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1 syllable girls names

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spice3 · 22/10/2019 10:39

What's your favourite 1 syllable girls names?

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NationMcKinley · 22/10/2019 20:12

Belle
Anne
Eve (but loathe Evie)

Vanannabananna · 22/10/2019 20:08

Kate

GnomeoNameo · 22/10/2019 20:07

Jane

Joan

Ruth

Anne

Clare

ateallthecake · 22/10/2019 18:54

Bea
Elle
Lou

neighbourhoodwitch · 22/10/2019 18:17

Brooke

Shadow1234 · 22/10/2019 18:16

Not all my favourites, but somw suggestions:

Brooke
Sian
Hope
Elle
Paige
Faye
Faith
Jade

MikeUniformMike · 22/10/2019 18:15

Rhian is two syllabled

Jill
Non
Mair
Meg

grisen · 22/10/2019 18:09

Eve

Littleheart5 · 22/10/2019 17:05

Agreed with @mayfayner, it’s definitely Nee-av or Nee-yuv. Not neeve at all!!

HeadlessGummyBears · 22/10/2019 16:11

Grace
Rose
Blake
Anne
Quinn

flowerfairyinthebin · 22/10/2019 15:59

Grace

MayFayner · 22/10/2019 15:57

@ohhelloo That’s a good description 👍

Ohhellooooo · 22/10/2019 15:47

@MayFyner - I'm going with a syllable and a half then

MayFayner · 22/10/2019 15:42

But @ohhellooo would you say you pronounce it exactly as you would “Steve” for example? Or is there a break in the “ee” sound?

I’m in Dublin and most of the Niamhs I know... thinking about it, it’s not so much Nee Av as “Nee Uv”. Or “Nee Yuv”.

I have posted about this a few times before I think so I won’t derail the thread with any more of my Niamh pedantry 😂

I forgot to answer the OP- I like Eve too.

OverthinkingThis · 22/10/2019 15:31

Eve

But if I'm honest the fifty billion little Evie's around at the moment have taken the shine off it for me

Ohhellooooo · 22/10/2019 15:24

@MayFayne is Niamh pronounced differently in different regions of Ireland? We are from Mayo/Galway and I have only ever heard Niamh pronounced as Neeve.

CatteStreet · 22/10/2019 15:18

Jean(ne)
Joan
Joyce
Fran

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 22/10/2019 15:11

Rhian

calilark · 22/10/2019 15:08

Tess
Fern
Maeve
Gwen

MayFayner · 22/10/2019 15:08

Sorry I posted too soon.

It’s an Irish name, pronounced Nee Av

Neeve is an anglicisation.

CatteStreet · 22/10/2019 15:07

How is Niamh pronounced to make it two syllables?

Hope
Anne
Fleur
June
Tess

MayFayner · 22/10/2019 15:06

Niamh is two syllables.

Ohhellooooo · 22/10/2019 15:04

Niamh is most definitely one syllable How on earth are you pronouncing it?

wellingtonsandwaffles · 22/10/2019 15:03

Lark / Fern

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 22/10/2019 15:01

Dawn
Rose
Elle
Sian

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