So! I posted a little while back and from the suggestions came to the conclusion i need a three syllable name that doesnt end in ‘a’ sound or ‘er’
I love [name]Helena[/name] [name]Moira[/name] [name]Walker[/name] as a name but the repeated ‘a’ sounds put me off a little (still might end up going this way though!)
so middle name is set as [name]Moira[/name] after my grandma who i’ve known and disliked my whole life but this past year she and i have grown extremely close and she has been there for me in some difficult situations and stood by me and i respect her so much!
A name that is really growing on me lately though it could be just a phase is [name]Delphine[/name]! I love nickname [name]Delphi[/name]!! or even Elf!
endings i dont like is the ‘enne’ ending eg [name]Vivienne[/name] as it sounds strange in NZ accent though i do like [name]Vivian[/name] and [name]Verity[/name] but not ‘sold’
if it helps i like unnusual but not too out there names! i am not a top 500 phobic but do try to avoid the top 50 as much as possible! but even so i am okay to be flexible if i love the name!
my mother is scottish and my father is Iranian if that helps too! though with boys names (i dont know girl or boy for another 2 weeks yet!) i have found they are pronounced vastly different in farsi! For example [name]Cyrus[/name] is pronounced Kor-roosh!
also i think it has to be three syllables to fit with the middle and last name but would a two syllable first name also work so long as it doesnt end in ‘a’ sound? like eg [name]Carly[/name] [name]Moira[/name] [name]Walker[/name] seems okayish? i dont like [name]Carly[/name] it was just the first thing that popped to mind!
OH is very fussy so the more names i can run by her the better IYKWIM!
3 syllable ones
[name]Amity[/name]
[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Gabrielle[/name]
[name]Annabel[/name]
[name]Rosamund[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name] - okay I say this with about 2.5 syllables…
[name]Jessamine[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name] - Aussies would call her Caz. Stab them! [name]Callie[/name] is cute though.
[name]Arielle[/name]
Rosabel
[name]Ione[/name]
[name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Ayelet[/name]
[name]Coralie[/name]
Betony
[name]Zephirine[/name]
[name]Artemis[/name]
[name]Seraphine[/name]
4 Syllables, because I don’t colour in the lines well, lol
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Naomi[/name]
[name]Alexandrine[/name]
I also really like some 2 syllable ones with no -a ending, there’s so many to choose from, but some of my favourites are: [name]Hazel[/name], [name]Opal[/name], [name]Aisling[/name], [name]Violet[/name], [name]Ivy[/name], [name]Autumn[/name], [name]Tansy[/name], [name]Xanthe[/name], [name]Maple[/name], [name]Delphine[/name] (I know you have [name]Delphine[/name] already, I just love it too!) and [name]Branwen[/name].
I hope I don’t sound rude, but in your accent, do -ers count as a sounds? I’m not sure - my husband is Australian and his -ers are -a’s! If not, [name]Esther[/name]/[name]Winter[/name]/[name]Amber[/name]/[name]Ember[/name]/[name]Briar[/name] could all be options?
Someone already suggested this, but my vote would be for [name]Adelaide[/name];
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Moira[/name] [name]Walker[/name]
others (sorry for any repeats)
[name]Gwendolyn[/name] [name]Moira[/name] [name]Walker[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name] [name]Moira[/name] [name]Walker[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Moira[/name] [name]Walker[/name] ([name]Eleanor[/name] is related to [name]Helena[/name])
[name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Moira[/name] [name]Walker[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name] [name]Moira[/name] [name]Walker[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name] [name]Moira[/name] [name]Walker[/name]
I like using the different-#-of-syllables-in-each-name rule normally too, but I have found some combinations where this rule can be waived. For example:
[name]Daphne[/name] [name]Moira[/name] [name]Walker[/name]
[name]Danae[/name] [name]Moira[/name] [name]Walker[/name]
[name]Kathryn[/name] [name]Moira[/name] [name]Walker[/name]
I agree with pp that you could also work with a longer name. [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Moira[/name] [name]Walker[/name] is very pretty imo.
Haha yes @ striped socks, the er sound is like an a sound eg [name]Summer[/name] is Summah!
[name]Adelaide[/name] i love but i live in new zealand so it is all an australia place name to me!
names that have suck out
[name]Vivian[/name] (have always liked this but not loved)
[name]Naomi[/name] (love but can never decide whether to say it Nai-o-mee or Nay-o-mee)
[name]Bryony[/name] (this has also been growing on me)
[name]Anneliese[/name] (I love this, also love [name]Annabeth[/name] which i think is made up… [name]Anneliese[/name] is so pretty but always makes me jumping straight to anal-ease weird and innappropriate i know! if i didnt have that assosiation i would [name]LOVE[/name] this name so much more!!)
