Why do all my favourite names not go with my stupid surname?

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Having difficulty coming up with girls names that I like to go with my surname, which is Waller.

My all time favourite names are:

Della (I particularly love this one )
Molly
Heather
Esther
Hannah

I don't think that any of them go at all. Can you come up with any similar names - I think all of the above are good strong, independent, sassy names (although I know not everyone will agree with this!!) and that's the sort of thing I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance.

I think you need something that doesn't end in an "a" sound. Especially avoid an l as well.

How about:
Agnes Waller
Kate Waller
Faith Waller
Constance Waller

Gosh it's hard actually isn't it!

They would probably flow better if you avoid 'oll' sounds, and 'a' or 'er' endings. So similar names without these would be....

Delphie
Debbie
Millie
Estelle
Annabelle
Hazel

Thanks for your suggestions! It is hard - seriously tempted to change surnames!

I think I will need to avoid "-elle" names - my family and I have a horrid slight Essex accent and "-elle" comes out "-ew" (can't really write it down - but it sounds like "ow" but with an e sound (okay, I am aware that that makes no sense at all).

I really like Hazel and Kate from your lists though - maybe Hazel a bit more as it's more unusual.

My best mate has the same surname as you and her name ends with the -ah sound. I never thought it sounded odd.

How about Alice, Catherine or Bethan?

Agree. You can't have a first name that ends with the same sound as the surname, rhymes with the surname, ends with the same letter that the surname begins with or contains so many of the same letters that it sounds like the surname or it just sounds ridiculous.

Elizabeth Waller
Catherine Waller
Evelyn Waller
Jasmin Waller
Saffron Waller
Emmeline Waller
Seren Waller
Ruth Waller
?

Iris?

At the risk of sounding really picky (moi? Picky? ) I think that "-s", "-th" and "-k" sounds blend too much with Waller and sound like it could be a different name, eg.

Alice Waller to me sounds like it could be Ali Swaller.
Beth Waller = Beh Thwaller

Hmmm, am I over thinking things a bit too much here?

(Still gutted that I can't use Della.)

Ooooh, Seren - how do you pronounce that? In my head it's "Serrin" which is really pretty!

Della Waller? dellawaller

really?

Hecate I can't possibly call her Della Waller - that would be unreasonable! I just love the name Della - if I had the right surname there would be no question as to what DD would be called!

listen

I think it's lovely.

unreasonable? unreasonable? Sod unreasonable, it's bloody child cruelty!

Change your surname!

Hazel is really very lovely, though.

Felicity
Penelope
Daphne
Lucy

I know a Claire Waller.

Hhhmmmm. I guess I can hear what you're saying about the names blending to make different names.

Love Seren. How about Megan? Or Josephine? Hazel's good, but how does that sound with your "slight" Essex accent?

Yes, names ending in N sound good.

Tamsin?
Madeleine
...or any of Hecate's, really

Lovely meaning too, Seren. Good one Hecate

All of the names you've listed in your op sound fine to me, except Della Walker but that's only because it reminds me of the evil bit of the split personality woman in Steohen King's Dark Tower, whose name is Detta Walker.

Alice walker
Naomi Walker
Hester Walker
Daisy Walker
Hermione Walker
Marianne Walker

all sound fine to me.

Madeline
Catherine
Elizabeth
Emmeline

all sound great with your surname

Some good ideas here - DD looking at my list said Kate sounded best!

I think you also might want to avoid s sounds - Alice Waller sounds like Ali Swaller (as in swallow?) (Oh I see you have posted exactly that OP!)

I think Jasmin Waller, Bethan Waller or maybe Imogen Waller sound fine - a name really removed from the surname.

remus it's not Walker, it's Waller, that's the problem!

I feel your pain...

My surname is Horn. It's awful for names lol

Ofgs - I can't read!

Hermione Waller
Naomi Waller
Hester Waller

Liking Catherine too.

Vivienne Waller
Ashley Waller
Simone Waller
Tamsin Waller
Julianne Waller
Veronique Waller
Arianne Waller
Belinda Waller
Yvonne Waller
Suzette Waller
Samantha Waller
Corinne Waller

These sound good, people won't use the full name much apart from assembly or the doctor's surgery. And a middle name will also break it up.

If you love Della, why not hyphenate it and have Della-Mae or Della-Jane.