Long girl names!

What are your favourite girl names that have 3 or more syllables?

Mine are:
[name]Severine[/name]
[name]Seraphina[/name]
Avalina
[name]Francesca[/name]
[name]Valentina[/name]
[name]Rosalina[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Arianna[/name]
[name]Coraline[/name]
[name]Alessandra[/name]
[name]Katerina[/name]
[name]Gwendolyn[/name]

Obviously I have a thing for girls names ending in “a” but yours don’t have to :stuck_out_tongue:

Find Nameberry’s guide to Long Baby Names here.

[name]Angharad[/name]
[name]Ceridwen[/name]
[name]Rosamund[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Adriana[/name]
[name]Shulamit[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]

I have a lot that range from classic to modern, uncommon to trendy:

[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Aria[/name]
[name]Ariadne[/name]
[name]Alethea[/name]
[name]Naomi[/name]
[name]Lilliana[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Katarina[/name]
[name]Elowen[/name]
[name]Aliyah[/name]
[name]Lucida[/name] ([name]Lou[/name]-sid-uh)
[name]Sakura[/name]
[name]Celestia[/name]/ Celestria
[name]Alexandra[/name]/ [name]Alessandra[/name]
[name]Alana[/name]/ [name]Alanna[/name]
[name]Bethany[/name]
[name]Valentina[/name]
[name]Lucia[/name] (prn lou-SEE-uh)
[name]Kyrie[/name] (prn [name]Keer[/name]-ee-ae)
[name]Kiria[/name] ([name]Keer[/name]-ee-uh)
[name]Sierra[/name]

I really like the longer names, my girl favourites are all 3+ syllables:
[name]Samara[/name], [name]Evangeline[/name], [name]Isadora[/name], [name]Rosalind[/name]

I love ethereal, feminine, magical names. I admit some of them are totally out there, but here was my long list before Hubs axed them all!

Daranya
[name]Eirene[/name]
Elentari
[name]Elowen[/name]
Faerydae
[name]Farasha[/name]
[name]Gwyneira[/name]
Illyria
Lirael
[name]Melusine[/name]
Namine
[name]Nephele[/name]
Niviera
[name]Oriel[/name]
[name]Reverie[/name]
Satia or Satya
[name]Senara[/name]
[name]Serafina[/name]
[name]Soraya[/name]
[name]Serenity[/name]
Tifareth
Tinuviel
Virelai

hm… I’ll go with the really long ones.

[name]Cassiopeia[/name]
Chandrakanta
[name]Yelizaveta[/name]
[name]Magdalena[/name]
Apollinariya
[name]Leocadia[/name]

[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Isabella[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Francesca[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Alexandra[/name]

Oddly, I only recently realised that most of my favourite girls’ names have 3 syllables. You think I would have clicked after 20+ years of name obsession! Faves:

[name]Isolda[/name]
[name]Elinor[/name]
[name]Anoushka[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Innogen[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Eluned[/name]
[name]Claudia[/name]

Others that have hovered around my favourites in last decade:
[name]Tallulah[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
Cliodhna
[name]Ophelia[/name]
Isola
Hermione
Harriet

Also remember as a child insisting that my name was pronounced with 3 syllables Cath-er-ine, partly to distinguish myself from the Kath-ryns (whose spelling, even at age 8, I had taken an unreasonalbe dislike to!)

Looking forward to reading/collecting some more from other posts. Ta :slight_smile:

[name]Alcyone[/name]
[name]Arcadia[/name]
[name]Asteria[/name]
[name]Atalanta[/name]
[name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
Belladonna
Belphoebe
[name]Calliope[/name]
[name]Callisto[/name]
[name]Calypso[/name]
[name]Ceridwen[/name]
Elentari
Eupheme
[name]Fiammetta[/name]
Gwenllian
Hespera
Illyria
Iselilja
Liriope
[name]Melisande[/name]
Millaray
[name]Morgana[/name]
[name]Nephele[/name]
Niniane
[name]Octavia[/name]
Oenone
[name]Ophelia[/name]
Orithyia
Ostara
Otrera
[name]Ourania[/name]
Panchai
Pandia
Pareerou
[name]Philomela[/name]
Polyhymnia
[name]Rosamund[/name]
Silmarien
Sylvelin
Terpsichore
[name]Thalassa[/name]
Tiniviel
Venevil
Villanelle
Ylajali

