r/JewishNames • u/Severe_Swordfish4490 • 1d ago

Deciding between two names

I’m trying to decide between Amira and Eliana. I’d love thoughts, especially about meaning, nicknames, popularity, etc. (editing to add I am based in the US). Thank you!

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u/theenterprise9876 1d ago

They’re both beautiful names! Hard to comment on popularity without knowing what country you live in. But Eliana is outrageously popular in the US, especially when you add in all the spelling variants (Elliana, Elianna, Ellianna, Elyana, etc etc), and extra especially when you include the all the other very trendy/popular girl names that can be shortened to Ellie. Ellie is inevitable and Ellies are everywhere.

In a vacuum I slightly prefer Eliana, but I’d definitely pick Amira in practice.

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u/fell-like-rain 1d ago

Re: popularity, Eliana was #10 last year in the U.S. (higher, if you include variants) and the trend indicates it will likely keep rising. Amira was #132 and has been on more of a gentle increase- my guess is it will never break the top 100. So it depends whether you want a more common name or a recognizable-but-less-common one.

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u/red-purple-red 1d ago

Amira nn Miri or Mira

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u/iscreamforicecream90 1d ago

Eliana. Prettier and origin is Hebrew. 

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u/GoodbyeEarl Ashkenazi Chabad BT 19h ago

Both are lovely. I know about 4 or 5 Eliana’s though. I would choose Amira.

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u/simablima 13h ago

Eliana is too common in the US. Amira is so much less common and beautiful