Eliana Nava or Nava Eliana? Or...

amother

Crimson

Wed, Jan 31 2018, 7:15 am

Hi- def going with eliana as first name. I want to honor grandmother whose name was bayla but we want to use a hebrew name. which sounds better? Does Eliana Nava sound good? Or Nava Eliana sound better? Or I was thinking Eliana Esther bc Esther was beautiful inside and out. Or they all go?

PinkandYellow

Wed, Jan 31 2018, 7:20 am

They all sound gorgeous but I love Eliana Nava best.

daagahminayin

Wed, Jan 31 2018, 7:32 am

Eliana Nava. The other way around makes the vowels blend together and it’s harder to say.

SpottedBanana

Wed, Jan 31 2018, 11:02 am

Eliana Nava flows, but it flows too much for my liking. I like Eliana Esther the best.

Rachel Shira

Wed, Jan 31 2018, 11:05 am

Eliana Esther is such a pretty name.

FranticFrummie

Wed, Jan 31 2018, 11:52 am

My first thought was that she would end up getting a lot of Eliyahu ha Navi jokes.

I like Nava Eliana a lot though. Nava is one of my favorite names, and it's easy to say.

BetsyTacy

Wed, Jan 31 2018, 12:08 pm

When you say Eliana Nava you get two "na" sounds in a row. That isn't pleasing to my ear.
Eliana Esther is lovely. Nava Eliana and Nava Esther are both fine too.

MyUsername

Wed, Jan 31 2018, 12:23 pm

They're all nice. I personally don't like when there is a vowel at the end of the first name and a vowel at the beginning of the second name, because they tend to run together. So I like Eliana Nava best.

penguin

Wed, Jan 31 2018, 12:24 pm

Quote:

My first thought was that she would end up getting a lot of Eliyahu ha Navi jokes.

Took the words right out of my mouth...

shanabanana

Wed, Jan 31 2018, 1:43 pm

I like the sound of Eliana Esther
Eliana Nava sounds too much like Elianana-va to me

amother

Coffee

Wed, Jan 31 2018, 2:26 pm

I love all 3 names, but don't care for the combinations, except maybe Esther Nava.

The 2 Na Na in a row grate for Eliana Nava. They also almost rhyme, creating a sing-song in either direction.

I don't like the 2 vowel sounds for Nava Eliana or Eliana Esther (although that's the best of them). I think that the ending vowel needs a consonant to follow -- Eliana Rut, Nava Yehudis.

Sorry.

Lovemykids1

Wed, Jan 31 2018, 3:18 pm

WIll you be calling her by both names? If you plan on only using one name then it doesn’t really matter which goes first.

salt

Mon, Feb 05 2018, 8:05 am

Here is says that the meaning of the name Bayla is 'white':

https://www.behindthename.com/.....ddish

So where does the Nava or Esther come from?
Is there another meaning too?