Subtle elemental names needed!

Okay, so I wrote this story ages and ages ago about four girls who have elemental powers (which, come to think of it, describes about half of my Google Drive), and I would like some less cliché names for them. Also maybe some less cliché personality traits. So far I have:

Marina Octavia King (Water)

Thoughtful, detail-oriented, generally level-headed, but when she gets mad she gets MAD

Mirabella Alizeh “Lizi” Pembroke (Air)

Excitable, playful, chaotic, funny

Sierra Juliet Fissure (Earth)

A good influence in (almost) every way, calm and calming, a bright soul

Fioresca “Fiora” Lilianne Day (Fire)

Brave, loyal, fierce, energetic

The only name I feel strongly about is Fiora, because she’s something of a comfort character for me and I was really attached to that name in fifth or sixth grade when I wrote this, but the nickname Fiora is the only thing I care about here.

Thank you so much for helping with this!

ETA: Other names I’ve thought about and physical appearances!

Marina:

Appearance

Light skin, shiny dark hair, blue eyes, slim build, all in all quite the looker

Other names

Caspiana, Morwenna, Salila, Sapphira, Gwenora, basically anything that sounds kind of princess-y

Lizi

Appearance

Sandy blond hair, tan skin, brown eyes, average build

Other names

I haven’t really thought of any yet tbh, preferably something that doesn’t end in a vowel, or a frilly-sounding full name with a simpler, non-‘a’-ending nickname

Sierra

Appearance

Brown hair (usually with flowers growing in it), light-ish brown skin (like tea), hazel eyes

Other names

Avani, Peridot “Peri”, Bryn

Fiora

Appearance

Light skin, red hair, either light brown or bright blue eyes, slight build

Other names

I need a FN that works with the nickname Fiora and a MN that works with that or a MN that works with Fiora as a full name. MN ideas: Soleil, Polaris, Vesper/ine

[name_f]Air[/name_f]
[name_f]Aubrette[/name_f]
Zepherine
[name_f]Aura[/name_f]
[name_u]Gale[/name_u]

Water
[name_f]Jordana[/name_f]
[name_f]Morgana[/name_f]
[name_u]Azure[/name_u]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Misty[/name_f]

[name_f]Earth[/name_f]
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_f]Teri[/name_f]
[name_f]Rochelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f]

Firey names:
[name_u]Garnet[/name_u]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Soleil[/name_f]
[name_f]Hestia[/name_f]
[name_f]Helia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aithne[/name_f]
[name_f]Amber[/name_f]

Waterey names:
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sapphira[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwenore[/name_f]
[name_u]Aria[/name_u]
[name_u]Brooke[/name_u]
[name_f]Tierra[/name_f]
[name_f]Eira[/name_f]
[name_f]Tahlia[/name_f]

Earthey names;
[name_f]Gaia[/name_f]
[name_u]Bryn[/name_u]
[name_u]Briar[/name_u]
[name_u]Auburn[/name_u]
[name_f]Amethyst[/name_f]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_f]Savannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sahara[/name_f]
[name_u]Sierra[/name_u]

Airey names:
[name_f]Sefarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Nephele[/name_f]
[name_f]Tadita[/name_f]
[name_f]Brisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]

Water
[name_f]Alara[/name_f] means water fairy but it doesn’t have any sound similarities to water words in [name_f]English[/name_f], so it could be more subtle.

Maybe this character has ADHD, so she has the character traits you described when she is hyper focussing but the rest of the time she can flit between tasks, be forgetful and impulsive.

Water:
[name_u]Delta[/name_u]
[name_f]Ondina[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Raina[/name_f]
[name_f]Swanhilda[/name_f]
[name_u]Willow[/name_u]

[name_f]Air[/name_f]:
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] ‘Rory’
[name_f]Birdie[/name_f]
[name_u]Celeste[/name_u] ‘Leslie’
[name_u]Skyler[/name_u]

[name_f]Earth[/name_f]:
[name_u]Holland[/name_u]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f]
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]
[name_f]Rochelle[/name_f]

[name_u]Fire[/name_u]:
Eoforhild [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Feodora[/name_f] [name_u]Polaris[/name_u]
[name_f]Fiora[/name_f] [name_f]Scarlet[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiorella[/name_f] [name_f]Soleil[/name_f]
[name_f]Florentina[/name_f] [name_u]Vesper[/name_u]

[name_f]Air[/name_f]:
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]
[name_f]Nephele[/name_f]
[name_u]Sora[/name_u]
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
[name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f]

[name_f]Earth[/name_f]:
[name_u]Demeter[/name_u] (Demetria)
[name_f]Dionne[/name_f]
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_u]Leigh[/name_u]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]

Water:
[name_f]Naia[/name_f]
[name_u]Indra[/name_u]
[name_u]Beck[/name_u]
[name_u]Kendall[/name_u]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f]
[name_u]Marlowe[/name_u]
[name_u]Morgan[/name_u]
[name_f]Thalassa[/name_f]
[name_f]Nereida[/name_f]
[name_f]Nerissa[/name_f]

[name_u]Fire[/name_u]:
[name_f]Seraphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Candace[/name_f]
Ena/Enya

Okay, I think I’ve made some decisions!

For the Water character, I think I’ll call her [name_f]Gwenora[/name_f] [name_f]Ianthe[/name_f] [name_m]Saphir[/name_m], first middle last. I wanted something off-beat and princess-y, do you think that fits the bill? Fiora’s full name I think will be [name_u]Celeste[/name_u] [name_f]Fiorella[/name_f] [name_m]Altair[/name_m], and for [name_f]Earth[/name_f] I have [name_f]Avani[/name_f] [name_f]Peridot[/name_f], but I need a plant-related surname. For [name_f]Air[/name_f], which I’m now calling Wind because that’s cooler, I was thinking maybe [name_f]Nephele[/name_f] “Ellie”, but I’m still not sure on a middle or last name.

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