Opinions wanted on girl name list!

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What are your thoughts/favourites from my girls names list?

Tessa
Serena
Elena
Keira

Anything else I might like? I've just noticed they all end in a...

Tessa- boring
Serena- boring
Elena- boring
Keira- okay

I think they're all lovely but out of the list I'd probably go for Keira the least as it was popular about 20 years ago.

If you like Serena how about Selena or Celeste?

These names aren't necessarily my choice, however, I disagree that they are boring. I've been a teacher for 25 years and I have never taught many on your list, with the exception of Keira/Kiera which is less popular now than it was ten years ago.

I love Tess as opposed to Tessa.

Names ending in a:-

Amelia, Ava, Aurora, Cora, Cira, Claudia, Anastasia, Clara, Mia, Luna, Alexandra, Layla, Nora, Lena, Emma, Mila, Olivia, Sophia, Amanda, Isobella, Gianna, Isla, Ayla, Nova, Ella, Aria, Anna, Zara, Martha, Natasha, Stella, Camilla, Cara, Jemma, Louisa, Jessica. Tara, Helena, Freya, Antonia, Francesca, Noa, Eva, Joanna, Susanna

I like them all
Tessa is my favourite, Serena least favourite (just think it's quite grown up for a baby!)

I think that's a great line up! I like Tessa, and Serena especially. I'm a fan of familiar but less common names, so the child does not have a lifetime of spelling out their name.

Serena - lovely, top choice
Tessa - I like this too

Elena - nice but she’ll be one of many many Ellies and it will get spelt Eleanor by mistake which will be annoying for her

Keira - it’s a bit 90s. Also it’s spelt Ciara or Kiera, Keira is a misspelling (K Knightly made it popular - her dad spelt it wrong when he registered her)

Other ideas

Cassia
Saskia
Estella
Susannah
Keziah
Karina / Carina
Eloise
Zara
Esther (Tess/a is sometimes a shortform for this)
Clara
Philippa (Pippa)
Verity
Sacha (either as it is or short for Alexandra)

I agree totally. They are mostly unusual names with the exception of Keira/Kiera.

I've only ever met one Serena and that was years ago, never met an Elena and I've met a Tess, a Tessa and I know a Tessima who is lovely.

Serena is my favourite from your list... gorgeous name.

Elena is also lovely.

Kiera is just a bit nothing to me.

Tessa is really not a name I like...feels very frumpy

They are lovely, and all would be good choices. For twists on your names:

Eleanor, which is often pronounced as 'Eh-luh-nah'.

If you think Tessa is too simple, perhaps Theresa, with Tess(a) shortened.

You could use Kyra (which is pronounced as 'Kee-ra') instead of Keira (Kjei-ra). This is a continental version of the name.

Elena is my favourite.

Tessa
Cara
Helen
?

I love Tessa and also like it shortened to Tess. Not overly keen on Serena or Elena just not my personal style. Dislike the name Keira.

Brutal first post 🤣

Thanks all for the feedback - seems like Keira is out (I wasn't aware of the misspelling so I'll probably eliminate it just based on that, although I do also like Kyra)

I hadn't really clocked Ellie as a nn for Elena, and I don't really like it.

Clara and Aurora are also lovely suggestions. I also like Cassandra but I feel like it's quite a 'big' name.

All of them are OK, tho I think Keira is a bit dated maybe, suspect they are mostly around 40 now?
I like Serena best
You also might like

Selena
Anna
Alannah/Alana
Samantha
Mara

I don’t love Keira, the rest are all very nice.

I love all of them. Favourite is Serena - so beautiful. Elena could have issues with spelling and could be shortened to Ellie.

i just found my names list:
Serena
Elodie
Verity
Lara
Coralie
Sienna
Florence
Alice
Zoe
Clara
Autumn
Jemima
Louisa

Cassie as nn is cute though!

I like them all apart from Keira.

I know an Elena and there's a lot of confusion about how to pronounce it.

I like Tessa best - lovely, simple and pretty for all ages - not dated or overused.

Keira is also lovely but I see from your update you’ve ruled it out now.

Elena is nice and could be Nell if you don’t like Ellie.

Serena - I avoid 3 syllable names with no obvious nn - the Serena I know is known as “Sreen”

Do you like

Lara
Cara
Clara
Esther
Leah
Kaia
Lydia
Nina
Georgia
Zoe
Heidi
Layla
Thea
Cassia
Carla
Leona
Eva
Amber
Kayla
Eliza
Zara
Louisa
Pippa

I know a dog called Tessa so that's a no.

Serena, a bit too medical sounding. Reminds me of a coil!

Elena, OK but likely to be pronounced wrong, what about Elana (elle-anna) or Eleanor?

Keira - bit meh

How about Sarah or Sara? Zara?

Tessa - like Tess, Tessa is OK
Serena - like but most of the ones I know use different spellings (Sarina, Serina etc)
Elena - too many ways of saying it. It's another Ellie.
Keira - don't really like it, but I Ciara is OK (but looks too much like Clara)
Kyra - awful.

Aria.... my fave girl name and it ends with 'a'

Love Tessa from your list, like Elena but prefer Eleni
Some names that give me the same kind of vibe as your list
Clara
Lucia
Mila
Della
Stella
Rosa
Bethan
Eryn
Louisa