Emery - I'm surprised I quite like it ( heard Avery the other day. Similar)

How about Everly as an alternative to Emery?

Thanks for the replies and suggestions. We have decided to remove Emery from our list, Due to various reasons. Everly has been suggested, but I have a niece with that name, so we can't use it, although it is lovely.
Still between Livia and Nesta, but both leaning more towards Nesta.

Nesta is the nicer of the two, Livia will always be correcting people that she's not Olivia.

@DoucheCanoe

Nesta is the nicer of the two, Livia will always be correcting people that she's not Olivia.

Agreed, you’ve reminded me of a Livia I went to school with.

I like them all, but I’d be a little concerned with Livia that you (and eventually they) spend a lot of time explaining that it wasn’t Olivia, which might get tiresome.

I would be worried that if someone listens to the name Nesta would think of a boy spelt Nestor...

Nesta sounds like a coffee brand.
And here in Australia you'd say that Nesta would sound like Nestor. So I'd assume Nesta is a boy

Livia sounds like the O is missing (olivia).

Nesta (or Nest or Annest) is an old Welsh version of Agnes. Not a coffee brand. The 't' at the end of Annest might flow better with your surname.
There was a previous Mumsnet thread about it [https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/1646716-One-for-the-Welshies]]

Livia is an ancient Roman name - over 2000 yeas old. Olivia is a relative newcomer.

Livia

Don't leave me any of them but least of all Nesta.

Livia is the best out of a bad bunch.

Livia but Olivia nicer

Livia

Nesta makes me think of - a nest of tables.

Emery is like emery board for nails so least liked from three. I get what previous posters have said of first names ending in A and family name beginning with A though. I like Livia best but think people may mishear and think they didn't hear O that it is Olivia. IMHO Livia is a million times nicer than Olivia.

Nesta.... never heard of. Googled and learnt it is from Wales. A bit like IKEA furniture name sorry.

Is it too late to suggest other names?

I have a friend called Nesta. She's ace so I'm saying go for that!