Help deciding baby girl name

There’s well-known American choreographer called Twyla Tharp. That’s the only person with that name I’ve ever heard of. She’s in her mid-eighties now.

I like classic English names like Alice and Elizabeth. I also like Lydia, but I think it looks prettier than it sounds.

I suppose all names were ‘made-up names’ originally.

How exciting. I like names that are simple, a bit unusual, easy to pronounce and spell. These are a few I like
Miriam
Grace
Pearl
Ruth
Joan
Stella
Nina
Willow
Fern
Hazel
Please let us know what you decide on

I don’t like those two names.
Florence
Flora
Hannah
Mary
Julia
Sandra
Leandra
Violet
Thelma

Unusual names have been used in my family for generations and I like them .
But that's my preference.
I do think that you have to be careful though .
There's nothing wrong with some of the more classical names such as Catherine ,Elizabeth and Victoria and they are Queenly !
There's plenty of suggestions on the net.

Names are fascinating and everyone has an opinion.

They go in and out of fashion.
You wouldn't find a baby being called Joan, Fiona or Patricia nowadays but they'll be back no doubt.
Likewise Stephen, Roger or John.

I don't know either of the names mentioned, we choose family names. My children are named after my great aunts and my new grandson is named after my husband's great uncle.

All my grandkids have varying unusual names not madly out there but a bit off the Mary/ Jane line
One of my grandaughters has a name that’s a girls name where she lives and a boys name here and one of my grandsons has a name that’s a girl or boy name here but boy in US

I don’t like either of the chosen names but they re not for me to like are they ?
The Twyla one makes me think of Twyford zoo I can’t get past that.
Liora just looks as if youve spelt Laura wrongly and my mind jumps to Kiora orange juice

xoubie

My husband and I have differing tastes when it comes to names. We've got two names that we agree on:

Liora and Twyla.

We are both in love with the sound of Liora, but worried because we aren't Jewish and don't want to offend anyone. Twyla is so pretty but we are worried it's too "out there" and the reactions from others we've tested it on haven't been great.

Names I like but my husband dislikes: Melody, Cadence, Violet, Daisy, Annabelle

Names my husband likes but I dislike: Ophelia, Penelope, Lucy, Miriam

Her middle name will be Mae.

Any suggestions if other names? Or opinions on the names Liora or Twyla?

Cadence ?
How is this a name?
Dictionary definition: The regular rise and fall in the pitch or tone of the human voice.The rhythmic flow of sounds and phrasing in poetry or prose.

Grammaretto

Names are fascinating and everyone has an opinion.

They go in and out of fashion.
You wouldn't find a baby being called Joan, Fiona or Patricia nowadays but they'll be back no doubt.
Likewise Stephen, Roger or John.

According to a few posts on Mumsnet the name Joan is becoming popular again.

If you want to lose the Jewish connection, why not go with Laura (Laura Mae goes well together) tbh the names sound pretty much the same but Laura is from the latin, laurus.

Isn’t Mae a Welsh name? It’s lovely I think, as is the English May and makes a good first or second name.

Actually OP, I like Violet Mae 😃

Oreo

Isn’t Mae a Welsh name? It’s lovely I think, as is the English May and makes a good first or second name.

The Welsh version of May is Mai, not Mae. I don’t know where Mae does come from though.

Names of flowers are very popular now .
I've heard of a couple of Violets .
At Sunday School yesterday we had two Lilies and it's a small group .

One of my granddaughters has Mae as a second name
It appears it has Latin Hebrew Greek and Egyptian background so pretty cosmopolitan

Please don’t use either name your child has a real risk of being bullied. There are plenty of more “unusual” names that are still known and familiar . She will be asked over and over how to say it and how to spell it at best

I love the trend of naming children after the place they were conceived. If I'd done that, my son would be called Canvey Island. Hmmm....

I'm very sorry but both names sound like brand names of bathroom cleaner./airfreshener.

butterandjam

I'm very sorry but both names sound like brand names of bathroom cleaner./airfreshener.

🤣🤣

CarrotTop

I love the trend of naming children after the place they were conceived. If I'd done that, my son would be called Canvey Island. Hmmm....

Mine would have been Ullapool 😁

And that was just the flower arrangement Esmay 😂

I'd have been called Great King Street. Can't say that trips off the tongue.

NotSpaghetti

Naomi is a name that can be pronounced all around the world apparently.

That might be worth considering.

Well, it can certainly be pronounced all around the wortld; just not the same way.

Nay-oh- mee

Nye-oh =mee.

Now-mi

A friend of mine was so ashamed / upset at the name given to her first grandchild ‘Tiger’ that she refused to tell anyone.

MawsRosie

xoubie

My husband and I have differing tastes when it comes to names. We've got two names that we agree on:

Liora and Twyla.

We are both in love with the sound of Liora, but worried because we aren't Jewish and don't want to offend anyone. Twyla is so pretty but we are worried it's too "out there" and the reactions from others we've tested it on haven't been great.

Names I like but my husband dislikes: Melody, Cadence, Violet, Daisy, Annabelle

Names my husband likes but I dislike: Ophelia, Penelope, Lucy, Miriam

Her middle name will be Mae.

Any suggestions if other names? Or opinions on the names Liora or Twyla?

Cadence ?
How is this a name?
Dictionary definition: The regular rise and fall in the pitch or tone of the human voice.The rhythmic flow of sounds and phrasing in poetry or prose.

I know of someone with the name Cadence. I don’t know if this has anything to do with it but one of her parents is in a band.