[name]Do[/name] you know of any interesting and unique girls names that end in -a? All I have found is [name]Arabella[/name] and [name]Raphaela[/name]. I think that he former is too frilly, but I love the latter. Any ideas, fellow berries?
*sidenote: do you prefer names ending in -a or -ie/y?
There are so, so many. Have you tried using Nameberry’s super search function? Are you really looking just for unusual ending in -a, or in -ella/-ela (since both [name]Arabella[/name] and [name]Raphaela[/name] do).
I prefer -a names over -ie/-y etc names usually, although I like quite a few of those too.
I love [name]Arabella[/name], personally. 
Erm, some -a names I love:
[name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Alaia[/name]
[name]Alila[/name]
[name]Amaya[/name]
[name]Annika[/name]
[name]Ariana[/name]
[name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Aurelia[/name]
[name]Azalea[/name]
[name]Camilla[/name]
[name]Cara[/name]/[name]Carolina[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Ekaterina[/name]
[name]Elora[/name]
[name]Eliora[/name]
[name]Elena[/name]
[name]Eliana[/name]
[name]Eliska[/name]/[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Ella[/name]
[name]Emilia[/name]
[name]Evelina[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Gemma[/name]
[name]Giovanna[/name]
Gracja (Polish form of [name]Grace[/name], said GRAHS-yah)
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Isabella[/name]
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Josefina[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Julietta[/name]
[name]Kaia[/name]
[name]Leila[/name]
[name]Lilia[/name]/[name]Liliana[/name]
[name]Lola[/name] (prefer this as a nn, though)
[name]Luella[/name]/[name]Luna[/name]/[name]Lucia[/name]/[name]Luciana[/name] (and sort of [name]Lucinda[/name])
[name]Lyra[/name]
[name]Magdalena[/name]/[name]Madelina[/name]/Madelaina/[name]Magda[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Maria[/name]
[name]Maya[/name]
[name]Malia[/name]
[name]Merida[/name]
[name]Mia[/name]
[name]Morgana[/name]
[name]Nadia[/name]
[name]Norah[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]
[name]Octavia[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name] ([name]OLIVIA[/name]!)
[name]Oksana[/name]
[name]Portia[/name]
[name]Sabina[/name]
[name]Serena[/name]
[name]Seraphina[/name]
[name]Shoshana[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name]/[name]Sofia[/name] (although I think I might prefer [name]Sophie[/name] right now)
[name]Sybella[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Tessa[/name] (although I prefer just [name]Tess[/name])
[name]Ursula[/name]
[name]Valeria[/name]/[name]Valentina[/name]/[name]Valencia[/name]
[name]Vienna[/name]/[name]Verona[/name]
[name]Viviana[/name]
[name]Violetta[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Yasmina[/name]
[name]Zara[/name] ([name]Zara[/name]!)
[name]Zenobia[/name]
[name]Zinnia[/name]
[name]Zuzanna[/name] (athough I think most will prefer [name]Susannah[/name])
I think it depends–I don’t like the -ie/-y endings so much, but I do tend to prefer the non-“A” endings. Like [name]Tess[/name] to [name]Tessa[/name] and [name]Isabelle[/name] to [name]Isabella[/name] and [name]Arianne[/name] to [name]Ariana[/name] and [name]Charlotte[/name]/[name]Caroline[/name] to [name]Carlotta[/name]/[name]Carolina[/name] and [name]Violet[/name] to [name]Violetta[/name], etc. I chalk it up to my love of French culture. Then again, I prefer [name]Arabella[/name] to [name]Arabelle[/name] and [name]Sylvia[/name] to [name]Sylvie[/name], but I prefer [name]Annabelle[/name] and [name]Isabelle[/name] to [name]Annabella[/name] and [name]Isabella[/name], I guess it just depends on the name. I think I could probably go about half and half.
Good luck!
Oh, this post makes me so sad because i [name]LOVE[/name] names that end in -a, but my SO last name starts with “a”, so they are all out! sigh ashthedreamer’s list was pretty thorough… [name]Alessandra[/name] is a recent favorite of mine…