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These are very earthy names. I like!

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Gilda - Big fan. This will be a second middle name if we have a daughter. I think it has a lot of personality, yet is also short and pretty. The Italian influence is a huge bonus.

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Luella - Also like this (just be prepared for me to like them all). It has almost and old feel to it, while being on trend with the -elle ending. It does bring to mind Cruelle DeVille a bit, but not in a way that makes it unusable.

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Mamie - Of this list, this is probably my least favorite (it is also the name of my sister's MIL). The sound doesn't seem respectful enough to be a name to me, and reminds me of old movies in which the slave maid was named Mamie.

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Melba - Ah, so much livliness in so few letters! It almost has a clunky factor to it with the l and b... but I find it so antique that it swings back around to adorably chic, especially on a child today.

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Zetta - Strong, simple, straightforward. I would use it.

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Edna - I much prefer Edith to Edna, but I have personal associations that ruin the name. It's still cute, but carries a bit too much dust still for me.

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Frieda - I know two. Both are elderly ladies who are amazing. This name will always have class because of them. I much prefer the Freda spelling, but I can see how the 'i' brings a little more frill for some people.

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Vera - Strong choice. I know several, but they all happen to be from Russia. I feel that this should be boosting in popularity, along with Anya and Greta, which share that sweet and short, yet with oomph characteristic with Vera. Plus, this name has a great meaning and history.

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Delta - Nice. I mean, if you plan to use a nature name, this is a strong choice. I always imagined it on boys - but it carries a lot more strength on a girl I think. Plus, the uber-feminine and chic Dell nickname is built in .

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Gilda - operatic heroine meets women's shoes
Luella - dated and truncated; try Louella
Mamie - deserves a full name; May, Mary, Marion, Mabel?
Melba - Peach, or crisp toast?
Zetta - sounds fake, like a brand name
Edna - still dated
Frieda - nice name; spelling issues
Vera - still dated; prefer Verity
Delta - Dawn. No.
Rialta - the girl from the Rialto? No.
Palma - prefer either Pamela or Palmyra
Rosa - fresher than Rose
Anya - feeble attempt at an update, like Madonna covering American Pie
Tatiana - fine in a Slav context, otherwise likely to confuse
Julietta - over-elaborate and subtly wrong. Giulietta, though automotive, is better
Surya - Suraya is more authentic and sounds and looks much better
Vionnette - awful! Put together using the scraps from the cutting-room floor
Amoret - fine in the Middle Ages; now it sounds like a liqueur
Indira - very Gandhi; sounds good
Juna - either June or Juno would be better, though not good
Opaline - daft in the extreme
Elma - where I live, it suggests a contraction of Elizabeth Maria, which I prefer
Gilly - why not Gillian? Unless you want a G sound instead of a J sound, in which case try Ghillie. OK, it's a male occupation, but so are Taylor, Tyler etc

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I like:

Palma
Rosa
Anya
Tatiana
Julietta
Surya
Indira

Tennyson
Melchior -refer Melkior
Quillen

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I hate:

Mamie
Melba
Edna
Gilly
Minuet
Canary
Trudy

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Firth
Birch
Thad
Park
Dickon
Remarkable
Crowe
Crane

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The others I’m indifferent to.

Gilda - just makes me think of Gilda Radner.
Luella - the spelling "lu" of lu-names for women looks incorrect to me. I think Louella would seem sweetly old-fashioned and rustic, but Luella seems like the bitter side of old-fashioned and rustic.
Mamie - wannabe sassy flapper, comes off spoiled dorky daughter of hipsters
Melba - makes me think of a Southern dessert. also dorky
Zetta - hm. Zeta = letter Z, vaguely evocative of being last or least. Also the aliens, the Zetas. haha. It's weird - but, it could grow on me if I knew one in real life.
Edna - this was my grandma's name and I don't care for the way it feels to say d right before n, so I don't like it. If not for that it might seem nice
Frieda - nice breezy name, likeable.
Vera - sleek and fits in with trends, would be unsurprising on a child, I like it alright. Two ways to say it, though.
Delta - slightly evokes Louisiana and sororities, otherwise would be nifty
Rialta - sounds like the name of an apartment complex, casino, or luxury sedan
Palma - interesting. Sounds Latiny
Rosa - strong name, makes me think of a Hispanic matriarch. I like it
Anya - good name. seems modelish. I've known two Anyas and both are tall blondes
Tatiana - it's lovely, but I don't care for the sound of it very much personally, it's too light for me.
Julietta - has a nice old-fashioned vibe like Marietta or Lauretta. nms but nice
Surya - I like the sound of it
Vionnette - sort of distracting but I could get used to and like it.
Amoret - precious.
Indira - shiny. likeable

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I like

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Luella
Frida (this spelling- Frieda has "fried")
Vera
Delta
Rosa
Amoret
Indira
Aphra

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Birch
Park
Eames
Laird
Quillen (never heard but love it!)