Stuck with girls names short list!

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would really appreciate anyones opinions on my shortlist, I just can’t pick!

Verity
Hallie
Tessa
Anya
Kaia
Seren
Lena
Lila
Cara
Anwen

All the 3 or 4 letter names ending in a are now so ubiquitous and such an obvious current trend I'd avoid anything like that.

All the Lila/Luna/Isla/Anya/Lyra/ Ava/ Eva/ Cara/ Cora/Kaia/ Lena/ Aria's etc etc are the same riff. Nice enough on their own but all too on trend so blurring into one.

From your list I love Verity and Anwen.

Verity - lovely name, great for a child or adult, feminine yet sophisticated. By far my favourite from your list.
Hallie - this name sounds very American so it depends if you think that’s a good thing or not! I’m not keen.
Tessa - this is fine but for me it sounds a bit incomplete?
Anya - I can see how this sounds quite pretty but it was our Polish cleaning lady’s name so I just associate with her. I think it tends to be associated with the former Baltic states so it depends whether you have any connections to there or not.
Kaia - You’ll be forever correcting people on spelling and pronunciation.
Seren - I don’t like this, it just makes me think of Siren. It sounds made up?
Lena - this is pretty but just makes me think of Lena Dunham.
Lila - this is pretty and feminine.
Cara - this is nice
Anwen - this sounds either made up or like a boys name from another country. Not feminine sounding at all and quite ugly, sorry.

Verity - yes
Hallie - no
Tessa - yes
Anya - no
Kaia - no
Seren - yes
Lena - yes
Lila - no
Cara - yes
Anwen - no

I love:

Verity Anya Cora

least favourites:

Anwen, Seren , Hallie and Lila

I really like Cara, and I'd go with Hayley over Hallie.

Verity is so beautiful

Verity - too much potential for teasing. Kid lies once and is doomed.
Hallie - love it.
Tessa - excellent
Anya - borderline
Kaia - errrrr, not so much. Not even 100% on the pronunciation, is it like Kayla, without the L?
Seren - hated it at first glance, then fell immediately in love.
Lena - very good.
Lila - again, pronunciation. Is it like lee-La? Or lie-La? Just thinking of teachers and constantly getting called the wrong name. I may just be unfamiliar with it. And both pronunciations are beautiful names.
Cara - ok
Anwen - not really

all of them are uncommon enough that kid should be the only one with it. They are all over cute! Pick an few and see who she looks like!

I like Cara the best. Anwen the least.

Don’t really like Kaia or Verity. Kaia less so. Too like Kayla which is not nice. Verity a bit fussy.

I like Lena and Hallie. Cool names.

Tessa is ok and not many around. Won’t date .

Lila I’m meh about. Probably because of Lila Moss.

Seren, only if you have some Welsh links I think.

Unsure about Anya but does feel a bit Eastern European.

Verity - Ok
Hallie - No
Tessa - Love
Anya - No
Kaia - No
Seren - No
Lena - OK
Lila - No
Cara - Ok
Anwen - No

My favourite of your lists are Lena and Tessa, and I prefer Lena to Tessa.

Anya, Lila, Cara and Anwen are my favourites from that list.

I have a Halle. I think it's a beautiful name and always glad I chose it. We call her Halleberry.