3 syllable girl's name needed please!

[OrangePetal]

hi, I've name changed because DS's name is quite unusual and I don't want people to work out who I am!

DS is Theodore and we've just found out we're expecting a DD

so, oh wise ladies of MN, what would you suggest for her please? My preference would be for a 3 syllable name that has the option to shorten for a nn

thanks all

sweetkitty... intrigued how you 'know' lots of people i know and wondering whether i'm meant to know who you are too!
Not a short surname, just boring and very common! (its in the top 20 of surnames in England/Wales) So we both felt least we could do was provide unusual firstnames. the 3 syllable thing is because it tends to lead to more nicknames. Hmm, Eliana is pretty. This is great, I've discovered more about the type of names i like!
I suspect you'll get lynched for trying to keep your DS's name secret from this mob though!

dizz so do you not like Aralina?
as for your new suggestions, i will indeed consider them Hmm, not sure about them tbh...possibly Prudence...actually no, sorry, changed my mind already!

Meredith - nn Merry
Isabella - nn Isa
Corinna - Nina or Cora

I'll need to consider Aralina to me it just sounds like you missed the C off Carolina

kitty is it the one we spoke about?!?!

Dahlia
Tabitha
Lillian
Lydia

Millicent (Millie)

You know Eliana is 4 syllables, don't you?

lou031205 - please don't confuse her with number of syllables or the fact that Eliana ends in Anna which she doesn't like we'll be here till her DD is 12 at that rate

cheeky mare!

that's for dizz in case there's any doubt!

forgot, also LOVING at the moment

Delphine
Seraphine

dizzy - saskia or penelope from your list. But something tells me that you'll end up with none of those after a huge debate!

sweetkitty - how long have you got left to go now? Am dying to know what you're going for.

OP - you are going slightly insane! You said in your long list that you like Arabella (ok, you spelled it wrong, but same diff), and then got excited about it being a new name to add to the list when someone suggested it later on!

I think Arabella or Araminta are good choices.
Or given some of the others that you like, you might also like Aurelia, which I don't think has been suggested yet.

Millicent?

That just reminds me of the evil witch in Sleeping Beauty

Please tell me that isn't the name of an evil witch padraig?! It's a likely middle name for us if dc3 is a girl!

OP - Steal my Eliana on pain of death it has taken me ages to irritate MIL with it

Dizzy - you will have a DS this time so people can say 'oooh, so you finally got your boy then'

my dd's is a three sylable, and STILL not on this list.

i am quite pleased, cos it's so hard to find one isn't it.

Marissa
Miranda
Leona
Jennifer ?

Both my DD'S are not on any of these lists either I must have the knack of choosing unusual (but beautiful)names

Millicent was the name of the evil witch that put Sleeping Beauty to sleep with a poisoned spindle, if I remember the story correctly (well the Disney version anywho).

Sorry, it does make me think of pure undiluted evile whenever I hear it now :s

No padraig I think you will find that the name of the evil witch is Malificent if my memory watching this at least 3000 times serves me right !!! LOL!!!

Oh. Funny, I could have sworn Millicent was the name of someone who was evil.

Either way. If it sounds like the name of an evil supervillain/witch/badguy, is it really a name you'd like your DD to have?

No I agree I always think of a little old grey /blue rinse lady sat knitting in her armchair! but however it could be shortened to Millie if that appeals(no again to me like but you never know!)

If you like Eliana but want 3 syllables, how about Elanya? I know a child with this name.

Also have just thought of Violet, Ebanie,
Ahkarsha, Latifah, Sabrina, Richenda, Eliza, Louisa, Naomi, Patricia, Madeleine, Rosina, Zynitah, Patina, Lilian, Alynda, Harmony,

all these names are in my family tree.

Dizzy - I think we are about 95% there, I'm telling you boys names are much harder than girls

orangepetal - we have a very boring one syllable name, in fact one of the boys names I liked I went off as there is a boy with the exact same name in DD2's nursery class and at DD1's school, thought that was a bit too popular. Our surname is quite harsh as well especially with our accent so wanted something longer to balance it out. Am also intrigued as to who you are now. I am always lurking on the baby names threads, dizzy's DD3 and mine are the same age so we had long debates. Nice to see she is copying me though and having number 4

Back to names we also considered

Leona/Leonie
Marissa
Romilly (but have an R surname)
Rebecca
Jessica (not too keen on Jessie though)
Melissa
Elizabeth (I know it's 4 but you can have loads of lovely nicknames)
Francesca

Oh whoever asked am 38+4 today, if he doesn't make an appearance by himself I am being induced this time for the first time, combination of very fast labours and SPD.

op ts and i know kitty from our days on the mc threads - waaaaay back

gawd i had a list of names for you last night but now i fear it might have been in a dream .

sophia
angela
eliza
serena

er er

Claudia
Dorothy
Alicia

dizz ooh claudia - lovely

not 3sylls but Martha works well with Theodore. love it myself

I forgot about Claudia as well

My favourites are
Ariana
Imogen
Eliana
Isabella (are 4 allowed?)

Penelope off our list as SIL just bought a new puppy and called her Penny