Hello again.
We are due with baby number three in [name_u]December[/name_u]. We still have quite awhile to decide, and had thought we were set on our choices. We won’t be finding out the gender this time because this will be our last baby and we’d like it to be a surprise.
We have decided on [name_m]Scott[/name_m] [name_m]Allen[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] for a boy, and for a girl we had [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_f]May[/name_f] and [name_f]Lyla[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f] picked out. We have been leaning more towards [name_f]Lyla[/name_f] more and more. Our thought was that we’d decide between the two closer to the due date or when we met her. Well the other day I went to various places with our girls and heard the name [name_f]Nylah[/name_f]… I couldn’t get it out of my head I told my husband about it and he likes it more than [name_f]Lyla[/name_f], but said it is up to me. I’m torn.
[name_f]Lyla[/name_f] is for a childhood favorite [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] (which is not an option), and in honor of my grandmothers favorite flower, Lilacs (also not an option). We chose the [name_f]Lyla[/name_f] spelling due to having a niece [name_f]Lily[/name_f] and not wanting [name_f]Lilah[/name_f] accidently pronounced as [name_f]Lil[/name_f]-la. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband does like it, but he said the Lie sound throws him off… I like it. Lol.
[name_f]Nylah[/name_f] has the same sound in a way, but instead of Lie it’s [name_m]Nye[/name_m] as in night. [name_f]Nylah[/name_f] has the Arabic roots same as [name_f]Lyla[/name_f]/[name_f]Lylah[/name_f]. I’ve come to realize I like a lot of Arabic and Persian girl names. Not sure why. [name_f]Nylah[/name_f] lacks the sentiment, but is a name that is so new to me yet so familiar.
So here are my questions…
Which do you personally prefer out of the two- [name_f]Lylah[/name_f] or [name_f]Nylah[/name_f]? And why.
Does [name_f]Nylah[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f] or [name_f]Lylah[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f] flow better? I am open to suggestions on a middle name. We prefer one syllable middle names with our last name. Cannot be [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Bea[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Beth[/name_f], or [name_u]Kay[/name_u].
Which name fits better with [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] [name_f]Bea[/name_f] (pronounced like [name_f]Bee[/name_f]) and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]?
Should we keep the ‘H’ at the end or have it end in a vowel as [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] do?
Thank you for your help!!