Help with girl name please!

[suziequeue1]

These are the only names we like but it is hard to choose:

Elyana
Lilia
Lea

Lilia is a very pretty name

I thought Lilia too.

Lilia were a brand of sanitary towels.

Your other two names have ambiguous spelling. Do make sure you give your child a name they won’t have to spell every day.

It is Lea not Leah- pronounced like Leia. Hence the spelling.
Elyana is a common spelling.

That's not the only important thing! It doesn't kill anyone to learn how to write a name correctly. My surname is Scandinavian and no English person can pronounce it or write it if told it verbally but I have lived.

Lilia/ Lilja is an old name from several cultures, the sanitary towels (which I have never heard of btw) are hardly the most significant thing about it.

I work with a young Lilia. She gets called Lil ( as long as you’re fine with that). People will shorten where they can. Elyana is a weird made up fusion name that no one will spell correctly. Lea will often get spelled Leah I imagine.

All names are "made up." Just some longer ago than others.

@Irren, and there's a big difference between a name that was made up several centuries ago and one made up now.

@suziequeue1 , I don't really like any of them. I too would think tampons about Lilia. Lea is 'Lee'. Eliana is a better spelling than Elyana.

Lea is always going to be pronounced Lee. Don’t set the child up for having to correct everyone, it will be really tedious for them. Leah however is a perfectly nice name.

Definitely Eliana and Leia otherwise they will be mispronounced.

I know 2 Elyanas (!) and they are both pronounced 'El-yarna'.

Lilia is definitely the nicest.

I don't like Elyana, whatever the spelling. It sounds slimy - like an eel.

I would have voted Leia if it's that pronunciation, like Princess Leia? But assumed it was pronounced Lee, so voted Lilia. I didn't think of sanitary towels.

What about Lila? Elodie? Or Leah?

How do you intend pronouncing them all? There are variations available.

I would have pronounced Lea as Leah or Lee would never have got Leia from that sorry

I love the name Leah but wouldn’t have pronounced Lea as Leia.

Lilia is the less confusing to pronounce as you intend.

Léa would work but the accent would not always be included. Leia would be better IMO.

If you like Lea/Leia and Lilia, how about Layla / Leila?

Combine a couple for “Linnea”?

If you want the Laya sound then spell it Laya.
Or if you are massive Star Wars fans go for Leia.
I think Laya sounds pretty.

All great names!
We had a similar predicament a few months back when trying to pick a name.
Turned to a baby name decider on chatGPT which helped break the deadlock.
Best of luck

I voted Elyana, thinking it is pronounced Elly-arna, I quite like long names.

I have never heard of Lilia as sanitary products, it was a very close second.

Lea I assumed was pronounced Leah (Lee-Uh), I would never had thought Lee. If you would want it pronounced Leia (as in Star Wars Leia) the just spell it Leia or Laya like some else suggested.

I think they are good choices!

Sorry. None of the above . Not with those spellings, anyway!

If you want the Laya sound then spell it Laya. Maya is usually My-a.