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Elettra

I love both and I am a bit on the fence trying to pick between the two. Electra does sound a bit too electric, but it is more easily recognized in English than Elettra. Elettra does have a softer sound which I like. Then again, I'm crazy and prefer Elektra with a K because it's Greek.

Electra

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But I like both.

I like Electra, I know a girl named Elektra

I prefer Elettra and share your rationale.

I asked my sister and she, not knowing too much about names, said Elettra sounds like a made up name. I love the idea of Lettie but all in all I perfer the name Electra.

Electra. I just hate the way some Cs have disappeared in Italian, like Elettra, Vittoria, Ottavia, etc. It always feels to me like I'm drunk and trying to say Electra, Victoria, Octavia... That's why I prefer Electra. But I wouldn't use it because it only makes me think of cheap blonde chicks (because of Carmen).

Electra has Lettie potential too, and it's much bolder and stronger. Elettra is a secondary name IMO; it's pretty and tripping and elegant, but Electra is where the real power lies. Elettra is like a mask Electra wears.

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I recently fell in love with both names, but Electra harder. I justify it this way: I know sisters named Olympia and Octavia, and they have never had any trouble with either of their names; Electra is just about as "weird," why shouldn't it be workable?