I’m going through my list and would really love to hear individual thoughts on the names I adore, but haven’t quite made my short list.
What are your general thoughts on [name_f]Ilaria[/name_f]?
What would you name siblings of [name_f]Ilaria[/name_f]?
Previous Names: [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f], [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], [name_f]Katarina[/name_f].
Pronciation is ee-LAH-ree-ə.
http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/girl/ilaria
Thanks, Berries!
I like it - it kind of sounds like that school on She’s the [name_m]Man[/name_m] haha
but the name itself is beautiful(:
Without knowing its pronunciation, my mind went to malaria and hilaria.
I like it but I wonder if Illyria wouldn’t get less mangled in pronunciation? [name_f]Ilaria[/name_f] has more history as a given name, though, and isn’t a place (normally I avoid place names, Illyria is the exception that proves the rule)
I really like it but am not sure I’d use it. I’m looking forward to seeing what other people think of it.
[name_f]Ilaria[/name_f] fits well for me with not just strictly Italian girls’ like [name_f]Fiorella[/name_f], [name_f]Caterina[/name_f], [name_f]Francesca[/name_f]… but works pretty well with most flowery, longer names. [name_f]Alexandrina[/name_f], [name_f]Madrigal[/name_f], [name_f]Isidora[/name_f], [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]…?
Gorgeous! I say ill-[name_m]AH[/name_m]-ree-ah. I also like stripedsocks’ suggestion of Illyria, and I also like the spelling variant Elaria
I’m thinking anout hillaria too, but not malaria. I prefer Illyria myself, but Ilike [name_f]Ilaria[/name_f] too. 
I like Illyria, but [name_f]Ilaria[/name_f] is just… I don’t know. Something about the lar feels like gagging when I say it.
Illyria just seems like too much to me. It’s not even a legitimate name. I’m big on using established names so Illyria is just an ancient geographical region and a(Awesome!)character from [name_f]Angel[/name_f].
[name_f]Ilaria[/name_f] was on my middles list for a loong old time, and it’s beautiful. I think the pronunciation is pretty straightforward, but that may just be me and my excellentness (also I knew it before, but the main reason is obviously just the excellentness thing) Good luck!
Well, technically Illyria was a character on [name_u]Angel[/name_u] (sorry, wow I am a geek), but yes she was kind of awesome.
I totally see your point though. If you’re not into place-names then Illyria isn’t a good choice. [name_f]Ilaria[/name_f] is lovely (did we conclude that it is prounounced Il-[name_m]AH[/name_m]-ria or Il-[name_f]AIR[/name_f]-ia? )
I think it’s a beautiful name and I think it would sound even more gorgeous if you had a slightly spanish accent.
But while I think the name is beautiful and exotic, I definitely mentally associate “hilarious” with it.
Yeah, I worried that some would think it sounded similar to Malaria. It’s one of the reasons the name hasn’t made it far up my list.
@Moonkai
I’ve heard it pronounced a couple different ways, but I’m going off the pronunciation on BehindTheName.
i’ve met several girls named Elaria, all living in [name_f]Italy[/name_f]. It seems to be a common Italian name. Beautiful!
I’ve also seen it spelled Elariia.