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2 syllable girl names, needing some inspiration

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Littlehousesomewhere · 08/05/2013 09:15

I like shorter names. 2 syllables. I prefer vowels to excessive consonants.

I love simple Anna but can't use it. Or Hanna. Both ruled out.

I quite like Thea but is doesnt go with our last name and also I would like a name that is easy for different cultures to pronounce and can transfer easily if we move abroad. So I've ruled it out.

I quite like Honor but I worry about the American spelling and I dislike Honour. What do you think of Honor?

I like Minna but worry about the use of 'Minnie' as a nickname for girls parts. Would you think of that?

I like Mila and Layla and Leila and Lilla and Lyla but don't think I can do them as they seem overdone and IMO merge into one. So you think Lola falls into this same category of overuse or do you think it is different enough?

Do you think Lora would work? And is Cora too trendy what with Downtown?

Other similar names welcome!

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telsa · 09/05/2013 16:31

Vita
Annie
Manon
Vera
Amy
Lyra
Kiki
Molly

Minna is lovely and has nowt to do with female bodyparts, IMO
Honor is perfectly fine - viz epitomishly British, Honor Blackman....

MexicanHouseThief · 09/05/2013 15:02

Hazel
Lina
Katya
Ingrid
Lula (I know a little one of these)

IrnBruAddict · 09/05/2013 15:01

What about Kirsten?

BringBackBod · 09/05/2013 14:59

Love Honor.

Robyn

Laurel

JojoMags · 09/05/2013 14:52

Iona?

JojoMags · 09/05/2013 14:24

Has anyone suggested Rosanna or Suzanna? Not keen on Ola - sounds like the Spanish for Hello and somehow looks like something's missing, and Zanna is awful imo, but could be a nn for Suzanna?

What about Anya/Ania, which could be short for Anastasia or stand on its own.

I like Minna, but you'd have to be on your guard for people shortening to Minnie! Don't much like Honor, although I think that comes from a personal association of the name with the chardonnay-swigging, golf-playing, trust-fund dependent bottle blondes of the home-counties, but that might just be me!

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Littlehousesomewhere · 09/05/2013 14:18

Also added Bethan and Anya. I am assuming they rhyme with stefan and Tanya.

I really like the sound of Heather but have the same problem with Laura, I don't like the way it looks. Not sure if I can overcome the dislike if how they look and there is no way if altering the spelling.

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TheRealFellatio · 09/05/2013 13:37

I have never seen the name Honor spelled Honour. I think as a name it is alway Honor. It's beautiful.

TheRealFellatio · 09/05/2013 13:36

Elsa
Elspeth
Lois
Lara
Willa
Rosa
Daphne
Camille
Della
Hebe
Juno
Thora
Justine
Corinne
Heather
Esther

BlueChampagne · 09/05/2013 13:33

Rosanne?

MexicanHouseThief · 09/05/2013 09:53

Not keen on either of them, although I love Rosa. Fuchsia?

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Littlehousesomewhere · 09/05/2013 09:13

I also thought of zanna. Any thoughts on Ola and zanna?

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Littlehousesomewhere · 09/05/2013 09:10

Thanks for all the responses.

I agree Lora looks incorrect and will be problematic. I have to see if the spelling if Laura grows on me as I do like the sound of the name.

I think Honor is at the top of my list and I'm glad others agree that it isn't too American.

I have also added Molly and rosa to my list.

I also thought of Ola (which is a name as I googled it) as I don't like Nola or Orla but I do like Ola.

I love Willa, whoever suggested it but I think there are too many wills and Williams out there toI use it. Also I think people would mix it up with the more popular willow that I don't like very much. Willa is a name I have loved for years so I was very disappointed that William has become so popular. I would love to sneak it in as a middle name maybe.

I find girl names so difficult. Dh and I have already got a short list of boys names which I love, but our girl names conversation goes nowhere which is why I'm determined to work out a list of names I like to discuss.

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MexicanHouseThief · 08/05/2013 20:26

Mina
Meera
Marnie

Still18atheart · 08/05/2013 20:15

Lois
Sarah
Laura
Emma
Gemma
Lucy
Molly
Holly
Ivy
Rosie
Yasmin
Jasmin
Sasha
Katie
Kathryn
Tina
Sophie
Zoe
Gina
Mia
Kaleigh

NotAnotherPackedLunch · 08/05/2013 20:13

Astrid
Elin

TallulahBetty · 08/05/2013 20:12

Lois. Holly?

sleepingbeautiful · 08/05/2013 20:08

I like Honor.
Cora is nice, and I see a few suggestions of Cara, but caution. We used it for DD a while ago thinking it wasn't too popular and now it is everywhere. I suspect she will not be the only one in her class ever. Sigh.

More suggestions: Helen, Dinah, Zola, Sara, Etta, Ellen, Carmen, April, Joanne, Luna, Bethan, Megan, Susan, Hester, Stella, Seren

Layl77 · 08/05/2013 19:59

Cleo
Nina
Orla
Ada
Enya
Anya
Leia
Luna
Lila
Ruby
Darcy
Heidi

ZolaBuddleia · 08/05/2013 19:54

Lois?

Isn't the name Honor always spelled that way, as opposed to it being the American way of spelling 'honour'?

SleepyCatOnTheMat · 08/05/2013 19:52

What about Rosa? Or Nola or Willa?

SilverBirdie · 08/05/2013 19:40

Alice

Sylvie

Lyla

Clara

Cara

Kiri

Edie

Mila imo not overdone like Layla etc

Elsa

Ava

aoife24 · 08/05/2013 18:22

Honor is beautiful and elegant and I prefer that spelling in the name.

MoonHare · 08/05/2013 17:58

Esme (pn Ez-may).

Kikithecat · 08/05/2013 17:58

Connie