Alana or Alaina

[Cici342]

I have two children Eleanor and Marnie and just had a third girl I can’t decide between Alaina or Alana

Eleanor is too similar to Alaina and Alana.
Say them out aloud together.
Alannah is also very close in sound.

Suggestions:
Alice
Alexandra
Annabel
Amy
Louisa
Johanna
Hannah
Joanna

Both are lovely but I vote Alaina

Alana is much better but they are both too close to Eleanor

Adela or Allegra maybe?

My girl is Alanna. Or how about Alayne?

Too similar.
It is like using, for Marnie's sister ..
Mahony
Marie
Marian

I think it’s much too close to Eleanor, however you spell it.

a pp suggested Alyssa, which is nice, but there are so many lovely names.
Rosa
Miranda
Florence

I'd go with Alana, pronounced A-lan-a. I don't think it sounds anything like El-ean-or.

@Needspaceforlego , both are names that are vowelly, with the only consonant sounds being L and N, and both end in a 'nuh' sound.

Some people keep a light stress on the last syllable of Eleanor, thus ELena not EllaNOR.
Elena and Alana have to at least a sound similar, and while op can mitigate this by choosing different pronunciations, you can never really control how people pronounce names.

I just see Alan/Alain I’m afraid, and they’re all too similar to Eleanor. Poor Marnie will feel left out!!

Yes, they are EL-en-uh and Al-ARN-uh (non-rhotic) but what I pp still holds.

Alana I love that name wanted it for dd1 dh was adamant no.

I am not keen on the lay pronunciation in Alaina.

I prefer the spelling Alannah

And sometimes people say AL-ANN-uh, which would place more difference between the pronunciation.

But sometimes they don’t. It’s very hard to control how people say things and I think there’s lots of scope for near overlap.

I prefer the Alannah spelling.