Yara or Mara

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Does anyone have an opinions on these names? Baby was born 5 days ago and as we thought it was a boy, we didn’t have any names. The only one I did have doesn’t feel right. I find girls names so hard…I like these two - complete coincidence that they rhyme! Apparently Yara is a character in GoT, I don’t watch it so had no idea. Not sure how much it matters? Partner says it doesn’t. Help please as people keep asking me and I’d like to stop calling her baby!

Thank you! That’s made me feel a bit better about both of them!

i know about 100 yara's as i work in a school- middle eastern name...i would go with mara

I think both Yara and Mara are lovely names!
Sapphira is a lovely name, too! (I have never heard about the car.)

Good Luck!

Congrats on your baby. I prefer Mara of these two (partly because I’d never heard of Yara and my immediate association was the Yarra river in Melbourne)

Mara makes me think of Mara Wilson too- and it's a lovely association as she is pretty cool. I would expect a Mara to be female and any ethnicity.

Never heard of Yara but I would assume they were non-white and probably male, if that helps at all.

Mara for me.

Yara sounds made up (my phone didn't recognise it and changed it to Tara). Sounds a bit like a spiky plant in my head...like a Yucca (no idea why, but that's the association I got when I saw it written down 🤷‍♀️).

Yara is a girl's name in Brazil and in Arabic countries. If you are not from either of these cultures, I would find it a bit of a pretentious choice.

I always liked Yara.

Mara ie a small rabbit like animal. It also means bitter.

Mara is the name of a sort of Demon in Buddhism and sometimes called the Lord of death. Sorry that’s not a very positive comment from me but I thought it might be useful to know.

Mara
Maria
Marina
Marie
Maureen
Marsha

I like Mara more.
Yara reminds of the drag queen Yara Sofia from Ru Paul's drag race but doubt anyone else would do that
Congratulations either name will be lovely

I love Sapphira (Saffy, Saff) but out of your shortlisted two, Mara for me.

Yes, Yara sounds like a common phrase used in parts of Ireland. It’s not even a phrase, as such. But imagine it in the context somebody in Yorkshire saying “Aye-Oop”.

Mara gets my vote from your two. Lovely name

Yara I loved when I first came across it. It’s become really popular here though. 3 in my street! Two girls and a cat

IMHO Judith is a excellent biblical girls name. Judy day to day (or as a name in its own right even) is adorable. Well known but little used

That’s really interesting as I don’t know any Yara’s but I know names can go like that. I’ve got one night to sleep on it! Thank you all for your input…I really wish I’d thought more about this before the birth as being in a lot of pain/shattered is not conducive to making decisions!

Mara for me. I hear Yara in a pirate voice 😅.

I know a lovely adult Yara from Syria. I’m not sure why people think it sounds made up!

I prefer Mara.

Do you like ..
Zara
Zipporah
Zena
Allegra
Mirriam
Baccara
Cara
Rebecca

Mara is Cumbrian dialect for friend. I like Mara

Mara is lovely. I like the sea association and it's relatively uncommon. Also Mara Kay wrote one of my favourite books.

Yara sounds a bit piratey when I say it like "Yarrr shiver me timbers" but I think Mara is a lovely name.

I love Yara it's beautiful.

I dislike that as soon as a name is from a different culture suddenly it sounds made up to people.

Yara is lovely, I prefer it to Mara but both are lovely.

I would try them both out for a few days and see which one fits.

There is no rush, her name lasts a lifetime.

I like Yara. Only came across it last year.

Since I teach, I saw Yara's interactions with dozens of other people, and no problems with the name.

Mara

I know an Amara too which is lovely.