Re: Lada, Anaïs, Cleo, and Leda
A Lada is a car. I know a lot of Russian linguists who are connoisseurs of the Lada. Hell, I am. It's still not something I'd name a child.
Anais, Cleo and Leda are all pretty. I think they're a little incomplete feeling. I feel like Cleo had nickname written all through it and Leda is minimalist. Also, the swan-bonking puts me off a little, even if I do kind of love the names Phaedra, Antigone and Pandora and the queen of all squick myths, Pasiphaë, has always struck me as interesting. So who am I to talk? It still feels incomplete.
I think Anais is lovely and elegant. I don't ever feel inclined towards using it or thinking about using it, though.