My husband and I have no idea whether we’re having a boy or girl but we already have a boy and I am having a totally different pregnancy this time around and i am convinced it’s a girl. We’re trying to come up with a girl’s name we can agree on. We were thinking of [name]Mireya[/name] but I know I’d wind up shortening it to “Reya” as a nickname and then I thought … why not just name her “Reya”?! Any thoughts on the following 3 names …
[name]Mireya[/name]
Reya
[name]Celeste[/name] (We think we like Reya or [name]Mireya[/name] better but we keep going back to [name]Celeste[/name], too).
Personally, I prefer [name]Celeste[/name]. It sounds angelic. [name]Celeste[/name] [name]Mireya[/name] or [name]Celeste[/name] Reya both sound pretty, though.
Calling a girl “Reya” would be like calling her “[name]Queen[/name]” (Spanish). I would advise you to use the more complete [name]Mireya[/name] and use Reya as a nickname. I love the French version [name]Mireille[/name] even more than [name]Mireya[/name] but that’s just me! [name]Celeste[/name] is gorgeous too!
I like [name]Celeste[/name] the most with one of those names as a middle like pp said, but otherwise I’d say the full [name]Mireya[/name] with Reya as a nn.
I really like [name]Celeste[/name] too, though [name]Mireya[/name] is pretty - and I’d be inclined to use the full name and have Reya as a nn as I like longer names which you can shorten. But agree with above that it does sound a bit like the [name]Mirena[/name] coil?
[name]Mireya[/name] and Reya seem like the sort of trendy made up names that look cool right now but in a few years are going to seem as silly and dated as all those quintessential 80’s and 90’s names. Plus, I’m not even really sure how to say them.
[name]Celeste[/name] is a beautiful, elegant, timeless name with no potential of mispronunciation. You could also consider [name]Celestia[/name], or [name]Celestine[/name].