Hello! We are having a girl, joining her brothers [name_u]Arlo[/name_u] Augustijn and [name_m]Eames[/name_m] [name_u]Orion[/name_u]. We’re looking for likely a vowel-leading name (but not a deal breaker), ideally no hard E to compete with [name_m]Eames[/name_m] or Ar-. This is our short list but I’d love to add others:
[name_f]Edda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ona[/name_f]
[name_m]Iben[/name_m] (likely out because of the EE-pronunciation)
[name_f]Silje[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Elya[/name_f]
I like [name_f]Ona[/name_f] and [name_f]Helena[/name_f] best from your list. I went to school with an [name_m]Iben[/name_m] and I remember finding it quite a weird, masculine name as a teen haha, although I can see the appeal now.
I grew up in NL so I listed both some “typically” Dutch names that might already be out of style here and some names that are currently popular in NL but more unexpected in an Anglo setting:
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f] (this is actually rather outdated over here, but it generally appeals on this site)
[name_f]Sanne[/name_f]/[name_f]Sanna[/name_f] (basically the hit name of the 2000s, it’s in decline now but it’d be a cool and unexpected name to see used in an Anglo setting! [name_f]Sanne[/name_f] is the “actual” spelling here but [name_f]Sanna[/name_f] might indicate the prn better and it’s also used in [name_u]Sweden[/name_u] I think)
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
[name_f]Kiki[/name_f]
[name_f]Yara[/name_f]/Jara
[name_f]Milou[/name_f] or [name_f]Malou[/name_f]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_u]Felice[/name_u]
[name_f]Madelief[/name_f] (meaning “daisy”)
[name_f]Alina[/name_f] or [name_f]Alida[/name_f] (quite antiquated here tho)
[name_f]Marika[/name_f] (phonetic spelling of [name_f]Marieke[/name_f])
[name_f]Silke[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosa[/name_f]
[name_f]Fenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Noor[/name_f] (used quite a lot in the Middle [name_f]East[/name_f] as well I believe, but it’s also a Dutch short form of [name_f]Nora[/name_f])
[name_f]Elin[/name_f] (also Swedish I think)
[name_f]Esmee[/name_f]
[name_f]Lena[/name_f]
[name_f]Fina[/name_f] (usually spelled [name_f]Fiene[/name_f] here)
[name_f]Liva[/name_f] or [name_f]Livia[/name_f]
Philou
[name_f]Yuna[/name_f]
[name_u]Romy[/name_u] or Romee
[name_f]Maja[/name_f] (also Scandinavian)
[name_u]Merle[/name_u]
Jula/Julin/Julot
Faja (maybe sounds too much like fire in the UK/US? lol)
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f] or [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]/[name_f]Dafne[/name_f]
[name_f]Eline[/name_f] or [name_f]Elina[/name_f]
[name_f]Pippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lois[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Jana[/name_f]
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] you like some of these! Good luck
Yay! I’m actually Norwegian I obviously know of many, but most of them are really difficult to pronounce in English, so I’ll list some random pronounceable (?) norwegian names. [name_m]Don[/name_m]’t know if they’re as appealing to your American ears though