Help with narrowing down my girls name shortlist!

Looking for a beautiful, timeless name. Euro vibes since we are European in the US.

[name_f]Lila[/name_f]
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Isabela[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f] (pronounced Loochia)
[name_f]Maia[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f] / [name_f]Athenais[/name_f]
[name_f]Delfina[/name_f] / [name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Romi[/name_f]
[name_u]Rumi[/name_u]
[name_u]Ever[/name_u]

My favourites are [name_f]Lila[/name_f], [name_f]Maia[/name_f], [name_f]Delphine[/name_f] and [name_f]Romi[/name_f]

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Here are some of my favs:

Lila
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Romi[/name_f]
[name_u]Rumi[/name_u]
[name_u]Ever[/name_u]
:slight_smile:

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These give me a European vibe
[name_f]Isabela[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_f]Maia[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f] / [name_f]Delfina[/name_f]
[name_f]Athenais[/name_f]

These give me an American vibe
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_u]Ever[/name_u]
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_f]Lila[/name_f]

These are somewhat in-between
[name_f]Romi[/name_f] - I only know this as [name_u]Romy[/name_u], which has a euro vibe
[name_f]Athena[/name_f] - I feel like this is used more in [name_f]English[/name_f] speaking countries than Euope
[name_u]Rumi[/name_u] - this feels a little more middle eastern than european to me

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Is [name_f]Lila[/name_f] pronounced [name_u]Lee[/name_u]-la or leye-la? Either way is pretty, but I like Leye-la best. [name_f]Lily[/name_f] could be a nickname for [name_f]Lillian[/name_f], [name_f]Lilith[/name_f], or Liliet (such a lovely combo of [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] and [name_f]Lillian[/name_f]). I like [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], but as [name_f]Lu[/name_f]-see-uh. The ch makes me think of luchadores. I also love [name_f]Athena[/name_f], it’s a name I have on my list.

Here is my top 5:
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]

Lie- luh like lyla

It’s funny because [name_f]Aria[/name_f] is Italian for [name_f]Air[/name_f] and of course is an operatic melody and is derivative of [name_m]Lion[/name_m] in Hebrew but because of pop culture it seems American.

Love [name_f]Aria[/name_f], [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], [name_f]Athena[/name_f], and [name_u]Rumi[/name_u] or [name_f]Romi[/name_f], if you’re looking for a European vibe.

Favorites on your list:
[name_f]Aria[/name_f] and [name_f]Athena[/name_f]

Least favorites:
[name_f]Delfina[/name_f]/Delphine (dated, reminds me of dolphins and elves)
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u] (too common, not crisp)
[name_u]Rumi[/name_u] (sounds like roomy, as in spacious)
[name_u]Ever[/name_u] (doesn’t feel like a name)
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f] (mealworms)

Just my honest first impressions!

[name_f]My[/name_f] top are:
[name_f]Isabela[/name_f]
[name_f]Maia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Romi[/name_f]

Lucia, [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Athena[/name_f] and [name_f]Saskia[/name_f] are my favourites

I love [name_u]Rumi[/name_u] and [name_u]Ever[/name_u]!

Honestly, it’s american to me because I have never heard it being used in Europe as a name. I think it might get more popular but also [name_f]Aria[/name_f] sounds very close to Arier ([name_m]Aryan[/name_m]) which is why I don’t think it’ll be super popular, at least not around [name_u]Germany[/name_u].
It also doesn’t seem to have much usage in Italian and I think in Hebrew [name_u]Ari[/name_u] is more popular.

Ruby, [name_f]Lily[/name_f] and [name_f]Delphine[/name_f] are my favourites!

My top five are: [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Maia[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f] and [name_f]Delphine[/name_f] :slight_smile:

My favourites are: [name_u]Ever[/name_u], athena and amelia

I agree with a lot of that.
Only thing is I feel like aria is chic in Europe but cheesy here…
I love [name_f]Isabela[/name_f]/ [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] it’s so classic but is it boring?
Same with [name_f]Lucia[/name_f].
Also think [name_f]Maia[/name_f] is pretty and a little less used than [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] and [name_f]Lucia[/name_f].

beautiful list!!

my favorites are:
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u] (biased though, it’s my absolute favorite name!!)
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]

i also love:
[name_u]Ever[/name_u]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Maia[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]

(I like [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] too, but only the loo-sha and loo-see-uh pronunciations!)

Ruby and [name_f]Maia[/name_f] are my favs