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Three syllable names... help

23 replies

ivanapoo · 29/07/2012 22:54

I'd like a three-syllable name with the accent on the first syllable - think Theodore or Vivian (both possibles) - as it goes well with our surname but I am struggling to find any I really like.

Please help oh wonderful MNers...

It can't end in M (ie Miriam) and I like more classic than cute/funky names as a rule.

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MagdalenaAlec · 30/07/2012 11:54

Sorry OP, Victoria is a 4 syllables name. (just realized I have been saying it wrong for a very long time Blush )

MagdalenaAlec · 30/07/2012 11:51

Love Leonie, not keen on Marelise/Merelise - much prefer Marielle.

Arielle
Arianna
Roxanna (2 syllables: Roxanne)
Rosanna
Coralie
Amanda
Mathilda
Agatha
Octavia
Victoria

Benedict
Constantine
Amaury
Nicholas
Ambrose
Gabriel
Nathaniel
Sebastian
Salomon
Simeon

yellowflowers · 30/07/2012 11:09

Sorry barking just realised what an arsey pedant I must sound like

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ivanapoo · 30/07/2012 08:06

Thanks all, some great ones in there.

I really like william and Emily but there are lots of wills in the family already and I have a feeling Emily is going to be the next big baby name if it's not already...

There are lots of others I like which friends, family etc have already used and some which we prob shouldn't use as with our fairly common surname they make the names of famous people.

I also like Romily, Rafferty, Rosalind/Rosalie, Cecily, Marianne, Frederick

Thaddeus and Cillian are cool too but might be a bit out there for DH... I can only ask.

A few others inspired by this list - what do you think of Leonie (and how do you pronounce it eg LEE-o-nee or Lee-OH-nee) and Marelise/Merelise?

Thanks, let me know what you think of the ones that have caught my eye.

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ripsishere · 30/07/2012 08:02

Ottoline, Geraldine, Eleanor, Maddison, Rhianna - all names in DDs class.
Boys are much more difficult apart from Adrian of course.

baskingseals · 30/07/2012 07:59

welll spotted yellow flowers - think i was getting a bit tired Grin

did think of Raphael though if that's any help

manicinsomniac · 29/07/2012 23:59

Sorry for any repeats:

Annabelle, Abigail, Asthina, Althea, Amelie, Arianne, Bethany, Beatrice, Bryony, Caroline, Cynthia, Cecily, Dorothy, Dannielle, Eleanor, Emmeline, Gwendoline, Harriet, Harmony, Isabelle, Imogen, India, Jessica, Jennifer, Juliette, Josephine, Jacqueline, Katherine, Lillian, Madeleine, Melanie, Natalie, Naomi, Nicola, Pamela, Rosalie, Stephanie, Tabitha, Tiffany, Violet, Verity

fudgesmummy · 29/07/2012 23:55

My children are called William and Harriet-sorted!!!!!! Grin

BigHairyFlowers · 29/07/2012 23:51

Gregory

Christopher

Rosemary

BigHairyFlowers · 29/07/2012 23:47

Seraphine

Marianne

Lillian

Romilly

DreamsInBinary · 29/07/2012 23:14

Gwendolyn
Nicola
Benjamin
Rhydian

Mamamaiasaura · 29/07/2012 23:12

Ivanapoo like any of the suggested ones yet?

Mamamaiasaura · 29/07/2012 23:10

Thaddeus

Cassandra

Mamamaiasaura · 29/07/2012 23:08

Jessica
Josephine
Francesca
Isobel
Erika
Delilah
Leona
Catherine
Emily
Natasha
Amanda
Philippa

Benjamin
Samuel
Joshua

yellowflowers · 29/07/2012 23:08

They are all four syllables baskingseal. Unless i say them wrong Grin

Catherine
Clementine
Gillian
Lillian
Rosalind
Eleanor
Lydia
Rebecca

Benedict
Dominic
Frederick
Malachy
Jonathan
Timothy

Ham69 · 29/07/2012 23:05

Alistair
Benedict
Rafferty
Gabriel

Clementine
Cecilly
Harriet
Meredith

Marrow · 29/07/2012 23:05

Stephanie
Millicent
Abigail
Annabel
Margaret
Louisa

Frederick
Marmaduke

BigHairyFlowers · 29/07/2012 23:03

William

Zachary

baskingseals · 29/07/2012 23:01

Alexandra

Arabella

Araminta

Gabriella

Amelia

i just can't think of boys though, hmm 3 syllable boys' names.

BigHairyFlowers · 29/07/2012 22:59

Nicolette?

Rhubarb78 · 29/07/2012 22:59

Cillian, I love it but then I am a bit biased.

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ivanapoo · 29/07/2012 22:57

I don't know what I'm having (on purpose) so I need a bit of both, thanks!

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baskingseals · 29/07/2012 22:56

Boy or girl?

Valentine/a?