Came across a name today that I'd never heard before and I think I've fallen for it!

[therewasalittlegirl]

It's Ayelet.

What do you think? Would probably pronounce it Eye-leht. So I suppose it'd be like a mixture of Isla and Violet. I think it is very pretty and unique without being too unusual, but would love some opinions please and thank you! x

Somehow it reminds me of cygnet.

ridiculous

Yes, three syllables, stress on the middle syllable.

It would be odd if you are not Jewish or Israeli as the names you have mentioned (Naomi, Rachel) are biblical names. I am not sure, but I think Ayelet falls more into the "modern Hebrew" names - like, as I have mentioned, Hagit, Sigalit, Ilit, Tal etc. I'll say now that I am not religious - these may well be biblical names too! But if they are, they don't fall into "mainstream biblical" and the only girls I've known with these names have been Israeli. (Lived in Israel for a bit in the 1990s.)

I don't like it in any way. Sorry.

It's a diminutive of Ayala, which is the Hebrew word for a (female) deer, and also a girls' name. Ayal is the male version.

I know a few Ayalas and have come across a couple of Ayelets, but all were Israeli or orthodox Sephardi Jews.

Not sure either name really works in English, to be honest - although I do like the way they sound in Hebrew.

I love it, it was a real contender for DC4's middle name (that or Serah) if he's been a girl. My DDs have 3 syllable, stress in the middle, Hebrew names also as their middle names: Salome, Bithiah, Davidyah.

Hebrew origin names tend to have the emphasis on the last or next to last syllable so if you like that sound there are plenty of others that fit.