What would be the best name for my daughter?

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So my daughter will be born in the UK, but has Italian, Filipino and some Spanish ancestry.

Her last name is Italian.

Here are our choices:

Giuliana Vittoria

Giorgia Vittoria

Vittoria Seraphina

Vittoria Odessa

Which one sounds best? Or are these all bad and I should start over?

I even tried to generate a photo what she would look like (based in my older son) 😅 but I still could not pick which one would suit her best. Please help!

What did I say? (Rhetorical question)

I like Giorgia Vittoria best

Surely just wait until you see her and you’ll know. I couldn’t imagine naming a child before I’d even seen her face.

Giuliana and Seraphina are my favourites. I'm not sure they go together though.

So a completely different name then?!

I love all the suggestions! (though trying to generate a photo of what she might look like seems a bit bonkers! Plus my 2 sons look completely different from skin tone, hair colour, height, eye colour...)

Giorgia is my favourite.

I'd check you are happy with hearing short versions of them all though, as even if you don't shorten it people around you and her, especially British people may well do.

I like them all. Vittoria Seraphina my favourite.

What?

@giraffesandpigeonstoo , I said Guiliana, Guliana,Georgia Gorgia Giuliana will be misspelt,
U and I are next to each other on the keyboard and typos happen.

My name is one where once I'm in a system as Eliose it sems to stay there. It probably looks nothing but it matters to me.

I personally don't like Giuliana or Giorgia as I feel they are older person's names like Giovanna.

Vittoria Seraphina is fine but should it be with F instead of PH?

What about Alessia?

No to Odessa - would you name your kid Manila or Nairobi or Florence (OOPS ha ha) or Istanbul or Cairo or Moscow?

Guiliana is the nicest

It really isn't. How do you say it - 'Gwilli-ana'?
Giuliana is 'Jooli-ana'

@timoteigirl , I think they might be on their way back. They were old fashioned in my age group, my contemporaries have names like Cristina and Gianpaolo.

@timoteigirl , it's the feminine form of Odysseus.

I like Serafina. That would be the spelling in Italian/Spanish as far as I know. It looks lovely written down and would go nicely with an Italian family name. You can nickname it to Sera or Fina. The only negative that in the Philippines Serafina is a name for a popular dessert of fried dough balls. Is that like calling your child "doughnut"?

I know this but how many people in the real world would know? So if it is seen as chavvy you are being judged, although as a middle name not known or less important.

You have a point. The place name is in the news frequently.
I don't think anyone bats an eye at Florence though, but it's not similar to the Italian name. Odessa's like Sienna/Siena and I find that a bit
I don't quite get the MN obsession with middle names or long flowery first names.

OP’s asked for suggestions and we all have our personal opinions and tastes. Not sure why you want me to justify mine, however a cognate is not ‘a completely different name’ for anyone looking at it objectively.

I think Giorgia Seraphina sounds really lovely. I know it wasn't one of your combos but I love it x

I think Victoria and Georgia are fine. I'd be wary of choosing a name from my partner's language or culture because I wouldn't know many names, and those I knew would be of people or children I know, and because there is too much emphasis on one culture when the child will be brought up in a family with a mixed heritage in a British environment.

Sorry I didn't mean to annoy you, I just found it amusing that you were suggesting quite a different name 'completely' is the wrong word, but to me Victoria is a boring, old fashioned, dull old English name, there were a fair few Vicky and Victoria's about when I was at school so it seems so dull and dated to me. Vittoria on the other hand is new to my ears, sounds much more interesting, I think it would be great to use a name representative of her ancestry/relatives that are not British and is a very lovely spin on the name. I would say your middle name suggestions are very different to the OP's thoughts. But that is just my opinion as you have yours. To be honest I had forgotten the bit where the OP said 'are all these bad and should I start over'.

I didn't mean to single you out or annoy/upset you, it just made me smile that is all, sorry.

@GregKay , there won't be many now so they might be coming back and it's a classic name so it doesn't really date. The OP's names don't sound current in Italy (Giorgia Meloni is nearly 50). Plus Victoria is more international.

I would choose Giuliana Seraphina.

All your choices are beautiful names though.

Beautiful names, all of them. Hard to pick, but I think I would go for Vittoria Odessa (such a lovely sounding combination) as my favourite. And stick with the Italian spellings, don't let anyone put you off!!!

Vittoria Odessa is my favourite from your list.

Others ..
Mietta Florence
Tessa Vittoria

I like Guiliana BUT people will need to be told it’s pronounced Juliana. And if / when people shorten it to Jules, how much will it annoy you?