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Pretty girls names that don't end in an e or a sound...

91 replies

TradedAtlanta · 02/03/2021 09:06

I'm stuck. Our DD's name ends in a vowel sound and though I love her name, everywhere I go all I hear is more names that end in the same. So this time round I'm wanting to find a name that ends in a consonant sound but is equally pretty. Any ideas?

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TheVanguardSix · 02/03/2021 12:35

Anouk
Anais
Seren
Ines
Ingrid
Alanis
Frances
Pearl
Florence
Artemis
Arden
Sybil

3timeslucky · 02/03/2021 12:32

@TradedAtlanta

Thanks everyone - I notice some e and y names creeping in to suggestions Grin . Niamh is gorgeous but I don't know whether it would be a bit of cultural appropriation as we have no Irish heritage.
I'm Irish. Believe me, we don't mind if you use the name Niamh Smile
Chicchicchicchiclana · 02/03/2021 12:32

Fern

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/03/2021 12:30

Willow
Hazel
Grace
Heather
Lydia
Emma.
Helena.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/03/2021 12:29

Olivia.
Elsa
Louisa
Faye
Alexandra
Tiana
Alisha.
Farrah
Violet
Hannah

isitmeorjusteveryoneelse · 02/03/2021 11:49

Eloise is quite nice or Lois.

The thing is a or y names seem more grown up so harder to picture on a baby.

isitmeorjusteveryoneelse · 02/03/2021 11:47

I would say most babies I know born recently ( and thats boys and girls ) here are all ie endings. I think the a endings are less popular.

Seem to all be Archie/ Freddie / Teddy / Ronnie

Ellie/ Lottie / Betty / Dottie /

I like Erin which has a Nina vibe I feel. Or a flower name like Primrose ?

CaffiSaliMali · 02/03/2021 11:23

Erin
Eleanor
Hope
Faith
Juliet
Harriet
Marguerite
Rosalind
Rosamund
Morven
Katharine
Kate
Elizabeth
Beth
Megan
Tess
Rose
Therese
Caroline
Jessamine
Jasmine
Seren
Helen
Yvette
Isabel
Jane
Sabine
Evangeline
Josephine
Rachel
Esther
Ruth
Iris
Charlotte
Elle
Laurel
Florence
Elspeth
Alice
Beatrice
Edith
Elowen
Faye
Isolde/Iseult
Margot
Willow
Saffron

Twisique · 02/03/2021 11:15

Frances

Twisique · 02/03/2021 11:15

Blythe

CakesOfVersailles · 02/03/2021 10:36

Some of these are repeats of what others have posted, just take those as me seconding their suggestions! I assume you don't mind it ending in an 'e' as long as it's a consonant sound.

Isabelle/Isabel/Isobel
Harriet
Elizabeth
Rachel
Catherine/Katherine
Caitlyn
Charlotte
Emmaline (-een pronunciation)
Evangeline (-een pronunciation)
Madeline (-lynn pronunciation)
Rose/Rosamund/Rosalind
Christine (ends in an 'n' sound)
Claudine (-een pronunciation)
Eve (I wasn't sure but people suggested Niamh which is the same sound)
Juliet
Violet
Jasmine

Some other names that don't end in an e/a sound but maybe are a quite different style to what you mostly like:

Nicole
Jennifer
Astrid
Sigrid
Joan
Jane
Jean
Janet
Clare/Claire
Anne/Ann
Danielle
Frances
Louise
Avis/Avice
Josephine
Mabel or Maybelle
Marianne
Agnes
Ruth
Susan
Thomasin/Thomasine
Faith
Anwen
Margaret
Helen
Ellen
Olive
Lauren
Maxine
Erin

Twizbe · 02/03/2021 10:30

I was like you with girls names. I liked Elizabeth, Catherine, Eleanor, Cerys and Imogen

NoSquirrels · 02/03/2021 10:30

@TradedAtlanta

Wow what a swift response! I do like Imogen but have a cousin with this name. I also like Grace but DH not keen. Vowel ending names I like are things like Amelie, Lila, Ella, Nina.
Adelaide Adeline Elle Eloise Eleanor Elowen Lois Leah Lilian Frances Fleur Florence
BikeRunSki · 02/03/2021 10:26

Niamh
Alice
Hope
Elizabeth
Josephine
Kate
Helen
Jennifer
Heather
Harriet
Erin
Evelyn
Claire
Madeleine
Therese
Joanne
Juliette
Louise
Grace
Sylvie
Megan
Charlotte

CakesOfVersailles · 02/03/2021 10:24

@SunInTheSkyYouKnowHowIFeel

OP was replying to:

What’s “pretty” to you? Any examples of the e/a names you like to get an idea?

She's doesn't want any e/a names but showed the ones she liked so people could suggest other names that are similar but end in different sounds.

CoffeeRunner · 02/03/2021 10:20

Robyn
Saffron
Megan
Rhiannon
Niamh (don’t need to be Irish)
Hannah
Rachel
Jennifer

Laila747 · 02/03/2021 10:20

Harriet, Ellen, Isabelle, Tamsin, Beth, Helen, Maddilyn

Ginandplatonic · 02/03/2021 10:15

Genevieve
Annabel
Clementine
Eleanor
Harriet
Juliet
Frances
Louise
Alison
Margeurite

Plus the classics - Anne, Jane, Catherine, Claire, Elizabeth, Margaret...

babynamelover · 02/03/2021 10:13

Margot
Erin
Caitlin
Jillian/Lillian
Brooke
Noelle
Evelyn
Tess
Isobel
Summer
Anneliese
Abigail
Gwyneth
Honor
Juliet
Louise
Josephine
Jocelyn

SunInTheSkyYouKnowHowIFeel · 02/03/2021 10:12

Vowel ending names I like are things like Amelie, Lila, Ella, Nina

Eh? I thought you didn't want names ending in an a sound?

SleepingStandingUp · 02/03/2021 10:07

@TradedAtlanta

Thanks everyone - I notice some e and y names creeping in to suggestions Grin . Niamh is gorgeous but I don't know whether it would be a bit of cultural appropriation as we have no Irish heritage.
Is it the vowel sound or look you don't want though?

Verity has an e sound, Giselle has an el sound. Which one don't you like?

Justcashnosweets · 02/03/2021 10:06

Juliet
Rowan
Constance
Jocelyn
Robyn
Hazel

AnyaMoondial · 02/03/2021 10:05

Mabel
Hazel
Isobel
Elizabeth
Alice
Iris
Cerys
Eve
Hope
Jane
Robyn
Meredith
Abigail
Harriet
Margot

pinkpinecone · 02/03/2021 10:05

Isobel
Delphine
Lois
Willow
Betsy
Margot
Nancy
Olive
Wren
Stella
Romy
Edith
Remi
Maya
Alba
Pearl
Mila
Iris
Eliza
Beatrice

(Some e and a sound in there too)

VenusClapTrap · 02/03/2021 10:01

Elise
Nadine
Fern
Fleur
Nerine
Giselle
Ingrid