I'm not familiar with
Alaia. It looks very pretty and has a sweet meaning. How is it pronounced? "ah-LAY-a?" "ah-lah-EE-a?" Another way?
Anais is irresistable to me. I love names with two distinct vowel sounds together. You might like the name Aelia. I heard / read it first in "I,
Claudius." She was a minor character, but her name stuck with me. They (BBC) pronounced it "AY-lia." It is an ancient
Roman name. The male conterpart is Aelius.