Alternatives to Allegra

[RiverRiot]

DC2 is due in the summer and if a girl my DP is set on the name Allegra.
I don't hate it but I also don't love it. The problem is I can't think of any other girls' names I really like this time around. 🙈

Our daughter has quite a rare gender neutral name and although I know the names don't have to be matchy-matchy Allegra just feels super frilly in comparison to me, whereas DP sees it as a 'strong' name.

So my question is, are there any strong but not too frilly or too popular girls (or other unisex) names out there? I'm completely stumped.

TIA.

Sorry but it makes me think of that awful old car, the Allegro! Don't do that to your baby girl.
Trying to stick to unisex/strong names:

Morgan
Morven
Murray
Taylor
Kelsey
Robyn
Perrie
Jamie
Leigh
Nikki
Blair
Eden
Peta

Eden
Juno
Cleo
Avery
Noa
Rowan
Sage
Romy
Remy
Wren
Robyn
Seren
Yana
Saffron

Jacinta
Astrid
Claudia
Saskia
Sacha

Matilda
zelda
quinn
rowan
teagan
maeve
juno
maya
addison
madison
riley
stella
darcy
eden

I love Allegra.

Can you reveal anything that is of importance to you for us to narrow down suggestions, such as letters, syllables, is meaning of importance?

Another one who thinks of a car. Wanted to suggest Cortina.

DS1 has a friend called Allegra, it's suits here perfectly and she's definitely not frilly!

Aurora (Rory)
Stella
Audrey
Xanthe
Amber
Morven

No to Allegra, you don’t love it. End of conversation!

partner? Does DC1 have his surname? If so - it’s definitely more your choice than his.

Josephine (Jo, Josie)
Meredith
Romy/Ramona
Sabrina/Sabina
Sydney
Hebe
Xanthe
Ariadne (Ari)

Elise
Octavia
Fabia
Clio
Estelle
Nova
Xsara
Astra
Elan

Allegra is lovely, but if you don't love it, maybe choose a different name.
Why unisex though?

How about Alexis?

Sybil Allegra - have Allegra as middle name
Liberty
Hope
Wren
Seren
Harper
Willow
Celeste
Paige
Tess

or

Harper
Parker
Stella
Leona
Zara
Juliana
Leonora
Morwenna
Eleanor
Gabriella
Ilona
Irene
Lyra
Baxter
Kinsley
Katinka

Aria
Dolce
Grazioso
Andante
Melody
Harmony

... if you wanted musical terms.

It's the name of my antihistamine so thought you were asking for advice. I'm not meaning that in an unkind way just didn't know if you knew that.

Athena
Nora
Joan
Morven

Well if you don’t love it, you can’t use it. Him being set on it is irrelevant. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I don’t like it personally, it’s a bit pretentious and harsh sounding.

Hmm I know Allegra is a musical term and means happy in Italian, but to me it still sounds like an allergy medicine 😬
For something that's not frilly and not too common, how about:
Adele
April
Ailsa
Ania
Bryony
Cassia
Eleri
Elsa
Elise
Hazel
Indigo
Juno
Juniper
Madeline
Miranda
Maeve
Mara
Naomi
Rowena
Robyn
Stella
Seren
Sadie
Tessa
Talia
Viola
Vivienne
Zoe

I think Allegra is elegant rather than frilly. Anyway a few other suggestions:

Charis
Calla
Eden
Meriel
Gudrun
Sigrid
Storm

Now I'm not going to be able to think of anything but the car either. 🤣🤣

This genuinely made me laugh out loud! 😂

I like Allegra, personally.

How about something else with an Italian vibe?

Vita
Cara

Thanks for asking.

We have Irish, Scottish and Italian connections and I am also like quite a few Welsh names.

Essentially names that are rare or very underused without being ridiculous is what we're after.

A few people have mentioned Seren, which I love but we already have one in the family.

Eleri is lovely - I will suggest this.

Ari (one of my fave names ever) got vetoed last time but I also like Ariadne so will see if I can sneak it in.

Middle name we both agree on starts with an M so ideally not another M as a first name.

Have also suggested we use the middle name as the first name, which is still an option, but think we would prefer another first name if possible.

x

Ailayah

But the first name on your list is literally the name of a car: Morgan!

I love Eleri and Seren.

Other Welsh names that I love -

Alys
Carys
Ffion
Lowri
Eirlys

Aneira
Arianna
Saskia
Eliza
Darcy
Riley
Morgan
Anghared