Hello everyone!
[name_f]My[/name_f] current name-storage-system is one, massive, note on my phone. I haven’t deleted anything from it. [name_u]Ever[/name_u]. As such, it features hundreds of names, many of them no longer my thing. I have attached the entire, unabridged (but dearly needing abridging) list below, including both my favourites and those I don’t even like at all anymore. I haven’t labelled them, because I want to know what you think. Let me know which of them you don’t really like, and would get rid of. If you want to let me know any favourites as well, I definitely accept compliments!
I’ve attached pronunciation guides next to anything that I think could cause trouble (basically next to everything), because I know I don’t have the most user-friendly style:
[name_f]Abyssinia[/name_f] (ab-iss-IN-ee-uh)
[name_f]Acadia[/name_f] (uh-KAY-dee-uh)
[name_f]Arcadia[/name_f] (ar-KAY-dee-uh)
[name_f]Arcadie[/name_f] *(ar-kah-dee)
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] (ad-uh-lyne)
[name_f]Adrastea[/name_f] (ad-ruh-STEE-uh)
Adrasteia (ad-ruh-STAY-uh)
[name_f]Aemilie[/name_f] (EYE-muh-lee)
[name_f]Aenor[/name_f] (ah-YEN-or)
Aerwyna (air-WIN-uh)
[name_f]Ailsa[/name_f] (ALE-suh) - first syllable rhymes with mail
[name_f]Aine[/name_f] (AHN-yuh) - same as [name_f]Anya[/name_f]
[name_f]Alastriona[/name_f] (al-uh-STREE-nuh)
[name_f]Alcyone[/name_f] (al-SYE-oh-nee)
[name_f]Alecto[/name_f] (uh-LECT-ow) - last syllable rhymes with toe
[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Alienor[/name_f] (ah-lee-AY-nor)
Alinea (al-in-AY-uh)
Alletta (uh-LET-uh)
[name_f]Alouette[/name_f] (al-oo-ett)
Alstroemeria (al-stro-eh-MARE-ee-uh)
[name_f]Amadea[/name_f] (am-uh-DAY-uh)
[name_f]Andromache[/name_f] (and-ROM-uh-kee)
[name_f]Andromeda[/name_f] (and-ROM-eh-duh)
[name_f]Anemone[/name_f] (uh-NEM-oh-nee)
[name_f]Annemieke[/name_f] (an-uh-MEE-kuh)
[name_f]Apollonia[/name_f] (ah-poll-OH-nee-uh) - first syllable has a short a, like in cat
[name_f]Aquitaine[/name_f] (AH-quit-ain) - in [name_u]French[/name_u], ack-ee-TEHN
[name_f]Aracelis[/name_f] (ah-ruh-CHELL-iss)
[name_f]Araluen[/name_f] (ah-ruh-LOO-uhn)
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ardith[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] (ah-ree-AD-nee)
[name_f]Arianwen[/name_f] (ah-ree-AN-wuhn)
[name_f]Arianwynne[/name_f] (ah-ree-AN-win)
[name_f]Aristeia[/name_f] (ah-ris-TAY-uh)
[name_f]Arrietty[/name_f] (ah-ree-ETT-ee)
[name_f]Arsinoe[/name_f] / Arsinoë (ar-SIN-oh-ee)
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f] (ar-tuh-MEE-zee-uh)
[name_f]Aster[/name_f]
[name_f]Asterope[/name_f] (uh-STEH-roh-pee)
[name_f]Astoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Astra[/name_f]
[name_f]Astraea[/name_f] (ah-STRAY-uh)
[name_f]Atalanta[/name_f] (at-uh-LAN-tuh)
[name_f]Athalie[/name_f] (AT-uh-lee)
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Athenais[/name_f] / Athénaïs (ah-thuh-NAYCE) - in [name_u]French[/name_u], at-eh-nye-EES
[name_f]Athene[/name_f] (uh-THEE-nee)
Athenie (uh-THEE-nee)
[name_u]Auden[/name_u] (AW-duhn)
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] (uh-RAY-lee-uh)
Aurélie (uh-RAY-lee)
[name_f]Aurembiaix[/name_f] (or-EM-bee-ay)
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Aveline[/name_f]
[name_f]Avelot[/name_f] (AV-uh-lot)
[name_f]Azenor[/name_f] (AZ-uh-nor)
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Belle[/name_f]
[name_f]Bellona[/name_f] (beh-LOW-nuh) - middle syllable rhymes with toe
[name_f]Belphoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Birdie[/name_f]
[name_u]Blue[/name_u]
[name_f]Bluebell[/name_f]
Bluebird
[name_f]Boudicca[/name_f] (BOO-dick-uh)
