Love the name Freya, but can't have it- suggestions please

[LovelyBertha]

Friend has called dd Freya. Unfortunately it was top of our shortlist

We have a long and unusual surname so need something with 2 syllables, not too unusual (but pref not too common), and ideally not ending in an ee sound.

Suggestions?

My SIL loved Freya, but had a friend with a dog called that so didn't feel she could use it, so called her daughter Faye instead.

Tamsin
Meryl
Rosanne
Clea
Faith

I vote for Thea too, it's lovely and less common popular than Freya.
Also love Mabel FWIW

Amelia

Fleur?

Flavia

Phyllis
Phyllida
Carys

You can still name your DD Freya if you like. There is no written commandment that "just because thy friend has named DD with your chosen name, one must not name their DD too!" If you like it, use it.

I'd still use the name, to be honest, if it's the one you really want. How much time will you be spending with the friend? Either of you might move away in the future, then you'd have given up your favourite name for no reason. I have two nephews with the same name and it doesn't really cause a problem.

Freya is lovely, what a bummer that your friend chose it too. How about Ruby, Amelie, Rose or Florence? All quite pretty and girly too I think.

Bridie

Finja

I know a little girl called Fionnuala (pronounced Fin-oola)which I think is very sweet

Gretchen

I always see Freya and Isla as the same kind of names HTH xx

what about

Emma
Alicia
Mia
Claire
Clara
Elisa
Hope
martha
pippa
sarah

Fenella

Fredyl?

Fritha

(Have you read The Snow Goose?)

Oooh, I LOVE that book!

Ooooh, some good stuff here.
Loving Flora and Erin. Strangely enough, there are a couple that were on my personal fave-list but dh wasn't keen on- Astrid and Stella. A family member is Maya, so can't do that one either (which is a bummer, because it would work beautifully with our surname).
I've also been inspired by bellabelly- now rather keen on Bella.

Thank you

Oh, and trixie familliar story- another of my all time faves is Olive, but can't do that one either because it is the name of a close family member's dog. Booo!

what about Ffion?

i have an Erin- tis a lovely name

What about Elsa? Or Ailsa? Or Ngaire pronounced Ni-ree)?

i also love the name freya, i would have liked it for our dd, but my sis has a little girl leia (leya) (also she has an ava which is lovely) and sil has a little girl teya, so mayb one of those?? oh p.s isla?