Asian-Irish girl names - opinions please

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JDubs1 · 14/09/2009 20:16

Hello,
What do you think of these potential names (sorry there are so many!) She will have an oriental middle name and Irish surname.

Girls
Erin
Isis
Maia
Ava
Jasmine
Yasmin
Gabrielle/Gabriella
Alyssia/Alyssa
Le anna/Leona/Lena
Alannah
Elena
Kaya
Aisha/Aiesha
Lana
Ashleigh
Lauren
Kyla
Kayla(h)
Arianne /Arianna
Aisling
Lara
Tazmin/Tasmin

thanks

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leothelioness · 14/09/2009 20:18

I love Arianna if we had had a dd that would have been her name but we have 2ds.
My name is also on the list above

Buda · 14/09/2009 20:21

Quite like all of your list. Thought I would throw another one in though - Nayana. Some Irish friends called their DD that and I though it was very pretty.

nigglewiggle · 14/09/2009 20:21

Not sure about the brief, but I like most of your choices, but not -

Alyssia - common
Le anna Is that a real name?
Kaya - See above
Ashleigh - urgh
Kyla - No
Tazmin - Don't like the spelling

The rest are lovely.

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JDubs1 · 14/09/2009 20:43

Thanks people.

leothelioness -

Buda - is Nayana mixed race? That is a very pretty name.

Nigglewiggle - it should be Leanna without the space.
Sorry should have explained I'm of oriental descent and have married an Irishman. So just letting people know that our bambina will have an oriental middle name (which my parents will help with) so she won't "forget" her asian identity (even if she will look more oriental than white)! Just need help with a first name.

Thanks!

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Buda · 14/09/2009 20:47

She is full Irish JDubs1! Parents are too. I think the mum might have mentioned it is an Indian name.

I think it is really pretty.

mathanxiety · 15/09/2009 02:07

Lara, Jasmine, Gabrielle and Ava are my favourites. Prefer Leonie to the Leanna/Leona combo, and I like Lena and Lana also.

MaggieBeauLeo · 15/09/2009 10:18

I like lots of your names, Lara, Gabriela, Ava, Leona (rather than Leanna) and as pp says, Lena too. I like Yasmin but I think something similar is the name of a bcp. Check that!

As for your brief, that's hard. What about Kira. Could be a bit of overlap between ciara and kiran there..?

There wouldn't be a lot of overlap would there? Although I don't know for sure.

MaggieBeauLeo · 15/09/2009 10:18

ps, as well as Maia, what about Gaia, means Goddess of the EArth.

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