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2 syllable girl names, needing some inspiration

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Littlehousesomewhere · 08/05/2013 09:15

I like shorter names. 2 syllables. I prefer vowels to excessive consonants.

I love simple Anna but can't use it. Or Hanna. Both ruled out.

I quite like Thea but is doesnt go with our last name and also I would like a name that is easy for different cultures to pronounce and can transfer easily if we move abroad. So I've ruled it out.

I quite like Honor but I worry about the American spelling and I dislike Honour. What do you think of Honor?

I like Minna but worry about the use of 'Minnie' as a nickname for girls parts. Would you think of that?

I like Mila and Layla and Leila and Lilla and Lyla but don't think I can do them as they seem overdone and IMO merge into one. So you think Lola falls into this same category of overuse or do you think it is different enough?

Do you think Lora would work? And is Cora too trendy what with Downtown?

Other similar names welcome!

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TheRealFellatio · 09/05/2013 13:37

I have never seen the name Honor spelled Honour. I think as a name it is alway Honor. It's beautiful.

Littlehousesomewhere · 09/05/2013 14:18

Also added Bethan and Anya. I am assuming they rhyme with stefan and Tanya.

I really like the sound of Heather but have the same problem with Laura, I don't like the way it looks. Not sure if I can overcome the dislike if how they look and there is no way if altering the spelling.

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JojoMags · 09/05/2013 14:24

Has anyone suggested Rosanna or Suzanna? Not keen on Ola - sounds like the Spanish for Hello and somehow looks like something's missing, and Zanna is awful imo, but could be a nn for Suzanna?

What about Anya/Ania, which could be short for Anastasia or stand on its own.

I like Minna, but you'd have to be on your guard for people shortening to Minnie! Don't much like Honor, although I think that comes from a personal association of the name with the chardonnay-swigging, golf-playing, trust-fund dependent bottle blondes of the home-counties, but that might just be me!

JojoMags · 09/05/2013 14:52

Iona?

BringBackBod · 09/05/2013 14:59

Love Honor.

Robyn

Laurel

IrnBruAddict · 09/05/2013 15:01

What about Kirsten?

MexicanHouseThief · 09/05/2013 15:02

Hazel
Lina
Katya
Ingrid
Lula (I know a little one of these)

telsa · 09/05/2013 16:31

Vita
Annie
Manon
Vera
Amy
Lyra
Kiki
Molly

Minna is lovely and has nowt to do with female bodyparts, IMO
Honor is perfectly fine - viz epitomishly British, Honor Blackman....

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