Short names beginning with a vowel

Hello!!

I have two sons, [name_m]Enzo[/name_m] and [name_u]Asa[/name_u]. I’m currently pregnant with baby #3. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t know if it’s a boy or girl yet! :slight_smile:

If it’s a boy, I feel like we should keep with our accidental theme of short names that start with vowels & are somewhat vowel heavy. I’d love a name that starts with I or O… But I’m totally stuck! Any ideas???

Thanks! :slight_smile:

[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_m]Ian[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_m]Ike[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_m]Ilya[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_u]Oak[/name_u]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Ilek*
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Uzay*
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_m]Ulu[/name_m]*
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Oben°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Olam°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Ozan°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Urum°

  • names from my signature

[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Inez[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Ione[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Orla[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Uno
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Imge°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Imer°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Ilke[/name_f]°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Ilgi°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_m]Ilya[/name_m]*

° They are Turkish names, I wrote them because maybe you like unusual names?

  • I prefer [name_m]Ilya[/name_m] as a girl name
    Would you like A/E names too?

Thank you!!!

I like [name_m]Ian[/name_m] but I’m a teacher & it’s a tad too popular for me. I like [name_m]Ike[/name_m] but my best friend just had a baby [name_m]Ike[/name_m]! [name_m]Otto[/name_m] feels too close to [name_m]Enzo[/name_m] for me… No? [name_m]How[/name_m] do you pronounce Ilek?

I love a lot of those girls names! I was thinking [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] would be cute and I like [name_f]Ione[/name_f] but not sure others would know how to pronounce it (I run into that with [name_u]Asa[/name_u] and it bothers me slightly). I actually really like how [name_f]Iris[/name_f] sounds with the set!

I’d love to hear some A & E ideas, if you have them! Thanks!

[name_m]Orin[/name_m]
Irik
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_m]Iver[/name_m]
[name_m]Omri[/name_m]
[name_m]Olin[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswin[/name_m]
[name_m]Idris[/name_m]
[name_m]Oro[/name_m]

I really like [name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], and [name_m]Iver[/name_m] or [name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], and [name_m]Olin[/name_m] together because it continues the theme, but the names have different enough sounds. [name_m]Iver[/name_m] would be my favorite!

For girls:

[name_f]Irie[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Ina[/name_f]
Ivanne
Igraine
[name_f]Idra[/name_f]
[name_f]Io[/name_f]
[name_u]Isra[/name_u]
[name_f]Inga[/name_f]
[name_f]Oona[/name_f]
[name_f]Ola[/name_f]
[name_f]Ora[/name_f]
[name_f]Olga[/name_f]
[name_m]Oisin[/name_m]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]

[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Ala[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Alyu°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Ayla[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Ece°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Ekin°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Esin°

[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Akel°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_m]Alan[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Alp*
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Aral°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Aras°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Arda[/name_f]°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Ayas*
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Ege°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Emre°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Erem°
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Eren
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Efe*

Alyu> [name_m]Al[/name_m] like [name_m]Alan[/name_m] and yu like you
Ece> Eh-jeh, it means queen
Ekin and Esin> Eh-kin and Eh-sin
Akel> like [name_m]Aksel[/name_m] without a k
Aral> [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-ral there isn’t an o sound at all
Aras is the same with an s
Ege> Eh-geh. G is like g in give
Emre> Ehm-reh
Erem is the same as Eren with an m
Efe> Eh-feh
Ilek> Ee-lek
Uzay> Oo-zay it means universe
Oben> Oh-ben
Olam> Like [name_m]Olaf[/name_m] with an m
Ozan> Oh-zuhn
Imge> Eem-geh
Imer> Ih-mer
Ilgi> Eel-gee g is like give
Urum> Uh-ruhm there isn’t any o or a sound
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Boys Ideas:

[name_m]Eamon[/name_m]
[name_m]Ewan[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Atlas[/name_m]
Ames
[name_m]Inigo[/name_m]
[name_m]Indio[/name_m]
[name_m]Errol[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_m]Anders[/name_m]
[name_u]Andre[/name_u]
[name_m]Axel[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Odin[/name_m]

[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], &:

[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Iago[/name_m]
[name_m]Ajax[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Axel[/name_m]
[name_u]Ash[/name_u]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Abe[/name_m]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_u]Elia[/name_u]
[name_m]Elton[/name_m]
[name_m]Uriah[/name_m]
[name_u]Uli[/name_u]
[name_m]Uriel[/name_m]
[name_u]Urban[/name_u]
Aven
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_u]Onyx[/name_u]
[name_m]Idan[/name_m]
[name_m]Inigo[/name_m]
[name_m]Oisin[/name_m] (i think this is oh-sheen but not sure)
[name_m]Ulan[/name_m]

Girls:
[name_f]Anya[/name_f]
[name_f]Eira[/name_f]
[name_f]Elke[/name_f]/elka
[name_f]Idra[/name_f]
[name_f]Ife[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Inoa[/name_f]
[name_f]Io[/name_f]
[name_f]Irie[/name_f]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ita[/name_f]
[name_f]Orla[/name_f]
[name_f]Alba[/name_f]
[name_f]Avia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aura[/name_f]/ora
[name_u]Abia[/name_u]
[name_u]Ara[/name_u]
[name_f]Ani[/name_f]
Erys / eris
[name_f]Ailsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Alta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ebba[/name_f]
[name_f]Etna[/name_f]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_u]Ira[/name_u]
[name_u]Isra[/name_u]
[name_f]Ima[/name_f]
ida
[name_f]Ina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivana[/name_f]
[name_f]Uma[/name_f]
[name_f]Una[/name_f]
[name_f]Unity[/name_f]

I really love [name_m]Ivo[/name_m] for you. Perhaps [name_f]Iva[/name_f] would work for a daughter.

