My girl list that might actually work in Finnish

Hey! I made a more realistic version of my girls list, because a lot of my favorite names don’t work in Finnish. A lot of these are international and maybe unusual in Finland, but they’re easily pronounceable in Finnish.
They’re sorted into categories.
Meanings of Finnish word names are italicized and in brackets (like this)

all time favorites

Aurora
Clara / Klaara / Klara
Diana
Flora (might be unusable for me due to a relative’s similar name but not sure)
Iines
Linnea
Susanna
Stella
Violeta

current crushes

Erika
Julia
Katri
Liv
Livia
Olivia (the popularity really bothers me though)
Serena
Talvi (means winter in Finnish)
Tuuli (means wind in Finnish)
Viveka

like

Alisa
Amanda
Elara / Lara (I prefer Elara but it might be too unusual, also Lara honors my mom)
Elina / Elena
Emilia (it’s cute but it feels super popular…)
Ilta (means evening in Finnish)
Irene / Irina (too dated?)
Loviisa
Senni
Taika (means magic in Finnish)

meaningful names

the honors are all creative honors - I don’t want to use anyone’s exact name

Aurora - positive associations and it can very stretchily honor my aunt
Iines
Flora - very positive associations!
Julia - honors my mom in two different ways
Katri - inspired by a place name, honors multiple relatives but especially my grandma
Lara - honors my mom (I rearranged some letters of her name!)
Linnea - honors my grandma
Liv / Olivia - multiple super positive associations!
Ronja - could honor my mom super stretchily
Loviisa - honors my mom (& her parents) and my grandma (from my dad’s side)
Susanna
Tuuli
Violeta - honors my grandpa (violet is his birth flower) and it also reminds me of the song Violeta by Iz*One

maybe as middles?

Aurelia
Lea
Marilla
Melodia (means melody in Finnish)
Olivia (because of the popularity)
Ronja
Selene

Feel free to give any kind of feedback, suggest more names (even when you’re unsure whether the name would work in Finnish), create sibsets, combos or say anything else that comes to mind!

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You have a nice list so far!

I’m enjoying:

[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Erika[/name_f]
[name_f]Katri[/name_f] :heart_eyes:
[name_f]Talvi[/name_f]!
[name_f]Tuuli[/name_f]
[name_f]Viveka[/name_f]
[name_f]Elara[/name_f] :heart:
[name_f]Irina[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Melodia[/name_f]
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]

Making some combos:

[name_f]Katri[/name_f] [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Tuuli[/name_f]
[name_f]Liv[/name_f] [name_f]Marilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Talvi[/name_f]
[name_f]Elara[/name_f] [name_f]Susanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Violeta[/name_f] Loviisa

A few suggestions:

[name_f]Suvi[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilona[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaija[/name_f]
[name_f]Loretta[/name_f]
[name_f]Meri[/name_f]
[name_f]Marla[/name_f]
[name_u]Alma[/name_u]
[name_f]Taru[/name_f]
[name_f]Tindra[/name_f]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f]
[name_f]Seela[/name_f]
[name_f]Mira[/name_f]
Eija/Aya
[name_f]Perla[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]

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@Greyblue Thank you so much for the opinions, combos and suggestions!
[name_f]Katri[/name_f] [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], [name_f]Liv[/name_f] [name_f]Marilla[/name_f] and [name_f]Violeta[/name_f] Loviisa are gorgeous combos!

from your suggestions I like:
[name_f]Ilona[/name_f]
[name_f]Meri[/name_f]
[name_f]Taru[/name_f]
[name_f]Tindra[/name_f]
[name_f]Mira[/name_f]

[name_f]Suvi[/name_f], [name_f]Loretta[/name_f] and [name_f]Petra[/name_f] are nice too but unusable for me. (One of those is way too close to my name and the others are names of/names similar to people I’m close with)

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I’m not Finnish but looking at the top girl names, I think these could work…

[name_f]Linnea[/name_f], [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], and [name_f]Stella[/name_f] are all on the top name list so they definitely work.

[name_f]Olivia[/name_f] on the other hand is #1, so I’d opt for [name_f]Liv[/name_f] which is more unique while still being recognizable.

I don’t think Irene/Irina are too dated. I also think the association with [name_u]Red[/name_u] Velvet’s [name_f]Irene[/name_f] makes it feel more current.

[name_f]Elara[/name_f] - w/ names like [name_f]Ellen[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] in the top 20, I don’t think [name_f]Elara[/name_f] would be out there. It’s super pretty and it honors your mom which is great!

[name_f]Talvi[/name_f] and [name_f]Katri[/name_f] - I’ve never heard before but they’re beautiful!

Instead of [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], which is popular in different parts of the world, what about [name_f]Amalia[/name_f]?

