Name vote please!

[Tinasan]

I'm 34 weeks pregnant now and we have come up with a shortlist of names...I am not completely mad about any of them so would appreciate feedback on what you all think. My dh is Italian so the names we've picked are Italian, to match our surname, but we've tried to pick ones that kind of 'work' over here too...please let me know which ones you like/or alternative suggestions (we know we are having a bambina hence the focus on girls names!)

• Elena (Helen)
• Chiara (Clare in Italian - pronounced Kee-ara)
• Elisabetta (Elizabeth - we'd probably shorten to Elisa or Beth)
• Luisa (Louisa)

Thanks!

elisabetta. its gorgeous...

I looooooove Chiara
beautiful name

I like luisa or Ciara, but they are all very pretty names.

I like Luisa best (is it pronouced Louisa or similar?)
Then I like Chiara

Luisa is pretty

I like Elena

Elena
translates easy to pronounce and read

Elena and Luisa are my favourites from your list - I have an aversion to names whose pronunciation has to be explained!

I like Clara as an Italian version of Clare too.

they are all very pretty names, my best mate is married to an italian man and they wanted italian names - they chose daniela for their DD, but wanted it pronounced Dan-yey-la (hope that make sense) but 6 years down the line, its Dan-yell-a to everyone! I would choose a name that nobody can mis-pronounce if its likely to drive you mad.

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Chiara for me, that my dd middle name

I like all of them actually but my favourite would be:

Elena

Hi Tinasan.

I really like Chiara i think its really pretty and different xx

Elena is 'strong' as well as 'pretty' iyswim. And like someone else said - probably not so open to mispronunciation or mispelling

I'd go with Elisabetta as it sounds Italian, so the spelling doesn't have to be explained.

elena- as my name is Helen

Luisa is lovely, that would be my favourite.

Also like Chiara.

Chiara...just love it
Elena, also very pretty
Luisa sounds cute
Elisabetta...not so keen even though I love the name Elisabeth!

Elisabetta is beautiful, and i've never heard it before.

I like Elena the best.

Thanks everybody for being so complimentary about our names - some people in RL seem to enjoy telling me that they don't like them and they've made me really self-conscious about choosing! Seems like Elena/Chiara are the faves - I will keep you posted

Those are all beautiful names. Having an unusual and hard to spell first name myself, I can remember being frustrated at the bafflement my name caused in school playgrounds, new teachers etc. So, I would advise going with one of the more 'translatable' names - Elena would be my favourite.

I like Elena. But is it likely to be mixed up with Eleanor depending on various regional accents in the UK? My ds would have been Elinor if he had been a she.

I like Elisabetta - sounds the most Italian.

My favourite Italian name for a girl though is Rafaella. I once taught a lovely teenager called that.

I like Elena