Maya? eliana?

Hello :slight_smile: I’m brand new to this but I search this forum all the time for name ideas. I was hoping for some help picking out my first baby’s name :slight_smile: she’s due in [name]December[/name]

I’m so picky with names and have hardly found any that seem right. I dont really have a style. I just know I want her name to be unique without being strange. I’m stuck right now between the names [name]Maya[/name] [name]Rose[/name] (her dad insists on rose but I’d pike to find a less popular alternative) [name]Maya[/name] [name]Eliana[/name] or [name]Eliana[/name] as a first name and no clue what her middle.name would be. What do you guys think of the names [name]Maya[/name] and eliana? Which do you like better?

Thank you :slight_smile:

I like [name]Maya[/name] [name]Eliana[/name] the best. But I prefer the spelling [name]Maia[/name]. [name]Maia[/name] [name]Eliana[/name]! [name]Maia[/name]/[name]Maya[/name] [name]Emmeline[/name] would be nice too. [name]Eliana[/name] is pretty. Maybe [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Rosalie[/name], [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Rosamund[/name], [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Penelope[/name], [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name], [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Madeleine[/name], [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Persephone[/name], [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Snow[/name], [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Winter[/name], [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Aurora[/name], [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Hope[/name], [name]Eliana[/name] Adelise, or [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Adelaide[/name]? I don’t know your taste so I just threw out random combos, but hope I this helps :slight_smile:

If her dad likes [name]Rose[/name], perhaps a variant? [name]Rosa[/name], [name]Rosalie[/name], [name]Rosamund[/name] (which doesn’t have a [name]Rose[/name] meaning), or even just [name]Rosie[/name] which I find much more refreshing.

[name]Eliana[/name] [name]Rose[/name] I love. [name]Maya[/name] feels tired and a bit bland. [name]Eliana[/name]'s gorgeous. [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Rosalie[/name] is pretty too.

I like [name]Maya[/name]! It’s nms (nameberry lingo for “not my style”) but I would love to see it used by someone else. I think [name]Maya[/name] [name]Rose[/name] is nice on it’s own but if you like fancy names you could go for [name]Maya[/name] [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Rose[/name] or off beat names: [name]Maya[/name] [name]Rosette[/name]?

I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Maia[/name], but this spelling [name]Maya[/name] reminds me of [name]Mayo[/name] and I don’t care for Y’s. (Funny what one letter can do to a name, lol!) Something like [name]Maia[/name] [name]Rosalie[/name] or [name]Maia[/name] [name]Rosalind[/name] would be stunning!

[name]Eliana[/name] is lovely, but feels very trendy and popular with the [name]El[/name]-beginning and the -[name]Ana[/name] ending, both of which are super popular right now.

[name]Maya[/name] [name]Elaine[/name] sounds the best. But I think [name]Elaina[/name] [name]Rose[/name] would be nice too!

I love [name]Maya[/name] [name]Rose[/name]! [name]Maya[/name] [name]Eliana[/name] is OK, but [name]Eliana[/name] is a bit too frilly for me.

I hear [name]Maya[/name] A LOT which makes it a bit of a turn-off for me. I only know a small amount of young children and I know 3 [name]Maya[/name]'s and 2 [name]Mia[/name]'s. I like [name]Eliana[/name] because it’s very familiar but not super common (just under 2,000 born in 2010 as opposed to about 4,000 [name]Maya[/name]'s and 11,400 [name]Mia[/name]'s). I would go for [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Rosalie[/name] or [name]Eliana[/name] [name]May[/name].