Frustrated searching for a girls name....

kaniela17

Ugh, I thought a boys name was gonna be the hard one. Does anyone have any ideas on an Italian/ancient Rome or Greek girls name that doesn't end in an "a" or "o". Middle name will most likely be Serena and last name is 3 syllables starts with an F ends in O (think Ferrari). I thought we were set on Giada but it just doesn't flow well with our last name. Thanks again for all your help ladies.

genromeo

Helen

Pallas

Irene

Ianthe

Iris

Nephele

Xanthe

Danae

Daphne

Evadne

Phyllis

plunderb

Hmm. The no -a ending is pretty limiting. Could you give any other style clues? Are you looking for something common-ish (like Helen), unusual (like Damaris), or really flashy (like Xanthippe)?

kaniela17

More unusual not flashy. Something with a decent nickname or no nickname. All the names I had on my list from before DS was born all end in A. Liliana Sephira Alesia Evelyn (DH isn't really on board with this) I like Lilian but again DH isn't completely on board cuz he wants something more Italian,

kaniela17

bromios said:

Ooo, fun!

Ariadne

Andromache

Danae

Amphitrite

Penelope

Zoe

Chloe

Ianthe

Xanthe

Clio

Cybele

Berenike

Kore

Mnemosyne

Artemis

Demeter

Themis

Thetis

Alcyone

I was hoping you'd see this, heard you were into Italian/Greek names. Great list but I dont love any of em. I like Ariadne but can't do aria as a nn (hotel in Vegas, and we live fairly close to the city).

genromeo

Phoebe?

Noemi?

plunderb

The Greek names seem to fit the bill better than the Italian names (so many end in -a).

If you want the name to read as Italian, I might reconsider the flow of a name that ends in -a (I know this problem well — my DD has a FN and MN that both end in -a, one -ia, one -ina).

Italian names (or names popular in Italy) that don't end in -a:

Alice

Beatrice

Dolce

Matilde

Noemi

Agnese

Adelle

Irene

Clarice

Clio

Of these, the only one that reads really "Italian" to me is Noemi, unless you're going to use the Italian pronunciations of Beatrice or Alice. You've got plenty of lovely options with the Greek names. But if it's important to your partner that the name sounds Italian, I'd revisit the flow issue.

mandikins27

Circe, delphine, dianth, karis

kaniela17

ugh, again I emphasize the frustration. Maybe I just like the idea of these names and can't see actually using them. It's fun listing names you like but when given the pressure of naming a human being that they'll be stuck with their entire life is stressful. I took a break for a while with name finding but it didn't really help, I feel I'm back where I started.

I guess maybe I should start over. I definitely don't want anything cutesie or popular. Good nickname or none and pass dh's tease test (lol). I do like something that ends in -ane or -lyn. And maybe match my sons name Roman Zephyr but not necessary. tia

Ceridwen21

I love Giada.

From the above suggestions, I really like Iris and Beatrice.

How about Beatrix?

LNic5

Abrielle
Angelene
Aphrodite
Beatrice
Calliope nn Calli
Catarine
Coralie
Corinne
Daniele
Daphne
Delphine
Demi
Donelle
Deirdre
Elaine
Eleanore
Eleni
Elisabet
Elsie
Elyse
Evangeline
Gabriele
Georgette
Gretchen
Gretel
Helene
Irene
Iris
Isadore
Ivy
Juliet
Kathryn
Kirsten
Krista
Lainey
Lexi
Liesl
Maisie
Margot
Marguerite
Melody
Michele
Monique
Nicolette
Odelle
Penelope
Persephone
Phoebe
Phyllo
Phyllis
Rachele
Rhodanthe
Rosalie
Selene
Simone
Sophie
Stefanie
Terese
Tess
Violet
Zephyr
Xanthe
Zoe

kaniela17

Thank you for all the suggestions ladies. It's hard this time around to just sit down and discuss names with dh with a toddler running around. Adding a few more to the list