I also think [name_f]Clara[/name_f] and [name_f]Erika[/name_f] could work.

Suggestions:

[name_f]Anita[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f]
[name_f]Suvi[/name_f]
[name_f]Taru[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_u]Adair[/name_u]
[name_f]Idony[/name_f]
[name_f]Idonea[/name_f]
[name_u]Vega[/name_u]
[name_u]Alba[/name_u]
[name_u]Aster[/name_u]
[name_f]Aura[/name_f]
[name_u]Dove[/name_u]
[name_u]Esme[/name_u]
Ione/Iona

@Lauren.Ley Thank you for the feedback and suggestions!
I’m glad that you don’t see [name_f]Irene[/name_f] / [name_f]Irina[/name_f] as too dated, and I really like the [name_u]Red[/name_u] [name_f]Velvet[/name_f] association (Red Velvet’s [name_f]Irene[/name_f] actually made me like the name more!)

[name_f]Amalia[/name_f] is also nice but [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] just sounds a bit prettier to me.

From your ideas, I like:
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] (I’d probably spell it Iiris though as that’s the common Finnish spelling)
[name_f]Taru[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_u]Vega[/name_u]
[name_f]Aura[/name_f]

I also like [name_u]Dove[/name_u], [name_f]Iona[/name_f], [name_f]Petra[/name_f] and [name_f]Suvi[/name_f] but I can’t use them. (Dove isn’t usable in Finland, [name_f]Iona[/name_f] may also be a bit too out there and I explained the unusability of [name_f]Petra[/name_f] and [name_f]Suvi[/name_f] in my previous reply)

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[name_f]My[/name_f] top ten from your list:
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Violeta[/name_f]
[name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_f]Serena[/name_f]
[name_f]Viveka[/name_f]
[name_f]Elara[/name_f] / [name_f]Lara[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilta[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f] / [name_f]Irina[/name_f]
Loviisa
Paired up with each other:
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] Loviisa
[name_f]Lara[/name_f] [name_f]Viveka[/name_f]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] [name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Violeta[/name_f] [name_f]Irina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilta[/name_f] [name_f]Serena[/name_f]
[name_f]Elara[/name_f] [name_f]Linnea[/name_f]

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@sammaegre Thank you for all this! All these are amazing 🩷

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We have (unsurprisingly!) a lot of names in common - I have [name_f]Erika[/name_f], Senni, [name_f]Viveka[/name_f], [name_f]Talvi[/name_f], [name_f]Linnea[/name_f], [name_f]Ilta[/name_f] and Loviisa on my list too. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

[name_f]Melodia[/name_f] is such a cool idea - I love it as a middle but could work as a brave first too.

Maybe you’d also like…

[name_f]Klaudia[/name_f] / [name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilona[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilo[/name_f]
[name_f]Saga[/name_f] / Saaga
[name_f]Juliana[/name_f] / Julliaana
[name_u]Auri[/name_u]
[name_f]Fenja[/name_f]
[name_f]Fenna[/name_f]
Lumilda
[name_f]Elvi[/name_f]
[name_u]Alva[/name_u]
[name_f]Malva[/name_f]
[name_f]Esti[/name_f]
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f]

Some combos…

[name_f]Viveka[/name_f] [name_f]Tuuli[/name_f]
Loviisa [name_f]Talvi[/name_f]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f] Klaara
[name_f]Katri[/name_f] [name_f]Melodia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilta[/name_f] [name_f]Susanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Ronja[/name_f] [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]

And some sibsets…
[name_f]Viveka[/name_f] & Loviisa
[name_f]Ilta[/name_f], [name_f]Lara[/name_f], & [name_f]Talvi[/name_f]
Senni, [name_f]Ronja[/name_f], & [name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f], [name_f]Diana[/name_f], & [name_f]Flora[/name_f] (all goddesses!)
[name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_f]Livia[/name_f], & [name_f]Violeta[/name_f]

I also really like the sound and history of [name_f]Serena[/name_f] but it does somewhat remind me of the water park in Espoo!

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@Luminen Thank you for all these ideas, I really appreciate it!
[name_f]Klaudia[/name_f], [name_f]Ilona[/name_f], [name_f]Esti[/name_f], [name_f]Juliana[/name_f] and [name_f]Viviana[/name_f] are so nice.

I kinda forgot about the water park but it made me rethink [name_f]Serena[/name_f] a bit; the association may be pretty strong for others

[name_f]Viveka[/name_f] [name_f]Tuuli[/name_f], [name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Katri[/name_f] [name_f]Melodia[/name_f] and [name_f]Ronja[/name_f] [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] are amazing!!

I also love all the sibset ideas so much!

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