Girls names suggestions please.

[EThreepwood]

We're struggling with girl names and could do with some help.

We like these names but I'm not in love with them. Could anyone suggest any names that are like these?

Saoirse
Arianwen
Elodie
Naomi
Liliwen
Eirianwen
Lilith
Evangeline

I've already got 2DD and I work with kids so I'd prefer a name that isn't someone else's that I know. Saying that I know of 1 child Arianwen and 2 adult Elodies but I've liked them enough to put them on the list.

Eirlys
Sasha
Eleri
Aella
Etta
Nimue

I noticed you have both welsh and Irish names on your list, depending on where you live pronunciation May be a problem.

Leonie
Rowena
Adelaide
Eilidh
Saskia
Elspeth
Ione
Alisa
Aisling
Valeraine
Fionnoula
Agatha
Sorcha

@Oneandabean

Eirlys Sasha Eleri Aella Etta Nimue

I noticed you have both welsh and Irish names on your list, depending on where you live pronunciation May be a problem.

Yes we're England/Wales border but me and OH are both English/Welsh. I really wanted a Welsh name but I prefer vowel ending names but I'm coming around to ~wen names.

The -wen names are a vogue from the first part of the 20th century, but those names would not have been used. It sort of compares to -ette names. The wen means blessed or white.

Arianwen - Silver+wen. Pronounced Arr-YAN-wen, but will get Arry Anwen. Popular probably because Ariana/Arianna is popular

Eirianwen - Eirian was popular in the mid-20th C as a girl's or sometimes a boy's name. Adding the wen makes it less pretty.
Eirian ges mispronounced as Erry-un. The Eir sound is tricky if you don't speak welsh.
Liliwen - Lily+wen. This would be said as Lil-IW-en, so in theory just doesn't work.

Anwen IMO is very dated - this someone in their 70s, but it is fairly portable. Your choices aren't.

Saoirse - this comes up quite often on here.Probable because of Ms Ronan. There's usually a discussion on the various ways people say it.

Elodie - yet another El- name. A bit bland in a UK accent
Naomi - people say it in different ways. Not keen
Lilith - look up the meaning
Evangeline - not keen. Another Ev- name but all I hear is the vange

Dated (woman age 50-65), but welsh - Delyth
Eirlys - a bit frumpy, means snowdrop
Eleri - El-ERRy, rhymes with Kerry. A lifetime of being called Ellery or El-airy. Nice but dated.

@EThreepwood we are in English/welsh border too, also looking at welsh names. Unfortunately due to surname can’t have anything ending in -wen as it clashes which has taken a lot out straight away.

My favourite so far is Eira.

I love saoirse but as I have no Irish connections I think it would be odd and always said wrong where I live.

Eluned rarely comes up on Welsh name threads, but said with a Welsh accent I think it's pretty. The woman I knew with that name had family in north Wales. She/they pronounced it Eh-LIN-et (best approximation I can do - Welsh speaking Mumsnetters please correct me).

I always assume it's the original of the (later) Arthurian ''Lynette', which is not so nice.

There is also Angharad and Rhiannon and Ffion, if you want to avoid names ending in 'wen'. And I was at university with young women named Gwenllian and Mair. Again, Welsh Mumsnetters can advise on correct pronounciation.

@Oneandabean Eira was one I loved too but it was vetoed 💔

OH suggested Gweneira but I thought it was too much.

Eluned is said as El-INN-ed.

As with Eleri, you barely say the E in the El part, so they sound more like LERRy and LYN-ed.

Gweneira sounds made up and is in Snow White territory. Aneira or Meira are better but you still have the tricky 'eir' bit.

More foolproof names might be Anest (ANN-est, a form of Agnes), Manon (MAN-on, not Mannun), or Gwen.

Since you like saoirse, Saorlaith? Irish, pronounced sair la.

Elowen
Evanthe
Evadne
Amaryllis
Ariadne
Nia
Lois
Saskia
Edith
Lilias
Merryn
Morven
Sidonie
Adelaide
Aurelia
Antonia
Talia
Maeve