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Three syllable girls names

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Pumble · 16/06/2015 21:48

Expecting dc3 and currently have two DDs. We are all sorted if it's a boy but struggling a bit for girls' names. To fit with our DDs we want a three syllable name ending in 'a' and we just can't find one. There must be some that we aren't thinking of! Any ideas welcome

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Purpleball · 18/06/2015 22:30

Susannah
Jemima
Jessica
Sienna

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 18/06/2015 22:28

Georgia
Helena
Jessica
Rebecca
Amanda
Alexandra
Lavinia

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Pumble · 18/06/2015 22:17

Thank you so much for all the ideas tabitha is growing on us but keen to avoid the nickname Tabby! Think it works with the other two names too. Of course we will now end up having a boy and all this will have been for nothing b

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Whatisaweekend · 17/06/2015 19:43

Francesca

Whatisaweekend · 17/06/2015 19:42

Cressida
Cosima

PallasCat · 17/06/2015 19:31

Marissa
Talia/Thalia
Athena
Mariska
Alberta
Carina/Karina
Katrina
Martina
Louisa
Louella
Cordelia (4)
Atlanta
Alyssa
Alicia (3-4 depending on pronunciation)
Aurelia (4)
Aubretia
Cassandra
Zouina (unusual, but real - I've known one!)
Yasmina
Jemima
Larissa
Mirella
Mariella (4)
Audrina
Regina
Leandra (again, unusual, but I've known one)

mrspremise · 17/06/2015 19:21

Someone I know has a daughter named Lyssia. Beautiful name that I have never come across before.

CPtart · 17/06/2015 14:41

Natalia

FirstOfficerDouglasRichardson · 17/06/2015 13:56

Ramona... Stupid phone!

FirstOfficerDouglasRichardson · 17/06/2015 13:56

Ramone.

haleandhearty · 17/06/2015 11:31

I love Fenella - such a gorgeous name with good nickname possibilities:Nella, Nell... not at all old-fashioned.

Do try and persuade your husband!

florascotia · 17/06/2015 11:30

You could be ancient Roman:

Antonia, Augusta, Cassia, Drusilla, Fabia, Flavia, Faustina, Laetitia, Marina, Martina, Lucilla, Lucretia, Marcella, Marcia, Paulina, Sabina, Sabrina....

*depending on how you pronounce the final syllable

FlyDragonfly1 · 17/06/2015 11:27

Diana
Rosanna
Joanna
Ivana
Serena
Sienna
Tabitha
Julia
Carina
Helena
Elena
Georgina
Patricia
Francesca
Claudia
Sabrina

Best of luck!

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 17/06/2015 10:44

You could follow the lead of Victorian Coren-Mitchell and David Mitchell and call her Barbara.

IssyStark · 17/06/2015 09:59

I'll add (as four syllables like Olivia)

Cornelia

Cordelia

Isabella

and a three syllable:

Patricia

florascotia · 17/06/2015 09:52

Also: Anthea, Althea, Camilla, Gisela, Perdita, Richenda, Selina, Talitha...

florascotia · 17/06/2015 09:41

Serena
Kerenza
Annora/Onora
Franziska
Davina
Celia
Mafalda
Susanna(h)
Maxima
Barbara
Arlene/Arlena
Almeda
Alanna(h)
Bettina
Lydia
Livia
Clorinda
Melinda
Estella
Julia/Juliana - stretching the 3-syllables a bit
Carina
Demelza
Monica
Phyllida
Carlotta
Verena
Vanora

Usernamesarehard · 17/06/2015 08:05

Olivia is 4 syllables..

Alexa
Elena

IsItStupid · 17/06/2015 08:01

Are you open to four syllable names? You said you like "Olivia" which I would count as four syllables.

Anyway, three syllables:

Sophia
Louisa
Eleanor (pronounced with an "ah" sound)
Maria
Helena
Diana (is that a no-go in the Uk? I live overseas.)
Luella
Georgina

Three-ish or four syllabus:

Catalina
Georgiana
Amelia
Henrietta
Gabriella
Valeria
Esmeralda
Victoria

Szeli · 17/06/2015 07:50

Haha cliff I thought you were just amazed most people had read the op properly

FirstOfficerDouglasRichardson · 17/06/2015 07:41

Sophia. Lydia.

Cliffdiver · 17/06/2015 07:39

Oh yes, sorry

In my sleep deprived state I didn't read the op properly.

Was amazed at how many names ended in an 'a'!

CocktailQueen · 17/06/2015 07:36

Rebecca
Rosanna

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Pumble · 17/06/2015 07:33

wow-lots of suggestions thank you.

Tabitha could be a contender. I was pondering Fenella but my DH says it's too old fashioned....

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formidable · 17/06/2015 06:34

Jacinta
Carolina
Cecelia
Aurora
Dorothea
Miranda

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