[name]Rosalie[/name] (like like like! will run this past OH!)
[name]Harriet[/name] (I wasnt completely enamoured at first but it grows on me! i love its ‘crispness’)
Temperence (haha and because i love bones made me think of [name]Brennan[/name], is [name]Brennan[/name] a bad idea?)
[name]Verity[/name] (have always loved this name but terrified others will thinkits weird or too much of a virtue name? i love the sounds and it seems so pretty and delicate yet the ‘V’ gives it that punkish quality! will talk to OH but not got much hope)
[name]Elodie[/name]/[name]Melody[/name] (like [name]Elodie[/name] more as [name]Melody[/name] is too much of a ‘word’ to me but dont like how [name]Elodie[/name] is too much like [name]Melody[/name]! sometimes i think i would rather have a word than a word minus a letter! even though its a name before then)
[name]Coralie[/name] (still loving this, OH said reminds her too much of [name]Coraline[/name] and animated people with buttons sewed in their eye sockets)
[name]Cecily[/name] (like!!!)
[name]Romilly[/name] (how do i say this, i assume Roh-milly roh as in beginning to say rock? or is it row as in row your boat milly?)
[name]Delphine[/name] (still loving [name]Delphine[/name]!! this one got a maybe response so yay!! i think [name]Delphi[/name] is a gorgeous nickname and so if ‘Elf’!! haha only problem is i dont know if it would be considered weird or something. to me its beautiful!)
also love
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Seraphine[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
but those are all names in my close family apart from [name]Seraphine[/name] which OH vetoed as too fantasy character and [name]Genevieve[/name] who’s a good friend of mine!
Also love [name]Emmeline[/name] (is it said [name]Emma[/name]-line or [name]Emma[/name]-leen??) but i wonder if my multitude of friends called [name]Emma[/name] would find that strange!
and [name]Evelyn[/name] has been growing on me a lot lately too (i pronounced Ev-lynn i’m not too worried about popularity but i do dislike there being too many similar but not the same names all at once! for example [name]Eva[/name] [name]Ava[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name] but from what ive been reading around in NZ, [name]Eva[/name] isnt so popular and [name]Ava[/name] is up there but [name]Evelyn[/name] wasnt in the top 100)
[name]Elenor[/name] is lovely too but just dont feel right to me!
i wonder if [name]Eileen[/name] and [name]Aisling[/name] will grow on me too as scottish names. My mothers name is [name]Irene[/name] and her sister [name]Valerie[/name] and the other two sisters [name]Margaret[/name] and [name]Catherine[/name] but [name]Eileen[/name] seems very similar to [name]Irene[/name]! [name]Aisling[/name] as i understand is pronouncced ash-ling i think its so cute! but is too similar to [name]Ashley[/name]? i wish [name]Ashley[/name] was still a boy name! i think [name]Ashley[/name] would be handsome on a boy!!
It seems like [name]Delphine[/name] is the one you’re most drawn to. It’s a wonderful name- makes me think of delphinium (incredible pearlescent cobolt blue flowers that grow on tall stalks.) It sounds French yet ancient Greek at the same time… I think Elf is a stroke of genius, and [name]Delphi[/name] is sweet as can be.
To me, [name]Delphine[/name] [name]Moira[/name] Walkr doesn’t have the perfect flow, but I love that you’re honoring this rediscovered relationship with your granny by using her name. I wonder if adding a second middle might help with that. [name]Delphine[/name] [name]Elodie[/name] [name]Moira[/name] Walkr, [name]Delphine[/name] [name]Imogen[/name] [name]Moira[/name] Walkr, [name]Delphine[/name] [name]Rosalie[/name] [name]Moira[/name] Walkr… [name]Delphine[/name] is so crisp, and [name]Moira[/name] and Walkr are both serious and straightforward [name]IMO[/name],. I think a more delicate name after [name]Delphine[/name] and before [name]Moira[/name] could really give the name levity. But that’s me being fussy. [name]Even[/name] without a second middle, it’s a very pretty, and meaningful name.
Of all the ones you liked I would have to say that [name]Delphine[/name] [name]Moira[/name] Walkr is wonderful. It’s original and beautiful and seems to have the most meaning to you. [name]Delphi[/name] or Elf are very cute nicknames.
I also really like [name]Melody[/name]! It seems fresh, sweet and lively. I have to say I much prefer it over [name]Elodie[/name], and I like the alliteration of [name]Melody[/name] [name]Moira[/name].
The other ones I like with [name]Moira[/name] Walkr are [name]Harriet[/name] and [name]Rosalie[/name].
I think that [name]Delphine[/name] [name]Moira[/name] is gorgeous. I know a [name]Delphi[/name] and would consider [name]Delphine[/name] for my own child. Other nicknames include [name]Della[/name] or [name]Finn[/name] (or Phin)
