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Feminine sounding names without -ie ending

29 replies

Rose429 · 11/02/2023 10:29

I love feminine/romantic sounding names without the -ie ending (too cutesy for me).

We like Esme and Thea at the moment. Any suggestions?

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Valhalla17 · 11/02/2023 10:30

Ophelia

toucaninjapan · 11/02/2023 10:35

Delilah
Ines
Yuna

Purpletopaz42 · 11/02/2023 11:52

Sofia
Felicity
Georgina
Daphne
Isabel
Arabella
Josephine
Sienna
Cassandra
Gabrielle
Verity

user1492757084 · 11/02/2023 11:53

Mathilde
Manon
Rosabel
Cosette
Alice

Workawayxx · 11/02/2023 11:54

Jasmine
louisa
serena
alice
camilla
lara

Snoopystick · 11/02/2023 11:56

Isn’t Esme pronounced like an ie ending?

Nimbostratus100 · 11/02/2023 11:56

anna

annabelle

christine

martina

jennifer

ElliF · 11/02/2023 11:57

Karen? We need more of those. It’s time to fight back.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 11/02/2023 12:10

Isabella. Delilah. Jessica. Hannah. Lilia. Mabel. Violet. Grace. Alice. Elsa.
Olivia. Valentina. Natalia. Rosabelle. Nina. Loveday. Anastasia. Vanessa. Alina. Louisa. Vivienne. Farrah. Pearl. Helena. Zara. Tiana. Abigail. Cynthia. Eliza. Lucia. Claudia. Juliette. Annalisa. Cassandra. Miriam. Victoria. Alicia. Estelle. Lenna. Christina. Monet. Roma. Luna. Athena. Theresa.

SemperIdem · 11/02/2023 12:49

Lena
Seren
Stella
Serena
Adeline
Ada
Cara
Elin
Malin
Clara
Claire
Lara
Josephine
Aurelia
Persephone
Artemis
Paloma
Harriet
Perdita
Eve

Whataretheodds · 11/02/2023 13:58

Stella
Cora
Cara
Lara
Laura
Zara
Amara
Tessa
Harriet
Hannah
Elise/Elyse
Adèle
Marina
Rose

SirSamVimesCityWatch · 11/02/2023 14:02

I dislike both the 'ee' and "aa" ending sounds for girls names. Reading down a class register it's just these ending sounds over and over!

How about:

Celine (or Selene)
Rose
Annabelle
Laurel
Jasmine

Flipflops123 · 11/02/2023 14:08

Florence

LegoGoldenDragon · 11/02/2023 14:10

Flora

Luredbyapomegranate · 11/02/2023 14:18

Those two are nice but v overused

Marianne
Allegra
Lois
Cassia
Genevieve
Serena
Estella
Carys
Paloma
Jane
katharine
Ines
Oona
Sanchia
Elsbeth
Caitlin

Teeshirt · 11/02/2023 14:18

French names?
Genevieve
Vivienne
Marianne
Camille
Josephine
Gabrielle
Madeleine
Elise
Juliette

ohyouknowwhatshername · 11/02/2023 14:20

Emma

Ladyofthesea · 11/02/2023 14:25

Nina

itsgettingweird · 11/02/2023 14:26

Freya
Tilly
Phoebe
Alice
Chloe

Theoldwoman · 11/02/2023 14:51

Lucille
Lillian
Frances
Charlotte
Kate
Rhiannon
Genevieve
Juliet
Olive

Original poster
Rose429 · 11/02/2023 16:46

@Snoopystick I would pronoun it /ez-meh/

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Twoinapod · 11/02/2023 18:14

@Rose429 i have heard esme pronounced as Ez-may and Ez-mee but never like your saying it, I’m not sure that it’s a correct pronunciation sorry.

Florence
Isabelle
Lilah
Jemima
Eloise
Annalise

MrNook · 11/02/2023 18:16

Freya

Retrievemysanity · 11/02/2023 18:17

Cassia

Sugarfree23 · 11/02/2023 18:17

Go back a few decades
Karen
Sharon
Sheila
Susan
Amanda
Josephine
Suzanne