PLEASE help with a short, strong girl name!

cd92007

Some people enjoy picking out names... not me!!! I feel like this baby girl of ours will never have a name because I guess I'm picky. I don't even know where to start. It took forever to pick our son's name (which is Coleman Thomas.. we call him Cole), and we didn't even think about girl names the first time around. 

PLEASE help me start getting the name ball rolling. Here is the dilemma... I prefer short, somewhat unique names (1 syllable would be ideal), NOT ending in "ee" or "uh"... which I have discovered almost all girl names end in 

Example: Love the name Bryn. But can't use it, it's already in our family. Others we have entertained.. Maeve (DH veto'd) and Emme (sounds strange with our last name). 

Hoping this board can help! I still have 6 months left, but I feel like this is going to be an impossible feat! 

lattemom

Mae
Wren
Elle

ErbGarden

Some ideas: 

Claire 
Kate
Gwen 
Quinn 
June
Joan 
Grace 
Eve
Brooke
Jade
Paige
Tess
Rose
Ruth
Neve
Lark
Shea

mrlarpr

Rhea

lm45678

Blair
Brooke
Paige
Gwen
Quinn
Faith
Grace
Jane

Bringmemylongswordho

Claire 
Jane
Ruth
Lynn

That said, I think the single syllable rule is really limiting you. Ithink you should consider expanding it.

Adele
Agnes
Alice
Astrid 
Bernice 
Briar
Caitlin 
Camille 
Carmen 
Celeste 
Claudine
Clover
Colleen
Corinne 
Denise 
Diane
Doris
Edith
Elise
Erin
Esther
Florence 
Frances
Helen
Hilde
Ingrid 
Irene
Janelle 
Joann
Judith
Katherine 
Laurel
Lenore
Lauren
Louise 
Megan 
Margot
Maxine
Nadine 
Rachel
Raven
Roxanne
Sibyl
Simone 
Willow 

Expanding to just two syllables gets you so many more options. 

doodleoodle

The only other one syllable names I can think of that haven't been mentioned are Sloan, Reese, and Rae. I agree with PP that you should expand to 2 syllables, especially since your son has 2.

bbiutmcph

I agree there are great options at even two syllables and it's still a short name

Paige
Claire but Cara/Clara/Carla are all better with just that extra syllable
Ruth


But so many options for short with two syllables

Cara
Ada
Edith
Elise
Luna
Mona
Lucy
Nora
Nina
Hannah
alice
Isla
Olive
Flora

 

SmrBrd2012

Lots of good options. Adding Maren and Brenna ( I know you don't like -a endings but it's similar to Brynn).

avalentine81

Zoe

RoseShadow873

Faye

kimikimi

Reese

Liv

Sage

Brie

Pearl

aldarr

We have Gwen and Ivy that one has the -ee ending though)

Mamabeagle

Robin

cd92007

Thank you all so much for your suggestions! I do agree I may have to go with 2 syllable. I wish there were some options mentioned that I loved but there are not This poor baby girl!! But I seriously do appreciate the help. 

kmvisioli

Lynne
Mara
Maude
Joyce
Jade
June
Elle
Brie
Hope
Cate

Jheaps

Jill!

cd92007

What do you guys think of Bevin? Or Evan for a girl? Hmmm...

Bringmemylongswordho

cd92007 said:

What do you guys think of Bevin? Or Evan for a girl? Hmmm...

Honestly my first thoughts were "WTF is Bevin" and "sure, tell her right from birth that being a girl isn't good enough,  she should have been a man".

lm45678

cd92007 said:

What do you guys think of Bevin? Or Evan for a girl? Hmmm...

How about Devon? Or Quinn?

cd92007

@Bringmemylongswordho haha I love your honestly, and very good points! 

Although I sort of look at girls with boy names as "what, I'm good enough to have a boy name, why wouldn't I be!" But yeah. DH didn't love that name either

cd92007

laurenm2123 said:

cd92007 said:

What do you guys think of Bevin? Or Evan for a girl? Hmmm...

How about Devon? Or Quinn?

Love them both but last name starts with D (hate double letters) and we have a Quinn (boy) in the immediate family. Ugh! 

Bringmemylongswordho

cd92007 said:

@Bringmemylongswordho haha I love your honestly, and very good points! 

Although I sort of look at girls with boy names as "what, I'm good enough to have a boy name, why wouldn't I be!" But yeah. DH didn't love that name either

But is your son "good enough" to have a girls name?

cd92007

@Bringmemylongswordho yeah good point! 

tmk0325

cd92007 said:

What do you guys think of Bevin? Or Evan for a girl? Hmmm...

I know a little girl named Evan and it's very cute and fitting on her. Bevin I would not do, unless you plan on using the NN Bev.

Could also add:
Vaughn 
Wren
Liv
Gail
Lucy 
Rose
Iris
Skylar/Skye
Bree
Eve
Tess

lm45678

Morgan
Taylor
Peyton
Riley
Reese
Harper
Hadley
Hayden
Ryan
Blake
Avery
Bailey
Casey

KyleeWaller

Tess

Jessica & Ryan

We have very similar tastes! Our DD is Eloise, but we always call her "Lu." Our list for girls is Mae, Nelle, Neve, and Brynn (but Brynn doesn't work for you). You could also use a longer name with a one syllable nickname like we did. DH also likes Jane and June.

penelope4612

Sorry, most of these end in "ee" or ah"
Esme
Veda
Amy
Anne or Anna
Tara
Jaime
Lisa
Erin
Kelley
Julie
Mia
Rita
Sara
Pia
Gia
Dina
Arwen
Bronwyn
Cleo
Luna
Delia
Faye
Iris
Brigid
Kira

If you like boys names on girls, you could also consider a longer female name with a "male" nn, ie
Samantha nn Sam
Alexandra nn Alex
Danielle nn Dani
Christine nn Chris

indiana101

Sam. It is a guilty pleasure girl name of mine I guess. And I grew up watching Bewitched reruns so it has always struck me as a strong, feminine name.

yogahh

I think we have similar tastes (I don't like very girly, "A" ending names and like a short strong name)
On my short list, but didn't make the cut

Kate
Brooke
Paige
Erin

We are going with Harper though as it is the only name we both could agree on.

Good luck! Baby naming is so stressful if you don't have a name you LOVE.

LNic5

Elin
Eden
Olive
Claire 
Piper
Brooke
Alice 
Hazel
Quinn 
Jade
Reese 
Iris
Sage
Kendra
Phoebe 
Haven 
Sloane
Elle
Eve
Pearl
Blair
Wren
Adele
Gwen

cd92007

Thank you all... We are making some progress. DH and I discovered we actually both like Elise... So it's now I'm the running. Glad we have finally found one we both like but I'm hoping to find others, too. 

I also like Reese lately but he's not sure about it.. 

Thoughts on Elise and Reece? 

kmvisioli

Elise is great! Coleman and Elise are nice together. Not a big fan of Reece/Reese. 

bbiutmcph

Elise is awesome.

Reese is not.  

Bringmemylongswordho

Elise is great, Reese is not.