Zara Maria

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Posted before about picking between names. Now we are certain Zara is the first name.

DH has said I can pick any middle name I like.
My preference is by far Zara Maria as Maria is my middle name and my mums. Other option is Elisabeth who was my grandma.

Is Zara Maria too many a's and r's or is it nice ?

Surname is Malik which adds more Ma to the mix.

I like it OP. Normally i would say too many as ands rs but Zara Maria Malik flows beautifully.

Love Zara but don’t think it goes well with Maria.

Middle names are pointless and no one ever uses them though so call her whatever you like; if Maria means something to you then go for it

Don’t really think Elisabeth goes.

I think that’s a lovely name, OP.

Imo it’s more important to go with a middle name that has meaning to you/DD than thinking about “flow” for a full name that will probably only be said out loud in public very occasionally.

Having said that, I think the whole name sounds fine - I quite like repeated letters in names as they sound lyrical and more memorable to me.

ETA: Elisabeth as a middle is also nice but makes the name sound a bit more ordinary to me - as I said, I like the repeats in Zara Maria M (in fact if it’s wasn’t already in use by your mum, I’d go for Maria Malik! Very memorable)

It’s not a perfect flow but it’s more important that it’s meaningful than that it flows.

Or how about Zara Marianne / Marianna, Zara Marie, Zara Mary, if you think they flow better?

I think it’s beautiful as it is set out and all goes well. I have two middle names. You could use both? No one ever uses middle names so it isn’t a big deal. My DD has my two middle names which are family names.

Love it. Love them individually, together, and with the surname. I don’t think they sound bad together. Although, actually, I don’t think it matters if middle names “go” - to me, it’s more important that there’s some sort of personal significance, otherwise no point given they are so rarely used!

It’s lovely!

Both Zara Maria Malik and Zara Elisabeth Malik are nice.

Choose your favourite.

Both options are lovely! Zara Elisabeth Malik has a slightly better flow, but there’s not much in it.

Zara Maria is gorgeous. Would 100% use that. Using both would be nice too. Middle names are hardly used.

I love Zara Maria.

Zara Maria is lovely and flows better than Zara Elisabeth because the two vowels -a E- run into each other. I think it works well with your surname too - the repetition of sounds gives it a nice rhythm.

My name is Sara Maria - I have always liked it a lot myself and had many compliments for it over the years

Zara Maria is a lovely name.

It's nice but it does sound a bit like Ave Msria

OP, If I could chose I'd go for Zara Marie that sounds utterly beautiful and still based on your mum's and your middle names but made your dd's own. Zara Maria is not my cup of tea nor is Zara Elisabeth. Maybe Zara Elise.

Zara is lovely and Maria is meaningful, it sounds absolutely fine as a whole name

I think Zara Elizabeth is very nice and works better

Zara Maria is a lot of rs, and especially with the double mm is a bit awkward. But it’s perfectly usable

This too

I love both names, but I don’t think they go well together.