Zara, Linnea, Sylvie?

[lexikj]

What are your opinions on these names? They are 3 new ones I've added to my girls list.

Zara - pronounced Zarr-uh. SO cool in my opinion. Very exotic to my ears, but can you see it on a little white girl? There is also the clothing store with this name where I live (but they sell very nice clothes haha).

Linnea - Gorgeous and uncommon too, and I love how it connects to my Scandinavian heritage. I'd be concerned with people pronouncing it Lin-ee-uh or thinking that I "made it up" though.

Sylvie - I think it's a lot cuter/more fresh than Sylvia, which I find kind of dated since I knew an older woman named Sylvia.

Wdyt? Any good combos?

[shaymin2]

I love Zara and Linnea. Sylvie is ok. I like it way better than Sylvia. Mn ideas:

Zara Bethel
Zara Catherine
Zara Delilah
Zara Daisy
Zara Florence
Zara Genevieve
Zara Hermione
Zara Isis
Zara Josephine
Zara Kismet
Zara Lily
Zara Monet
Zara Natalia
Zara Opal
Zara Poppy
Zara Roxana
Zara Thisbe

Linnea Britt
Linnea Catherine
Linnea Daisy
Linnea Esther
Linnea Freya
Linnea Ginger
Linnea Helen
Linnea Juliet
Linnea Katarina
Linnea Miriam
Linnea Pia
Linnea Ruth
Linnea Tansy

Sylvie Annabelle
Sylvie Belinda
Sylvie Catalina
Sylvie Delilah
Sylvie Emmeline
Sylvie Guinevere
Sylvie Helena
Sylvie Iris
Sylvie Joanna
Sylvia Katherine
Sylvie Lilah
Sylvie Magdalena
Sylvie Nicolette
Sylvie Oriane
Sylvie Parthenope
Sylvie Rebecca
Sylvie Tabitha

[dantea]

I like Zara a lot. Linnea is okay but I always pronounced it lin-ee-uh but I see it's suppose to be lin-ay-uh...hmm. Sylvie is just a nickname to me and Sylvia is very pretty. I like Sylvie as a nn for Silvana.

Zara Elise
Zara Daphne
Zara Genevieve
Zara Lorraine
Zara Sophia
Zara Willow
Zara Arielle
Zara Corinne
Zara Beatrice
Zara Jade
Zara Elodie
Zara Gwen
Zara Imogen
Zara Odette
Zara Magdalene
Zara Penelope
Zara Celeste
Zara Silvana

[esrever88]

I like all three names! I'd say that Sylvie is my favorite, followed by Linnea (I always forget how much I like Linnea until someone mentions it!) and then Zara.

For your concern about a "little white girl" named Zara, you don't have to look any further than the British Royal Family - Princess Anne's daughter is named Zara.

Combos: I've been really loving Joyce as a middle name lately, and I think Linnea Joyce sounds gorgeous. Sylvie Jane or the previous suggestion of Sylvie Iris would be fabulous. As for Zara, how about Zara Helene?

[halfkoreangirl]

I love the name Linnea! It's gorgeous!
Zara is pretty cool as well.
Sylvie is alright. It seems like a popular choice on Nameberry.

[babeinthewoods]

I love Linnea. It's at the top of my list right now if this little one turns out to be a girl.

Zara is cool, but I wonder if pronunciation would be an issue. Zehr-a or Zhar-a? Although personally that wouldn't stop me from using it. I totally think it's usable and not too exotic.

I really like Sylvie too. It was in the running for my older daughter's name but we ended up going with Sylvan instead. I always figured Sylvie would be her nickname but at almost 3 we havn't used it yet. Maybe as she gets older though!

[k8d]

I really, really like Zara and Linnea. Sylvie not so much. I first heard Zara while shopping in Europe and thought it was such a cool name. I went to school with a girl named Linnea, and once she told people how to pronounce it, there weren't any issues. I would use either name, but my husband vetoed both of them =(. You really can't go wrong with either. I also wouldn't worry about using Zara because exotic names are becoming more common. Good luck!!

[trustedwriter]

I have to say, I love Sylvie! I like Sylvia, too...I know most people think it's dated, but it has a youthful fresh feeling to me, probably because I don't know any older Sylvias. To my mind Sylvie conjures up the image of a sweet little innocent girl. (Tasha Tudor wrote a book about a Sylvie Ann - very sweet children's Halloween story.)

[rgp19]

I like Zara, it means to blossom in Arabic so that is very nice. By the way, Zara is a fairly common name in the UK so I wouldnt really about a white baby having this name I like Linnea too. Sylvie I like the least but its nice

[theatrenut23]

I love all three names. Sylvie and Linnea are my favourites.
MN suggestions:
Zara Elise
Zara Caroline
Zara Annalise

Linnea Alice
Linnea Hazel
Linnea Josephine

Sylvie Eleanor
Sylvie Eloise
Sylvie Margot

Good luck!