There are two names I’m eyeing for a girl, [name_u]Dune[/name_u] and [name_u]Vale[/name_u], but not on their own. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any suggestions for full names that they could be nicknames for? All help will be appreciated, thanks!
[name_f]Valencia[/name_f] comes to mind for [name_u]Vale[/name_u]. As does [name_f]Valentina[/name_f]. [name_m]Even[/name_m] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] could work.
I’ve no idea about [name_u]Dune[/name_u] though! [name_u]Dune[/name_u] rhymes with [name_u]June[/name_u] which takes me to [name_u]Juniper[/name_u] or [name_f]Junia[/name_f], but that’s quite a stretch to get back to [name_u]Dune[/name_u] from there.
[name_u]Dune[/name_u]: [name_u]Delaney[/name_u] [name_u]June[/name_u], [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u], [name_f]Davina[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u] (any D first name with [name_u]June[/name_u] or [name_u]Juniper[/name_u] as a middle can give you the nn [name_u]Dune[/name_u].
[name_u]Vale[/name_u]: [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_f]Valeska[/name_f], [name_f]Valerie[/name_f], [name_f]Valeria[/name_f], [name_f]Avigail[/name_f], [name_f]Valley[/name_f], Valkyrie
[name_u]Dune[/name_u]: possible full names are [name_f]Diana[/name_f], [name_u]Dana[/name_u], [name_f]Drucilla[/name_f], [name_f]Dina[/name_f], [name_u]Demeter[/name_u], [name_f]Denise[/name_f], [name_f]Druella[/name_f], [name_m]Duane[/name_m] (I think this is a boys name but it might be unisex)
[name_u]Vale[/name_u]: [name_u]Val[/name_u], [name_f]Valeria[/name_f], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_f]Valerie[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Violetta[/name_f], [name_f]Viola[/name_f]…
Landform names!
I like Valancy or [name_f]Valencia[/name_f] for [name_u]Vale[/name_u].
There’s an Irish name, Dúnlaith, pronounced something like “[name_u]DOON[/name_u]-la.” The first element is Irish dún meaning “fort; fortress” and the second is flaith “princess,” also found in [name_f]Talulla[/name_f] ([name_f]Tuilelaith[/name_f]) and [name_f]Orla[/name_f] (Órfhlaith).
You could also use [name_f]Dunya[/name_f], “[name_u]DOON[/name_u]-yah,” the name of Raskolnikov’s sister in Crime and Punishment (full name Avdotya). It also sounds like Dunja, a Serbian, Croatian and Slovene name meaning “quince” (an apple-like fruit), and the Arabic word name Dunia (د”نْيا) meaning “world; life.”
Or there’s [name_f]Iduna[/name_f], from Norse myth. I like [name_u]Doon[/name_u], too.