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quirky pretty short girls' names - suggestions please!

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passmyglass · 27/06/2012 19:49

we have a longish surname so 1 or 2 syllables sounds best. Suggestions could be pretty 'way out' or maybe classic but under-used. Coco is on my list and love blythe and posey but for various reason can't have these last two. Help me add to my list please!

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MoonHare · 06/07/2012 21:03

Anita

TheEnthusiasticTroll · 06/07/2012 19:30

sorry didnt mean to sound quite so insensative.

it is a nice name but I would imagine it is best carried of with am irish or scottish accent.

Frikadellen · 06/07/2012 19:16

how do you pronounce that frikadellen Ea

It is not a very common name TheEnthusiasticTroll it was my late and much loved aunts name and means Fire and is Celtic when I was a girl it was 1 of only 2 girls names that only had 2 letters in it so was often used in crosswords (Jo being the other) I am sure that has changed.

I am very poor with phonics but will give it my best eh-ah, is likely the closest but imagine the "eh sound going into the ah sound so they are pronounced almost together not 2 different sounds more worked into each other.

SinglePaPa · 06/07/2012 01:17

Kitty

CultureMix · 06/07/2012 01:02

Love Romy. Would work in France too.

TheEnthusiasticTroll · 05/07/2012 21:30

how do you pronounce that frikadellen Grin

sounds like lazy naming to me.

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Frikadellen · 05/07/2012 21:25

Ea

MajorBumsore · 05/07/2012 21:00

Vita
Allegra

MrsHuxtable · 05/07/2012 20:54

The name you want is Nina!

TheEnthusiasticTroll · 05/07/2012 17:04

Lucia

I know a very quirky little lucia

birdofthenorth · 05/07/2012 16:54

Lois
Kiki
Cora
Juno
Lotte/Lotta
Anya
Arwen
Nell

Lannie33 · 05/07/2012 15:17

Maeve (Mave)
Clara

amck5700 · 05/07/2012 11:28

Tamar

dlady · 05/07/2012 11:08

Kirsty? I am biased, it's my dd's name, classic but not used much for her generation.

Or I quite like Zara. But I am soooo old, not having any more babies. Smile

BardOfBarking · 05/07/2012 10:53

Arden
Betsy
Leah

Not Poison Ivy

iseenodust · 05/07/2012 10:40

On your list Rose and Honor.
On the out there list - know a girl named Ishtar which I think is one of the classical godesses.

Janoschi · 05/07/2012 10:30

I had a great aunt Isa...? She was a lovely Welsh lady. Pronounced Eye-zah.

My DD is Robin. I also liked:

Reba
Rixt
Deira
Io
Tethys

Popoozle · 05/07/2012 10:24

OK, so you're not Kirstie Allsopp - are you one of her sisters? Sofie? Grin

When I read your title I was going to suggest Posy, but see that's a no-no.

I would also add another vote for Ivy or Iris.

BigBadBear · 05/07/2012 10:16

Ooh, and Ava.

BigBadBear · 05/07/2012 10:15

How about Eden?

lemmingcurd · 05/07/2012 10:09

Erica

WhereMyMilk · 29/06/2012 18:08

Martha
Mabel
Rose
Elodie
Phoebe
Thea
Tess

JamieandTheOlympicTorch · 29/06/2012 17:56

Joy

JamieandTheOlympicTorch · 29/06/2012 17:56

Leah
Lyra
Fay

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