Struggling to pick a name for our 4 day old

[Luckyasall]

DH and I welcome our lovely little baby girl into the world 4 days ago, before she was born we had a list of names we liked but decided to wait until she was here to decide for sure, but now we still can't quite decide and I'm not sure how much longer I can go on calling her baby girl!

Our shortlist is
Leonora (personal favourite)
Arabella (DHs personal favourite)
Clara (seasonal contender, we go to see the nutcracker every year and baby girl was born on the day we were due to go see it this year)
Madeleine (really not a fan of Maddy as a nickname).

My personal choice would be Leonora with Clara as a middle name in place of using Elizabeth (both of our grandmas are Elizabeth but I'm not really attached to using this and it feels like we are filling a gap).

So full name Leonora Clara Taylor-Scott

But DH is worried it doesn't flow well so thinks either

Arabella Clara or Clara Arabella would be better.

Madeleine is the name we first set on naming a little girl when we got married and started TTC but I'm not sure it feels right now.

Any thoughts?

She will thank you as a teen / adult. Pretty, classy, easy to spell, well known but not overused.

I don't understand the 'it doesn't flow well' realistically middle names only go on paperwork so it doesn't really matter if they flow well.

Clara Elizabeth is lovely

Clara is a beautiful name. Congratulations!

I love the name Clara...

Clara Elizabeth is a nice name

Clara Elizabeth is sooo classic and beautiful. And special for this time of year too but not on the nose! Congratulations

I think Clara Elizabeth works best - the other combinations of Arabella, Clara and Leonora all sound clumsy and cumbersome to me. I can't tell if it's too many vowels or consonants (or both).

Edited to say I've just seen you're going with this! Congratulations! 😊

Not two -a names before Taylor!
I like Clara Elizabeth.

They're all nice expect I personally find Arabella too frilly.

I don't think people ever care about middle names so wouldn't let that dictate your choice.

My favourites are Leonora Elizabeth and Clara Elizabeth.

Thank you everyone.

Funny little addition but after telling my mum today that we have named her Clara, she cried and told me that when I was about 5 I went to see the nutcracker on Christmas Eve and got a doll for Christmas which I named Clara after Clara in the Ballet. Feels very full circle and I have no memory of that doll at all!

It was meant to be! The perfect name. Sooo satisfying when you find the right name. Both my girls are teens now and love their names <smug>

@Matildahoney , me neither, especially when it's focusing on whether Isla Grace flows without considering the surname, and Isla Tyler doesn't flow

Middle names will only matter for about 5 mins when you announce it and maybe for about 2 seconds when/ if they get married. So go.with what you love and don't worry too much about things ,"going" or "flowing"