Nayeli is super pretty.

Anonymous wrote:Andrea. Flavia looks like either labia or flava flav. Nayeli sounds like a spice. Nay also means no.

I saw something on how in English we have an association with words that begin with N and negative or no. It was interesting if you google. Negative Nancy basically.

I mean “nay” means no.

Anonymous wrote:Not Flavia because I immediately thought "Flava Flav" but that is just my elder millennial speaking

Flavia is pronounced Flah—vee—Ah

It sounds nothing like Flava Flav

gently - none are great

Nayeli isn’t a tragedy, it's a Latina name and OP said she’s Mexican-American. With her background, it’s a perfectly normal and lovely choice.

Flavia should be the mother of a Roman Senator, so hard to think of it as usable for a modern baby.

Andrea is fine. Solid and the most white sounding, if that’s a consideration either way.

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Anonymous wrote:Andrea

The other 2 will be misspelled, mispronounced, and generally mangled. I thought Flavia was an ancient Roman name, I didn’t realize anyone still used it. I’ve never heard Nayeli, and while I think it could sound pretty, I don’t really know how it’s supposed to be pronounced.

Isn’t there an Olympic gymnast from Brazil named Flavia? It’s the only time I’ve heard that name.

Flavia is an established name in Latin America. It’s fairly common for millennials in but less so for younger generations.

It means golden.

I think it sounds nice and fits right in with the popular sounds L and V sounds of today’s baby names like Olivia, Ivy, Layla and Aria.

Anonymous wrote:Flavia and Nayeli are hideous.

Andrea is OK. Some people are going to insist on saying ANN-dree-ah, which will get annoying. I had a friend in high school who was constantly correcting this. Anyway, pronunciation issues aside, it's just OK.

What are your other options?

How else would you pronounce it? Aahn - dree - ah?

Every Andrea i’ve known (granted only 3) are Ann-dree-ah

I know a Nayeli and have never heard anyone mispronounce it. But we live in a diverse area where people are used to Spanish names. If mispronunciation is a concern I feel like Andrea is more likely to be pronounced not the way you like it.

Andrea is lovely.

I don’t like any of them.

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Anonymous wrote:How about Heather, Sarah or Jennifer?

+1
It's very important to sound as White as possible

You may be putting it mildly. DH and I are among the whitest of whites (like 100% European ancestry) and even we wouldn’t name our kid Heather, Sarah, or Jennifer (or any other name of that variety). I’m glad we seem to be moving away from boring names that hundreds of thousands of people in a generation share. We do need to stay away from tragedeighs as the same time, though.

Yes but there's a fine line between tragedeigh and judgment. We should just let people do what they want to do and not make assumptions about them or the families. We think the variant "Cady" is classy but not "Marleigh"... like who are you, or me, to say?

I don't mind Heather, Sarah or Jennifer if it's what you love. But don't $h*t on other peoples' name choices, especially when they have the audacity to be from another culture (how dare they).

I like Andrea best of the ones you mentioned.

Flavia is also a mineral water brand in Italy (search acqua Flavia)

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Anonymous wrote:Andrea

The other 2 will be misspelled, mispronounced, and generally mangled. I thought Flavia was an ancient Roman name, I didn’t realize anyone still used it. I’ve never heard Nayeli, and while I think it could sound pretty, I don’t really know how it’s supposed to be pronounced.

Isn’t there an Olympic gymnast from Brazil named Flavia? It’s the only time I’ve heard that name.

Flavia and Flavio are extremely common names in Brazil. Unless you have Brazilian heritage, it seems extremely try-hard to me to name your child that. I say that as a Brazilian. It's like the super pretentious, super not-at-all Italian or Greek lady in my town who named her daughter Cosima.

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