Help deciding baby girl name

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Grammaretto

We named our geese Betty and Bertie
JenniRen.

I'd never heard either of your choices xoubie and wouldn't know how to pronounce them.

We have our DC plain easy to spell names.
DDs was rather old fashioned so as a child she didn't like it but now she's grown up she does.

We named our geese Betty and Bertie JenniRen.
😀
Having given them names, I hope they were pets and not for the table!

Fifty years ago our neighbour babysat for a child called Twyla. Haven’t heard the name again until I saw this post.

Please say that the suggestion for a boy of Lilibert was a wind up.

Liora is pretty...but many might just say Laura. I like Francesca.

We named our geese Betty and Bertie
JenniRen.

I'd never heard either of your choices xoubie and wouldn't know how to pronounce them.

We have our DC plain easy to spell names.
DDs was rather old fashioned so as a child she didn't like it but now she's grown up she does.

then there's a pile on of "noooooo" plus a couple of polar opposite suggestions, along the lines of have you considered "Mary/Daphne/Agnes"

Annest is a variant of Agnes.

I knew someone called Nest years ago.

Please think hard before saddling the little one with a lifetime of people asking how to spell her name. I have never met anyone with mine and am over 80 and cursed my mother for her choice even though now I am glad to be unique - by name, anyway. For most of my life I was known by a shortened version but when we moved thirty years ago there was already an elderly lady in the village with my short form so I reverted to the longer version. I can tell how long I have known people by what they call me!

Sorry I don't like either but I do love the name Lydia, which has Greek origins, mentioned in the old testament and means beautiful or noble one.

I think if you have a short list or even a definite name, why ask random strangers opinion. It's entirely up to you and your o/h. This is a thing on MN, occasionally a poster will moot an "out there" name say T'wnyah or some ridiculous made up name, then there's a pile on of "noooooo" plus a couple of polar opposite suggestions, along the lines of have you considered "Mary/Daphne/Agnes"

Annest really is unusual, JamesandJohn33, I just looked it up, and there have only been 29 babies named that in the last 30 years in England and Wales. I like it, but I hadn’t heard of it before, although I’m in Wales, and we have lots of Welsh names in the family.

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

That might be worth considering.

I dislike both those names.
My favourites at the moment are Welsh names Annest or Bethan .

I prefer names to be traditional and familiar. While names are meant to uniquely identify us, is also important that they are not easily mistaken or misspelt or have the capacity to be used unkindly.

While Liora is pretty, chances are it will mean a lifetime of having to say she isn’t Laura.

Twyla has an alternate spelling Twila (and variants Tayla and Tylah which I’m sure end up confused with Taylor and Tyler).

I would definitely avoid names that could be used to give someone a nickname. I’m going to be blunt but I’m afraid "twirler" has some unpleasant meanings in urban slang. You don’t want to be putting a sensitive teen in a position where she's being called Twyla the Twirler.

NotSpaghetti

OldFrill

Lilibet is quite nice

Lilibert for a boy

Very handy if you have twins, one of each.
Betty and Bertie for short.

Personally, I don't like Twyla (twirl, twiddle, twill, twilight) and it reminds me of some brand of sanitaryware. Twyfords? But it might be very popular.

There are hundreds of Hebrew girls' names to choose from, hope you find one that suits you both. Or suits the baby when she (presumably you know it's a girl) arrives. Other people can't choose for you.

If a child is given a very unusual first name, they should have another traditional name that they can use instead if they don't like their first name.
Liora Anne?
Twyla (don't!) Elizabeth?

How about Elizabeth? A beautiful classic and after our late queen.
I understand it has more diminutives than almost any other girl's name, so plenty for the child to decide on, when she's older?

Liora is a Jewish name, it means light in Hebrew.A very pretty name, but I dislike Twyla.
It’s often difficult for Mum to be and Dad to be agreeing on a name, whittle it down to two names each and then choose one from each of you to be a first and second name.😃

OldFrill

Lilibet is quite nice

Lilibert for a boy

Cressida. The name Liora is an old, Jewish name. It's not, as you say, out there.