[name]Adela[/name], [name]Agatha[/name], [name]Amabel[/name], [name]Amadea[/name], [name]Amalia[/name], [name]Amity[/name], [name]Ana[/name]ïs, Annevieve, [name]Annora[/name], [name]Anona[/name], [name]Antonia[/name], [name]Ariadne[/name], [name]Artemisia[/name], [name]Augusta[/name], [name]Apolline[/name]
Betony, [name]Beata[/name], Belphoebe, [name]Beatriz[/name], Briseis, [name]Bryony[/name]
[name]Clemency[/name], [name]Catherine[/name], Calendula, [name]Celia[/name], [name]Calixta[/name], Chryseis, [name]Columba[/name], [name]Cosima[/name], Costmary, [name]Cressida[/name]
[name]Doveva[/name], [name]Damaris[/name], [name]Demelza[/name], [name]Demeter[/name], Despoena
Emerence, [name]Eglantine[/name], [name]Eirene[/name], [name]Elettra[/name], Everild/Everilda, Epopee, [name]Eugenie[/name], [name]Euphemia[/name], [name]Emanuelle[/name]
[name]Felixa[/name], [name]Fiammetta[/name], [name]Fidelia[/name], [name]Fiora[/name], [name]Floralia[/name], Flutura
[name]Gardenia[/name], Gladiola, [name]Gloria[/name], [name]Godiva[/name], Gweneira
[name]Hadassah[/name], Hannelly, Hendeca, Henriana, [name]Honorine[/name], Hopewell
Idumea, [name]Imelda[/name], [name]Inanna[/name], [name]Irina[/name], [name]Isannah[/name], [name]Isolde[/name]
[name]Jacaranda[/name], Jocosa, [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Junia[/name]
Kisseis, [name]Kerensa[/name], [name]Kirsikka[/name]
[name]Leonora[/name], [name]Lileas[/name], Liliola, Lilivere, Ludivine, [name]Lumina[/name], [name]Lydia[/name], Lysianassa
[name]Magdalena[/name], [name]Magnolia[/name], [name]Marigold[/name], Marsaili, [name]Melusine[/name], Minzica, [name]Mireia[/name], Morgause, Musidora
Nimue, [name]Neoma[/name], Niniane, [name]Niobe[/name], [name]Noella[/name]
[name]Odessa[/name], Oenone, Oihana, [name]Oleanna[/name], [name]Olivine[/name], Ombeline, [name]Ottavia[/name], Ovidia
Pieta, [name]Pascaline[/name], [name]Persephone[/name], [name]Pomona[/name]
Quenilda, Queniva, Quitterie
[name]Rosamund[/name], Rixende, [name]Romola[/name], [name]Roseanna[/name], [name]Rosaria[/name], Roswitha
[name]Saskia[/name], [name]Sabina[/name], [name]Sancia[/name], Sinikka, Solstice, Somerilda, [name]Sonora[/name], [name]Susanna[/name]
[name]Tacita[/name], [name]Thalassa[/name], [name]Theodosia[/name], [name]Thessaly[/name], [name]Timea[/name], Tisiphone
Ursinia
[name]Verbena[/name], [name]Valentine[/name], [name]Valeriana[/name], [name]Vevina[/name], Viatrix, [name]Viola[/name]
[name]Willamina[/name], [name]Winona[/name], [name]Winola[/name], [name]Wisteria[/name]
Xenokleia
Ysabeau
[name]Zephyrine[/name], Zisanda, Zosime

Michellina, [name]Melody[/name] and [name]Romana[/name] are the ones that I can think of off the top of my head.

I absolutely love long names, especially French ones.

[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]Adrienne[/name]
Aikaterini
[name]Alexandra[/name]
[name]Alienor[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Antoinette[/name]
Aspasia
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Cosima[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Emmanuelle[/name]
[name]Fabienne[/name]
[name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Katharine[/name]
[name]Magali[/name]
[name]Marina[/name]
[name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Mathilda[/name]
Maximilienne
[name]Napoleone[/name]
[name]Philippa[/name]
Regitze
[name]Rosalind[/name]
[name]Rosamund[/name]
[name]Rosemonde[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Zenobia[/name]

[name]Alessandra[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Rosemary[/name]
[name]Alicia[/name]
[name]Cristina[/name]
[name]Ariadne[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
Rikarah
[name]Nadia[/name]
[name]Naomi[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Francesca[/name]
[name]Mariana[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Angelina[/name]
[name]Jessamine[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Katarina[/name]
[name]Audrina[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Lianna[/name]
[name]Paulina[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Veronica[/name]

[name]Adeline[/name]
[name]Emmalyn[/name]
[name]Kimberlin[/name]
[name]Guinevere[/name]
[name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Julienne[/name]
[name]Vincenza[/name]
[name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Francesca[/name]
[name]Chrysanthemum[/name]
[name]Azalea[/name]
[name]Sybella[/name]
[name]Savannah[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Waverly[/name]

I’m more partial to short names but these are my faves for long names:
[name]Natalia[/name]
[name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
Audessa
Elsabeth

[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
Griselys
[name]Hermione[/name]
[name]Lucrezia[/name]
[name]Minerva[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Primrose[/name]
[name]Rosemarie[/name]
[name]Sylvie[/name]
Tinuviel
[name]Victoria[/name]

I’m sure there are more and frillier names than even some of these, but these are the long names I really love right now.

[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Artemis[/name]
[name]Athena[/name]
[name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Eleanora[/name]
[name]Elowen[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Ginevra[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name]
[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Jessamine[/name]
[name]Lilia[/name]
[name]Lillian[/name]
[name]Marigold[/name]
[name]Miriam[/name]
[name]Romilly[/name]
[name]Rosalind[/name]
Rosmerta
[name]Seraphina[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]
[name]Verity[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Winifred[/name]

I could have written this! These are my favourites too!

[name]Felicity[/name], [name]Annelise[/name], [name]Henrietta[/name], [name]Isadora[/name], [name]Harriet[/name], [name]Guinevere[/name], [name]Josephina[/name], [name]Agatha[/name], [name]Arabella[/name], [name]Rosemary[/name], [name]Adalie[/name], [name]Oriana[/name], [name]Genevieve[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Helena[/name], [name]Eleanor[/name], [name]Lucinda[/name], [name]Gwendolen[/name], [name]Rebecca[/name], [name]Caroline[/name], [name]Beatrix[/name], [name]Imogen[/name]…

[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Avianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] nn [name_f]Willa[/name_f]
Finnoula nn [name_f]Nula[/name_f]