Elegant, understated baby girl name needed to go with surname Lee

Advice needed please.
I love the following girls baby names but I really want the first name to work well with our surname [name_u]Lee[/name_u]. Can you give me some thoughts on the below and maybe suggest some other elegant and understated girls names. (ideally 2 syllables)

[name_f]Orla[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] (can’t help thinking of the word Orally)
[name_f]Anya[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] (once a year - oh dear)
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] (is it too close to elderly?)
[name_f]Maud[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] (love [name_f]Maud[/name_f] but too flat with our surname)
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] (tongue twister?)
Thanks [name_f]Gertie[/name_f]

I see your concerns. [name_u]Lee[/name_u] is tough to pair with names heavy on the L.
[name_f]Anya[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] cracked me up!

[name_f]Frances[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]?
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]?

Thanks for those 2 Suzywoo. Tricky finding names to go with [name_u]Lee[/name_u] isn’t it.

Well, I have to say, I agree with you about the name [name_f]Orla[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]. :wink: And honestly, of the 5 you suggested, [name_f]Anya[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] would be my choice.

What about [name_f]Elsa[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]? [name_f]Do[/name_f] you like the way that sounds? I think [name_f]Elsa[/name_f]'s such a beautiful name!! I’ve added it to the list below with a few other ideas…

[name_f]Elsa[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_u]Arden[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Arwen[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Aria[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Ava[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Zara[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Kinsey[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Gracie[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
Gracin [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_u]Emery[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Keira[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_u]Mika[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]

My other personal picks after [name_f]Elsa[/name_f] would be [name_u]Arden[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] or [name_f]Kinsey[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]. I think both sound lovely!

Best wishes!!

Thanks for your suggestions. I love [name_f]Elsa[/name_f]. Not heard of [name_f]Kinsey[/name_f] but will be looking that one up too. X

From your list, I like [name_f]Anya[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]. :slight_smile:

[name_f]Daphne[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Nadya[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Zara[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Cara[/name_f]/[name_f]Kara[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Caia[/name_f]/[name_f]Kaia[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]

[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Marilyn[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]

:slight_smile:

[name_f]Georgia[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Juno[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Margot[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]

Best of luck!

Thanks so much all. There are some great ideas.
I’ve added the following to my list -
[name_f]Margot[/name_f], [name_f]Maya[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Martha[/name_f], [name_f]Esmee[/name_f], [name_f]Delphine[/name_f] and [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f].
I love love love [name_f]Flora[/name_f] but not so sure of [name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u].
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you see florally or am I reading to much into this?
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[name_u]Lee[/name_u] is a lovely surname. It shouldnt be tough but I guess it is, with so many words ending “ly”. I would avoid word names.
[name_u]Harper[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] is such a fantastic name, there must be something else out there that sounds as good :slight_smile:
[name_f]Tessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Pippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_u]Sasha[/name_u]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Betty[/name_f]

Out of your list, I like [name_f]Anya[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]. Though on reading this title, the first name that popped in my head was [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] – but that’s only because of the poem “[name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]” by [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Allen[/name_m] [name_u]Poe[/name_u]. Though, I do think [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] is a very good name that is elegant and does sound great with [name_u]Lee[/name_u].

Yes I do love [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] and [name_f]Mirabel[/name_f] also but I’m not sure about having the same consonants running into each other at the end of the first name and beginning of the surname.
I didn’t know of the poem but wil be interested in finding more out about it. x

[name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u], is a sort of tragic love poem in [name_u]Poe[/name_u]'s style of writing, and in reading the poem, the name [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] takes on a nice flow that I thinks work well. The L at the end of [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] and [name_f]Mirabel[/name_f] are hard Ls, while the L in [name_u]Lee[/name_u] is a soft L… So I think it shouldn’t be a problem to have either one of those names next to [name_u]Lee[/name_u].

Here’s the poem “[name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]” if you like:

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of [name_f]ANNABEL[/name_f] [name_u]LEE[/name_u];
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u];
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u];
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u].

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
[name_f]Nor[/name_f] the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u].

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u];
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u];
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

– [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Allan[/name_m] [name_u]Poe[/name_u]

yes, I see what you’re saying about the hard and the soft L. Maybe it doesn’t sound so bad. Such a lovely poem. Thank you for sharing.
I’d be interested to hear peoples thoughts on the following too -

[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]

[name_f]Margot[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]

[name_f]Verity[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]

[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u].

Moving completely away from my original list but thinking they all work quite well with our surname.

[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]- I’m not a fan of [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], but it does flow well with your surname

[name_f]Margot[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]- This is my favorite of your list

[name_f]Verity[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]- My least favorite in terms of flow, although I do really like [name_f]Verity[/name_f]

[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]- I prefer [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]

I see your concerns. [name_u]Lee[/name_u] is a tough one! [name_m]How[/name_m] about (sorry for any repeats):

[name_f]Nora[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Keira[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] (pn [name_u]Kay[/name_u]-[name_m]Ra[/name_m])
[name_f]Annabelle[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Jade[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Aoife[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Una[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Moira[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Ava[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Jennifer[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Stephanie[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]

Some lovely suggestions. Thank you. X