My husband and I are torn between 2 girl names. Amara and Alayna. Which would you choose?

Question

I am due next week with our second baby girl. Big sister's name is Arielle.

Answer 1

I like Amara better, especially once I looked up all the names.

Arielle means "lion of God" in Hebrew.

Amara means "grace" in Igbo.

Alayna is a variant of Alana, feminine for Alan, and means either "little rock" or "handsome" in Breton.

Answer 2

I love the name Amara. It is different and beautiful.

Answer 3

Alayna

you will make the right choice because both are beautiful =)

Answer 4

Alayna means Rock

Amara means Unfading; eternal.

I like the sound of Alayna.

Answer 5

Alayna is the prettier and easier to pronounce of the two.

Answer 6

Amara

Answer 7

Alayna

have you thought of Aliana/Alianna  (Aly-anna)

Answer 8

I think Amara goes better with Arielle, which, by the way, is absolutely beautiful

Answer 9

Amara!

Answer 10

Amara sounds beautiful.

Answer 11

Alayna would be great. its cute. :)

congratulations btw.

Answer 12

I absolutley love Alayna. My Neighbors spells her name Elaina. But its cute... Congradulations.

Answer 13

If i were you i would go with Amara, because it sounds like how it's spelt. People would be forever mispronouncing and/or misspelling the name Alayna- and, from experience, i can tell you that that is very annoying. Both beautiful names though:) lol even on the Yahoo! Answers spell check told me to spell Alayna Alana.

Answer 14

hey amara alayna sound good together make it a middle name i would be thinking of familiar names for a girl my sons name is almando

Answer 15

Definitely Amara.

Answer 16

Amara... hands down.  Beautiful.

Answer 17

Alayna

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

Answer 18

I very much prefer Amara because it is so much rarer and more interesting than Alayna.  The only downside is that the name means "bitter".  Alayna does roll off the tongue nicely, tho, but I'd still go w/ Amara.

Answer 19

I think Alayna is beautiful :)

Answer 20

Alayna

Answer 21

Alayna

A beautiful , cute name

and goes perfectly with big sisters name , Arielle

xx

Answer 22

Alayna. It is so cute and totally souds good with Arielle. Amara is beautiful too but I like Alayna.

Answer 23

I think the name Alayna is beautiful. It complements her sisters name! By the way, congratulations!

Answer 24

amara =]

amara means eternal

and

alayna means fair one

Answer 25

Alayna is my favourite

Amara is a surname so it sounds a bit colder and less girly.

Answer 26

I think Alayna is sooooo cute and stuff.

Arama sounds interesting and unique and i like that. but i prefer Alayna better. :)

CONGRATS!!!! :)

Answer 27

I really like both, actually! Maybe you can use Amara Alayna [ alayna for the middle name] or vice versa! But I'll have to say I like Alayna better.

:-]

Answer 28

Hi Bella, it's a hard one when you can't both agree, but maybe if you looked up the meanings of the names that might help you to decide. I think Mara means bitter, so it's good to check these things out. All the best for the new baby:)

Mother of five

Answer 29

Amara is beautiful and it goes well with Arielle. Congratulations :) Arielle is also a pretty name!