Calling OO and long-U sound Names (Name Hunt: Girls 3)

Girl Names
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One rabbit trail leads to another! I’m on the search for names that have a long-U/OO sound. We already have on the list (or did have and eliminated):

[name_f]Junia[/name_f]
Zuzia
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Oona[/name_f]/[name_f]Una[/name_f] (this was too “[name_m]Doctor[/name_m] Who, The Ood” for my husband)
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] (I don’t like the “loose” sound in any of the [name_m]Luc[/name_m]- names)

Others that come to mind:
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f]
Azula
[name_u]Lou[/name_u]/[name_f]Louise[/name_f]/[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_u]June[/name_u]/[name_f]Juno[/name_f]/[name_u]Juniper[/name_u]

What other gems should I consider? Thank you for your ideas!

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OKAY… Here are some oooo names… xx

[name_f]Alouette[/name_f]
[name_f]Allura[/name_f]
[name_f]Azura[/name_f]
[name_f]Beaulah[/name_f]
[name_u]Drew[/name_u]/[name_u]Dru[/name_u]
[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Eudora[/name_f]
Eudosia
[name_f]Eugenie[/name_f]
[name_f]Eula[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Eustacia[/name_f]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Jubilee[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_f]Judy[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Julissa[/name_f]
[name_u]Juneau[/name_u]
[name_f]Junia[/name_f]
[name_f]Junie[/name_f]
[name_u]Juniper[/name_u]
[name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_f]Jewell[/name_f]
[name_f]Louella[/name_f]
[name_f]Luisa[/name_f]/[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucretia[/name_f]
Ludmilla
[name_f]Lumina[/name_f] /Lumi
[name_f]Marilou[/name_f]
Minuette
[name_f]Petunia[/name_f]
[name_f]Pru[/name_f]
[name_f]Prudence[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Sakura[/name_f]
[name_f]Susan[/name_f]/[name_f]Suzanne[/name_f]/ [name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
Sundara
[name_f]Sunniva[/name_f]
[name_f]Suzette[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Tulia[/name_f]
[name_f]Trudy[/name_f]
[name_u]True[/name_u]
[name_f]Truely[/name_f]
[name_f]Zuleika[/name_f]

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[name_u]Love[/name_u] your list so far. Other ideas:

Azucena - Spanish; “madonna lily”
[name_f]Azzura[/name_f] - Italian; “azure”
[name_f]Bluma[/name_f] - Yiddish; “flower”
[name_f]Boudicca[/name_f] - Brythonic; “victory” (too much maybe but a GP of mine)
[name_f]Eudora[/name_f] - Greek; “good gift”
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f] - Greek; “to speak well”
[name_f]Eugenia[/name_f] - Greek; “well born”
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] - Greek; “to talk well”
[name_f]Eurydice[/name_f] - Greek; “wide justice”
[name_f]Jerusha[/name_f] - Hebrew; “possession”
[name_f]Juliana[/name_f] - Latin; “downy-bearded”
[name_f]Julienne[/name_f] - [name_m]French[/name_m]; “”
Juvela - Esperanto; “jewel-like”
[name_f]Keturah[/name_f] - Hebrew; “incense”
[name_f]Lovisa[/name_f] - Swedish; “battle-famous”
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f] - Italian; “light”
[name_f]Lucretia[/name_f] - Ancient [name_m]Roman[/name_m]; “wealth”
Lumi - Finnish; “snow”
Lumia - “”; “”
[name_f]Lumina[/name_f] - Latin; “lights”
[name_f]Lupita[/name_f] - Spanish; diminutive of Guadeloupe, “river of the wolf”
Nimue - Arthurian legend; unknown
[name_f]Nuala[/name_f] - Irish; short form of [name_f]Fionnuala[/name_f], “white shoulder”
[name_f]Petunia[/name_f] - English
[name_f]Prudence[/name_f] - English ([name_f]Constance[/name_f] wins for me though)
[name_f]Prunella[/name_f] - English from Latin; type of flower, derived from Pruna, “plum”
Rubena - Esperanto; “like a ruby”
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f] - English from Creek language; “town”
[name_f]Ulla[/name_f] - Scandinavian; diminutive of [name_f]Ulrika[/name_f] or [name_f]Hulda[/name_f]
[name_f]Zsuzsanna[/name_f] - Hungarian; “lily”

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[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] (I don’t like the “loose” sound in any of the [name_m]Luc[/name_m]- names) - [name_f]Luz[/name_f] either /z/ or Spanish /th/ but [name_f]Luz[/name_f] I knew hated the latter.so
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f] Luchia or a /k/ spelling.

