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2 syllable girl names, needing some inspiration

33 replies

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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DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 08/05/2013 17:54

I think Cora is sweet.

Lora might be a lifetime of correcting the spelling.

To my mind Lola falls into the popular Lila/Leila category though tbh I can only count the number of girls I have met called Layla or Lola on one hand.

Likewise Daisy and Poppy, they get suggested on MN but in rl I have only met one Daisy and never a Poppy.

CPtart · 08/05/2013 16:26

Erin
Esther
Roseanne

mrsyattering · 08/05/2013 15:35

Lara
Alice
Laurie
Ruby
Daisy

BlueChampagne · 08/05/2013 15:31

Zoe
Tamsin
Cara
Dorcas
Vashti

fluffywhitekittens · 08/05/2013 09:44

Emma
Sarah
Sophie
Chloe
Amy
Milly
Darcy
Katie
Lucy
Thea
Ella
Abbie
Macy
Gemma
Freya
Lorna
Laura
Lauren
Laurel
Sorrell
Amy
Daisy
Molly
Ruby
Nellie
Tia
Elly

soontobeslendergirl · 08/05/2013 09:43

I think Lora would be constantly mistaken for Laura or Lorna but you may not mind that.

I like Lola but not Minna/Minnie. Not a bit Honor fan but I like Blythe or Faith of those types of names.

How about:
Lucy
Liza
Orla
Lara
Irma
Niree/Nyree
Mary

Wildwaterfalls · 08/05/2013 09:35

Lyra - a bit similar to the ones you're thinking of but really lovely I think.

Mia

Iris

Alice

Sarah

thermalsinapril · 08/05/2013 09:32

Honor is very nice, and I don't think the American spelling matters. Lora is nice but I think people would spell it Laura (which is a lovely name) and you'd need to keep correcting them.

Cara
Clara
Ivy
Louise
Leah
Gemma
Phoebe
Daphne
Sarah/Sara
Chloe
Sophie
Ava
Holly
Lauren
Nina
Martha
Willow
Jasmine
Emma
Lily
Susan
Isla
Amber
Lucy
Georgia