Boys
[name_m]Eli[/name_m] (probably too popular, though)
[name_u]Ari[/name_u]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_m]Oden[/name_m]
[name_m]Elmer[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_m]Orville[/name_m]
Emden
[name_m]Abner[/name_m]
[name_u]Ollie[/name_u]
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u]
[name_u]Issa[/name_u]
[name_u]Ennis[/name_u]
[name_m]Arrow[/name_m]
[name_m]Emilio[/name_m]
[name_u]Ollie[/name_u]
[name_m]Elmer[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
[name_m]Apollo[/name_m]

Girls
[name_f]Aris[/name_f]
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
Abney
[name_f]Amy[/name_f]
[name_f]Oma[/name_f]
[name_f]Oprah[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottille[/name_f]
[name_m]Abba[/name_m] / [name_u]Abie[/name_u]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Avis[/name_f]
Aviah
[name_f]Avia[/name_f]
[name_f]Alivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aili[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvette[/name_f]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_m]Alvia[/name_m]
[name_u]Ali[/name_u]
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Elka[/name_f]
[name_f]Effie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ula[/name_f] / Ullah
[name_f]Iola[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilo[/name_f]
[name_f]Evie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f]
Iyla
[name_f]Eila[/name_f]
[name_f]Elea[/name_f]
[name_u]Aspen[/name_u]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_u]Amari[/name_u]
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
Iala
[name_f]Ana[/name_f]

There’s a spanish name I like: Aimar.

Boys:
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]Omar[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Ole[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ibon[/name_m]
[name_m]Eric[/name_m]
[name_m]Adam[/name_m]

Girls
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Ines[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Oona[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Enna[/name_f]
[name_f]Erika[/name_f]

I adore [name_f]Olive[/name_f] for a girl…

With [name_m]Enzo[/name_m] and [name_u]Asa[/name_u], I love the suggestions of [name_m]Omri[/name_m] and [name_f]Orla[/name_f]. However, I don’t feel that you have instituted a pattern yet. You could easily get away with any unusual two-syllable name. Other suggestions {sorry for repeats!}:

[name_m]Noam[/name_m]
[name_m]Imre[/name_m]
[name_m]Liev[/name_m]
[name_m]Egan[/name_m]
[name_u]Remi[/name_u]
[name_u]Cato[/name_u]
[name_m]Yago[/name_m]
[name_m]Ives[/name_m]
[name_f]Isme[/name_f]

With [name_m]Enzo[/name_m] and [name_u]Asa[/name_u], I immediately thought of [name_m]Ivan[/name_m].

I think that any name that sounds too Irish/Scottish/English like [name_u]Owen[/name_u], [name_m]Oren[/name_m], or [name_m]Ian[/name_m] doesn’t fit with the style of [name_m]Enzo[/name_m] and [name_u]Asa[/name_u]. [name_m]Ivan[/name_m] is quite an international name.

It doesn’t start with a vowel, but I like the idea of using [name_u]Luca[/name_u] with [name_m]Enzo[/name_m] and [name_u]Asa[/name_u]. It’s still short and vowel heavy.

I apologize if there are repeats

[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & Ames
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_m]Indio[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_m]Odin[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_u]Ollie[/name_u]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_u]Oak[/name_u]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_u]Onyx[/name_u]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_m]Oren[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_m]Orsen[/name_m]

[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Ayla[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_u]Arya[/name_u]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] & [name_f]Olive[/name_f]

Thank you, all! I love a lot of these! I like [name_m]Iver[/name_m], but I’m worried it’ll look like we’re trying too hard? I also like [name_m]Omri[/name_m] but not sure I can convince the hubby. I’ve often thought of [name_m]Ivan[/name_m], but I just can’t love it. I think [name_m]Eli[/name_m] sounds great with [name_m]Enzo[/name_m] and [name_u]Asa[/name_u], but it’s just too popular.

Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions!

I agree - two does not a pattern make. You could definitely get away with a non-vowel beginning short name and people are likely not to notice.

[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], and [name_f]Elin[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], and [name_f]Uma[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], and [name_m]Odin[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], and [name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], and Ames
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], and [name_m]Ashe[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], and [name_u]Oak[/name_u]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], and [name_f]Oona[/name_f]

[name_m]Oren[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Iver[/name_m]
[name_m]Idris[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Aldo[/name_m]
[name_m]Adler[/name_m]
[name_m]Axel[/name_m]
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_m]Atlas[/name_m]
[name_u]Ari[/name_u]

[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Anya[/name_f]
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_f]Avia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aster[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Alba[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_u]Alva[/name_u]
[name_f]Una[/name_f]