Others that come to mind:
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f] like a z in this [name_f]Urzula[/name_f] or Ulyssa
Azula -yes
[name_u]Lou[/name_u]/[name_f]Louise[/name_f]/[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] – [name_f]Luisa[/name_f]?
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]- love this with [name_f]Zanna[/name_f] nname
[name_u]June[/name_u]/[name_f]Juno[/name_f]/[name_u]Juniper[/name_u] -all good
and
[name_f]Beulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Tulip[/name_f]
[name_f]Toula[/name_f]
Koula (both Greek names) so not suitable perhaps sorry.
All Eu names. Eugénie /oo-gen -ee/ or /oo jean ee/ without acute
[name_u]Doone[/name_u]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
Lupa
[name_u]Rue[/name_u]-[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Drusila[/name_f]?
Ceraluen
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]-[name_u]July[/name_u]
[name_f]Muriel[/name_f]
[name_f]Suri[/name_f]
[name_u]Zuri[/name_u]
[name_f]Luella[/name_f]

  • you have much better!
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I really like [name_f]Junia[/name_f] too.

[name_f]Larue[/name_f] (favorite)
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] / [name_f]Ruthanne[/name_f] / [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] [name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_m]Yuma[/name_m]
[name_f]Muriel[/name_f] (favorite)
Luelle
[name_f]Lula[/name_f]
[name_f]Luella[/name_f]

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Most have already been suggested, but I would say:

[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenie[/name_f]/[name_f]Eugenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]/[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f] (which I think would fit nicely with your other children’s names, if I’m honest!)
[name_f]Luella[/name_f]
[name_f]Lulu[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Jubilee[/name_f]

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What a lot of names! Thanks, Berries!

@bailibsmum - [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]! I never considered that. We’ve had a few [name_f]Gwen[/name_f]-related names on the list before and it never occurred to me that they [name_f]DO[/name_f] have that “oo” sound. Interesting thought!

@morganalefaye - Oh, nice on the international options! Lumi is totally adorable. I also enjoy [name_f]Jerusha[/name_f], [name_f]Keturah[/name_f], Nimue, [name_f]Nuala[/name_f], and [name_f]Ulla[/name_f]. And yes, I agree, [name_f]Prudence[/name_f] is nice but [name_f]Constance[/name_f] beats that one easily.

@ornella - Oh, I had [name_u]Cerulean[/name_u] on my boys list once-upon-a-time. Good call!

@ashleyjuliette - I’m not sure I’ve ever heard [name_f]Larue[/name_f] before. Too bad NB doesn’t have any info on it. Thanks for the ideas.

@lawsonhaley - I know, I’ve thought that [name_f]Eulalie[/name_f] “fits” the group. It might have a chance if it weren’t for the character in “The [name_f]Music[/name_f] [name_m]Man[/name_m],” the over-the top mayor’s wife, [name_f]Eulalie[/name_f] Mackecknie Shinn. My husband has also vetoed [name_u]Marian[/name_u] and [name_m]Marcellus[/name_m] because of that show, and I can only barely sneak [name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f] past him. I can’t really blame him, he’s been in two different productions of the show, but it IS a disappointment when nice names get ruined.

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[name_u]LOVE[/name_u] the suggestion of [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]…swoon!

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[name_f]Lilou[/name_f]
[name_f]Anoushka[/name_f]
Roo
[name_f]Sookie[/name_f]

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[name_f]Larue[/name_f] is an old name, at least I assume, since I first saw it near rank # 900 in an old Social Security name list for the usa. I had never heard it before. It is quite quirky and I think it means to have red or curly hair but I am not sure.
I also forgot the color name [name_u]Cerulean[/name_u]. (seh-[name_u]RUE[/name_u]-lee-inn)

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[name_f]Ulla[/name_f]
[name_f]Urbana[/name_f]
[name_f]Ulrica[/name_f]
Unnur
[name_f]Uma[/name_f]
Uliana
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
Beatriu
[name_f]Giustina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_f]Yuna[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyudmila[/name_f]
Afua
Agustina
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Auda[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
Azucena
[name_u]Juniper[/name_u]
Kualana
[name_f]Lilou[/name_f]
[name_f]Malou[/name_f]
[name_f]Melusine[/name_f]
[name_f]Lupita[/name_f]
Tünde
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f]
Eudocia
[name_f]Eudora[/name_f]
Euphrasia
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Beulah[/name_f]
Eunika
Runa

I love [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f], [name_f]Lilou[/name_f], [name_f]Anouk[/name_f], [name_f]Ulrica[/name_f], and Runa. Sorry for any repeats. Good luck! :slight_smile:

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hmm havent seen:

[name_u]July[/name_u]
[name_f]Uma[/name_f]

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Thank you all for adding more great ideas here. [name_f]Fleur[/name_f] is brilliant thinking! Kualana is beautiful, but I don’t think any of my Irish-English-Norwegian children could pull it off. [name_f]Sookie[/name_f]/[name_f]Suki[/name_f] so cute - right there with Zuzia and Zuza. I love all the exotic variations of [name_f]Susannah[/name_f], but my husband thinks they are all weird.