Lea could be short for…?

We both really like the name [name_f]Leah[/name_f], but don’t love the meaning (delicate/weary); also I prefer having a longer ‘full name’ to turn to on occasion eg to get attention! I’m sure there are lots of names we could use to get the day-to-day name Lea/Lia eg [name_f]Leona[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] - ideas on these please? Prefer a name with positive or nature meaning generally. Thank you!

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[name_f]Liana[/name_f] was my first thought!

[name_f]Natalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Talia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Camellia[/name_f]
[name_f]Idalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Odelia[/name_f], [name_f]Odilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Otilia[/name_f], [name_f]Ottilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Arcelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Helia[/name_f]
Vitalia
[name_f]Accalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Azalea[/name_f]
[name_f]Leanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Leandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Clea[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f], [name_f]Lenora[/name_f]

How lovely! How about…

[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Melina[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]
Cléa or [name_f]Clea[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonore[/name_f]
[name_f]Liliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Analia[/name_f]
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Milena[/name_f]
[name_f]Leanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Annalisa[/name_f]

I think [name_f]Leona[/name_f] and [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] are both quite sweet. They lend themselves well to [name_f]Lea[/name_f] / [name_f]Lia[/name_f] as intuitive nicknames! They’re hearty, really solid names. I think my preference might be for [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], personally (I like the way it sounds!), but both work and are nice.

my sisters name is leala (pronounced lee-la)

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Alia[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Liora[/name_f]

Eleanor/Eleanora
[name_f]Leanne[/name_f]

I think the only one I can think of that hasnt been mentioned yet is [name_f]Elliana[/name_f].

[name_f]Leandra[/name_f] (like a lion/lion like)
[name_f]Azalea[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]

[name_f]Leandra[/name_f] was first thought

Also [name_f]Leona[/name_f] / [name_f]Leonie[/name_f], [name_f]Leonora[/name_f] / [name_f]Leonor[/name_f] / [name_f]Lenore[/name_f] / [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Letty[/name_f] / [name_f]Laetitia[/name_f], Arzaylea

Thought of my middle name [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] at first sight! :slight_smile:

[name_f]Adelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Arcelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Caelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
Cloelia
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
ELia
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliora[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elora[/name_f]
[name_u]Ilia[/name_u]
[name_f]Ilaria[/name_f]
[name_f]Idalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Laelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Liana[/name_f]
[name_f]Liliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Rozalia[/name_f]
Stelliana
[name_f]Azalea[/name_f]
[name_f]Leandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Leona[/name_f]
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Endelienta[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]
Iliana/Ileana
[name_f]Kelila[/name_f]
[name_f]Koralia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Livia[/name_f]
[name_f]Melia[/name_f]
[name_f]Meliora[/name_f]
[name_f]Alessia[/name_f]

[name_f]Leora[/name_f] is pretty and unique :relaxed:

Wow you guys are amazing! Thank you! You’ve made me realise that for me a natural nn [name_f]Lea[/name_f] would only come from a name beginning with that sound eg Leona/Liana/Leora etc… Definitely more thinking required from us, might need to go a different route after all. Thanks so much (and hopefully this thread might be useful to other people after the same thing!).