Aelia or Clelia - baby girl

[Doggylove]

Which one do you prefer for a baby girl?

And which do you think would work better in the UK?

how do you pronounce them? i have never heard of either

Got to be honest OP, not keen on these and think there will be pronounciation issues. Which nationality are these names?
Of the two I'd go for Aelia. Clelia is too open to mispronounciation. I can't tell whether it's clay-lia or clee-lia.

Aelia ☀️

Thanks both!

Clelia should be pronounced as Clay-lia

Aelia should be pronounced as A-eh-lia (although I know this is challenging to be pronounced this way in the Uk due to the “ae” …)

On this basis, any preference please?

I’d probably pronounce them Cleh-lee -ah and Aye-lee-ah. But, once that person told me exactly how to pronounce their name, then I’d pronounce it as they said. Both sound fine to me, which do you prefer?

Aelia, Clelia sounds a bit like a name of an illness sorry this is just my personal take

I have a friend called Ayelet and Aelia reminds me of this name

They are both awful and sound anatomical.

Clelia sounds like an STD - sorry

Why not combine them to get the very beautiful name, Celia?

I think Celia would work better in the UK - more familiar, and a lot of people would probably read Clelia as Celia anyway.

Aelia

Every time the perfectly normal (and classic in Italy) name Clelia is mentioned, you get a slew of people saying it sounds like a female contraceptive.
It's a bit old-fashioned in fairness OP, not many in Italy who aren't grannies, but it's popularity has gone up slightly in the last few years.
It would be easier to pronounce in the UK than your other name, so in that basis, I'd go for Clelia.

Don't like either. People won't know how to pronounce them. And I don't like the sound of either of them.

They are both dreadful.

Both seem like lovely names when pronounced by people who are familiar with them.
In the UK they'll be pronounced Ay-leeah or Eelia, and Clee-lia. Clelia has come up here before a couple of times and many people have said it sounds like a speech-impeded pronunciation of Celia (See-lia), and those were the most polite comments I can remember.
Sorry OP!

I must be honest, neither sound attractive to me.

Most people who know Latin (or Roman history) would give Aelia three syllables - eye-lee-a. Is there a reason you're pronouncing the a and e separately?

I'm not a fan of Clelia. I think there are nicer Roman family names, even if you want a more obscure one.

Not a fan of either but I would prefer Clelia to Aelia

Neither.

They both sound like Asthma inhalers.

I'd also pronounce it EYE-lee-a, as a Latin name.

Both will be mispronounced.

It’s Cle-lee-ah. I like it. There was a thread on here about rut it recently.

I like both and had heard of both before this thread. You will find some people who know the name.
I also like Thalia, pronounced to rhyme with Clelia.