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One syllable girl's name?

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angrytree · 18/01/2013 09:34

Help please finding a one-syllable girl's name to go with a three-syllable first name?

Sorry I don't want to give the first name away, but let's pretend it's Marilyn, since I think the same middle names would go (same intonation, 'vibe', ends in the same letter). Rose would work really well, but it's a bit popular at the mo, despite being a lovely name.

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TenthMuse · 11/02/2013 23:13

A few that spring to mind:

Kate (love this as a mn)
Tess
Wren
Cla(i)re
Maeve
Belle
Blythe
Bay
Bess
Hope
Faith

BelleEtLaBaby · 11/02/2013 23:05

Dawn?

CruCru · 23/01/2013 21:41

Beth.

lovechocolates · 22/01/2013 11:23

Anne, Jane, May, June, Kay, Skye, Paige,

mumzy · 21/01/2013 21:52

I think 2 syllable names such as Lucy, Carla, Maya, Rosa, Emma would work well with a 3 syllable surname eg. Lucy Robinson

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angrytree · 20/01/2013 21:58

Aha, brilliant! Thanks Sabriel and NowPlaying! And thanks everyone else for all your suggestions :)

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bootsycollins · 20/01/2013 16:45

Mia

hellymelly · 20/01/2013 16:43

Your name as a middle name would be nice I think. My dd has the same middle name as me.

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Sabriel · 19/01/2013 13:08

There you go

lucywiltshire · 19/01/2013 12:56

Grace?

DandyDan · 19/01/2013 12:38

Ruth

SoggySummer · 19/01/2013 00:36

Grace
Brooke
Jill
Meg
Nell
Hope
Paige
Ruth
Rae
Bea
Maud
Reese
Claire/Clare
Dee
Kim/Kym
Lynne
Sue

holstenlips · 19/01/2013 00:17

Joy

saffronwblue · 19/01/2013 00:14

Faith
Anne

Yika · 19/01/2013 00:10

Jess
Drew
Elle
Lise

LittleDonkin · 18/01/2013 19:58

Joan
Eve
Ann
Kate
Sam
Pearl

SunbathingintheRain · 18/01/2013 19:54

Fern
Hope

QuickQuickSloe · 18/01/2013 19:50

Sian
Mair
Kate
Lee
Fleur
Rae
Belle

Not very inspiring sorry! I like Rose best.

GoldPlatedNineDoors · 18/01/2013 19:27

I have a Meg (first name).

Also like
Nell
Tess
Liv
Dot

BrigitBigKnickers · 18/01/2013 19:23

I know it's popular but Grace is my all time favourite name.

But others I have heard which I like are...

Elle

Joy

Neve (or Irish spelling- Niamh)

Beth

Eve (NN Evie)

Rose

Skye

Pearl

insanityscratching · 18/01/2013 11:03

Ruth,
Beth,
Kate,

amck5700 · 18/01/2013 11:00

Ah - yes, that would be a bit odd!

Do any of the female family names have a nice shortened version, but again, you'd want to avoid anyone with your suname as that would be odd too :)

What about your OH does his name have a nice female version?

There are quite a lot of short 2 syllable names that might still work.
Lily
Clara
Sophie
Amy
Amber

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angrytree · 18/01/2013 10:45

I'd feel a bit weird about using my own name somehow! But it does work... hmmm.

Family maiden names are out, unfortunately, because the second middle name will be my surname, so I don't want her to have two surnames as middle names iyswim.

Also just realised I really can't use my name, since she would then have my full name as her middle names!

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monica77798 · 18/01/2013 10:34

Jane is always a good middle name. If your name is good and sounds right then maybe that is the perfect option.