Aziza, Izuka, Iruka and Zikora

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They’re girls’ names. What’s your immediate reaction to each of them, please?

They're all meaningful and from our cultures, but - putting that aside - I’m looking for immediate reactions/first impressions.

Thank you!

Zikora is lovely

I get what you mean. I recognise those names in a language I speak too and Aziza would be random, name-wise (means broom), and not what anyone would name their child in that language. Izuka is another rare one as a name in that language (there's a more popular version with Izu as the start but it's a longer name) but wouldn't be pronounced in the way anyone is saying it here, because it would have no meaning that way. It would be a much tonal low-high (Izu-KA) way of saying it rather than the mid-mid (I-ZU-ka) way it's said here.

However I realise some names can be similar in different languages or these names come from different languages and not just one, so Aziza and Izuka (or Zikora and Iruka for that matter) could mean something entirely different.

To answer the question in the OP though, I'd say that's my first impression of the names.

My favourites based on sound alone are Zikora and Iruka. Least fav is Aziza.

I've only heard of Aziza before, though I saw it spelt like Azizah and it was interchangeable for Ajijah.

I like Aziza and Zikora, they roll off the tongue very nicely.

Iruka unfortunately reminds me of Veruca
Izuka makes me think it's a 'thing' rather than a person's name, I don't know why.

Yes absolutely. I thought “broom “ too and thought well that’s odd. OP then clarified that her and her husband are from different cultures then I thought oh, there could be another language at play here. But now you mention Izuka and I’m thinking actually that may not even be in the same language group as (Zikora and Iruka) . This is purely out of self interest for me now wanting to research the names. I wonder if Iruka is the equivalent of when short form of names become a name in its own right. Like how some people are called Rob and not as a short form of Robert. Really interesting.

Aziza and Zikora are my favourites, both really lovely names imo and Zizi is a cute nickname.