Opinions on Elara?

[Tigerlionbear]

Surname is Yates.

We haven’t decided on a middle name yet.

Sound like an amalgamation of other names to me.

Sounds like a new cleaning product, or perhaps a margarine, to me.

I don’t like it, sorry.

@TiaKofi , It is a lot like those names. I know an Elora and Elira.
Elara is also similar to Clara, but Clara doesn't merge into the LR names because of the strong C sound.

Don't you find that working in a school puts you off an awful lot of names though?

Never heard it before, but I like it.

A very similar name which also goes well with your surname is the Welsh Eleri.

😆 yes!

Especially middle names. The register is
Girls:
SURNAME, Firstname Rose
SURNAME, Firstname Rose
SURNAME, Firstname Rose
SURNAME, Firstname May
SURNAME, Firstname Mae
SURNAME, Firstname Grace

Boys:
SURNAME, Firstname James
SURNAME, Firstname James
SURNAME, Firstname James

It reminds me of the Munsters for some reason?

Elara is an nice name for you.

I also like Lara, Ellora and Laura with your surname.

I would choose a confident/crisp second name.

Elara Catherine Yates
Elara Quentin Yates
Elara Scarlett Yates
Elara Dawn Yates

I also came to suggest Eleri: really pretty and fresh and lovely if you happen to have any Welsh heritage.

It sounds like an inoffensive brand name to me. It could be a car or an allergy medication or an underwear brand.

I prefer Lara by a long shot. Lara Yates would be very nice.

Suggestions:
Vera
Cora
Laura
Hannah
Elena (if pronounced Elayna)

Is this a windup thread after Elara was said to be the most popular girls name based on the sound following an analysis by AI.

Go for a real name:
Clara, Liora, Leonora, Lara, Eliana, Eloise, Elaine, Aria etc

Some more suggestions:
Juno
Zara (the ZY initials would be cool imo).

I like it. In fact I came on this board to ask about it. I do understand the criticism that it’s similar to other names. Although it’s not made up and seems older in origin to some names suggested. It’s from Greek mythology.

We were also considering Ilaria but leaning slightly more towards Elara as it has one less syllable and I was thinking that maybe people with four syllables are more likely to be shortened.

Ilaria is Italian and is 3 syllable. ill-ARE-ya.

I’m aware it’s Italian. I thought it was pronounced ee-LAR-ee-uh. I’m not Italian so up for correction. All name sites I’ve seen seem to have it as that as well but they can get things wrong.

More like Illar-ya but so many English speakers will find it impossible to manage 3 syllables that you'll hear Illar-eeya a lot too. Both sound good to me.

The one I know says it more like ee-LAAAR-ya. She's Italian.
In the UK, it will probably be ill-ARE-y-a.

@RoamingToaster , my initial reference was more to distinguish it from how it would be said in languages other than Italian.
One baby name site said it was Greek, in which case it would be Ill-are-EE-a.

What are you actually on about? 🤣

Elara is nowhere near the most popular girl name and it IS a real name, dating alllll the way back to Greek mythology (the princess who had a baby with Zeus).

Not sure why this would be a windup? Just because you don’t like the name?

I like it.

It was an AI analysis of the sounds most likely to feature in a popular girl name. Elara was the mashup name the AI came up with.

I know one.
Its rather wet.

I like it! Alara was my top girl name which is similar.

I do not understand how people are comparing it to ‘Elaine’ 😂 which is a terribly dated
& awful name. All Elaine’s I know are 50+. It’s like sometime people want you to pick a horrible name. I’ve seen people recommending Pauline and Sharon before on here FFS!

I much prefer Elora to Elara.