Pleasant Female Names?

Girl Names
1

I notice that many names which give me a feeling of contentment and rightness are called by nameberry “pleasant”.

The older I get, the less I value drama and the more I value pleasantness.

[name_f]Pleasant[/name_f] activities like reading, gardening, walking, birdwatching.

[name_f]Pleasant[/name_f] books and movies and foods.

And pleasant names.

For me what makes a name pleasant is hard to pinpoint, but I have noticed 5 traits they often share:

  • no or low drama
  • a feeling of reasonableness
  • a calm quality
  • spelled right, for the right gender (not [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] for a girl, say, or worse, Stanleigh)
    *a je ne sais quoi, maybe pretty rather than beautiful

A [name_f]Laura[/name_f] Linney of names rather than a [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_u]Loren[/name_u] of names…

Does anyone else out there particularly enjoy pleasant names and if so, what are your Top Ten of the Moment?

Here are mine:

  1. [name_u]June[/name_u]
  2. [name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Shirley[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Laurel[/name_f]
  5. [name_u]Leslie[/name_u] (is it OK to like your own name?)
  6. [name_f]Verity[/name_f]
  7. [name_f]Polly[/name_f]
  8. [name_f]Nancy[/name_f]
  9. [name_f]Bess[/name_f]
  10. [name_f]Ianthe[/name_f]

Oops, I forgot [name_u]Comfort[/name_u], [name_f]Meadow[/name_f], [name_f]Afternoon[/name_f], [name_f]Felicity[/name_f], and even the word [name_f]Pleasant[/name_f]!

Faye too.

2

Off the top of my head, these names have a definite feeling of no-fuss ‘‘rightness’’…

[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Garland[/name_f]
[name_f]Maren[/name_f] (edit: oh, and [name_f]Mara[/name_f])
[name_f]Tara[/name_f]
[name_f]Betsan[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Kirsty[/name_f]
[name_u]Penrose[/name_u] and [name_f]Posy[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalba[/name_f]
[name_f]Susie[/name_f]
Eirys (the Welsh word is so much more appealing to me that [name_f]Iris[/name_f])
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
Loveday

3

Oh yes, definitely [name_f]Garland[/name_f] and also [name_f]Susie[/name_f].

4

[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarity[/name_f] nn [name_f]Clary[/name_f] – which reminds me of [name_f]Clary[/name_f] [name_u]Sage[/name_u], a very relaxing extract. Great virtue name.
[name_f]Calla[/name_f] or [name_f]Calantha[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethia[/name_f]
[name_f]Junia[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Oona[/name_f]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f]
[name_f]Mira[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] / [name_f]Alison[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Amoret[/name_f]
[name_f]Melia[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Veda[/name_f]

5

[name_u]Seneca[/name_u]
[name_f]Odessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Sara[/name_f]
[name_f]Lourdes[/name_f]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]

6

[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Mia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]/[name_f]Annie[/name_f]
[name_f]Brynn[/name_f]/[name_u]Bryn[/name_u]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]/[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]/[name_f]Evie[/name_f]
[name_u]Bliss[/name_u]
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessa[/name_f]

These name to me feel like no-drama, calm, sweet names which is definitely pleasant to me.

7

Mine are probably:

[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Emily[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Megan[/name_f]
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]

Pretty straightforward, simple, not too of-the-moment but not making a point of being retro. [name_m]Just[/name_m] gentle names you never really have to explain. Nothing that requires a whole story. Nothing too word-name, not even the most classic florals, because to me flower names are a little bit of a statement. A couple are Biblical, a couple more are variants of Biblical, but none are heavy or clunky.

And, looking over my list after I made it, most are neither aggressively short nor really long.

If I add in the calmest of my favourite word names I can also see fitting in with these:

[name_f]Faith[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] & [name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f] - but some think this clunks
[name_f]May[/name_f]

8

I think it’s a sign of healthy self-worth to like your own name.

I also find [name_u]June[/name_u] and [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] to have very pleasant auras.

Mine at the moment:

[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] …which apparently means one who brings happiness or blesses others
[name_u]Juniper[/name_u]
[name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Geneva[/name_f] ( in relation to a juniper tree )
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] …my book’s meaning is “one who is pleasant” I was looking up the meaning out of curiosity, bc I didn’t know its meaning
[name_f]Nova[/name_f] ( bright star/ chasing butterflies )
[name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_u]Joyce[/name_u]
[name_f]Unity[/name_f]
[name_f]Amity[/name_f]
[name_f]Verity[/name_f]
[name_f]Faye[/name_f] ( faeries )
[name_u]Shae[/name_u] ( gift )

9

I think I forgot [name_f]Bonnie[/name_f], [name_f]Blythe[/name_f], [name_f]Lillian[/name_f], [name_f]Sue[/name_f], and [name_f]Elsie[/name_f].