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Brigid[/name_f] (BRIDGE-id)
[name_f]Bronte[/name_f] / Brontë (BRON-tey)
[name_f]Brynja[/name_f] (BRIN-yuh)
[name_f]Calanthe[/name_f] (cuh-LAN-thee)
[name_f]Callaia[/name_f] (cuh-LYE-uh)
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f] (cuh-LYE-oh-pee)
[name_f]Callisto[/name_f]
[name_f]Calytrix[/name_f] (CAL-uh-trix)
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f] (cass-ee-oh-PEH-yuh)
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Celandine[/name_f] (SELL-uhn-deen)
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Celestia[/name_f]
[name_f]Celestina[/name_f]
[name_f]Celestine[/name_f]
[name_f]Celine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cendrillon[/name_f] (sahn-dree-ON)
[name_f]Ceridwen[/name_f] (cuh-RID-wuhn)
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleocharia[/name_f] (clee-oh-CAR-ee-uh)
Cleophée (CLEE-oh-fay)
[name_f]Circe[/name_f] (SUR-see)
[name_f]Clio[/name_f]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Conwenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_f]Coraline[/name_f] (coh-ruh-lyne)
Cordalie (COR-duh-lee)
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordis[/name_f] (COR-diss)
[name_u]Corin[/name_u] (COH-rin)
[name_f]Corinne[/name_f]
[name_f]Corisande[/name_f] (coh-rih-SAND)
[name_f]Corliss[/name_f] (COR-liss)
[name_f]Cybele[/name_f] (SIB-uh-lee)
[name_u]Damaris[/name_u] (duh-MAR-iss)
[name_u]Dandelion[/name_u]
[name_u]Delaney[/name_u]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphi[/name_f] (DEL-fee)
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f] (dez-duh-MOE-nuh)
[name_f]Dianthe[/name_f] (dye-AN-thee)
[name_f]Dido[/name_f] (DYE-doe)
[name_u]Dione[/name_u] (dye-OH-nee)
[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f] (droo-SILL-uh)
[name_f]Dulcinea[/name_f] (dul-SIN-ee-uh)
[name_f]Eadaoine[/name_f] (eh-DEEN-yuh)
[name_f]Eadlin[/name_f] (EED-lin)
[name_u]Echo[/name_u]
[name_f]Eilonwy[/name_f] (eye-LON-wee)
[name_f]Eirlys[/name_f] (IRE-liss)
[name_f]Eleadora[/name_f] (el-ee-uh-DOR-uh)
[name_f]Electra[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleftheria[/name_f] (el-eff-TARE-ee-uh) - this pronunciation is objectively wrong, I just like it better…
[name_f]Elide[/name_f] (uh-LEED)
[name_f]Elke[/name_f] (ELL-kuh)
[name_f]Elocadia[/name_f] (el-oh-CAY-dee-uh)
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f] (eh-LOH-wuhn)
[name_f]Elsinore[/name_f]
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]-[name_f]Moon[/name_f]
[name_f]Elswyth[/name_f] (ELL-swith)
[name_f]Eluned[/name_f] (ELL-uh-nuhd)
[name_f]Elysande[/name_f] (el-ih-SAND)
[name_f]Emme[/name_f] (EM) - this pronunciation is objectively wrong, I just like it better)
[name_f]Endelienta[/name_f] (en-dell-ee-EN-tuh)
[name_u]Endellion[/name_u] (en-DELL-ee-uhn)
[name_u]Enfys[/name_u] (EN-viss)
Enwys I mispelt [name_u]Enfys[/name_u], but thought it looked cool
[name_f]Eos[/name_f] (EH-oss)
[name_f]Eowyn[/name_f] (AY-oh-win)
Epione (eh-PYE-uh-nee)
[name_f]Eris[/name_f]
[name_f]Esme[/name_f]
Esmerée (ez-muh-RAY)
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] (yoo-LAY-lee-uh)
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f] (yoo-LAY-lee)
Euphrosyne (yoo-FROZ-in-ee
[name_f]Eurydice[/name_f] (yuh-RID-ih-see)
[name_f]Evadne[/name_f] (eh-VAD-nee)
[name_f]Evanthe[/name_f] (eh-VAN-thee)
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Fawn[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] (FEH-ruh-lith)
Ferewin (FEH-ruh-win)
[name_f]Fey[/name_f] (fay)
[name_f]Ffion[/name_f] (FEE-on)
[name_u]Fiadh[/name_u] (fee-ah)
[name_f]Fiammetta[/name_f] (fee-uh-MET-uh)
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_u]Fiore[/name_u] (fee-OR-ay)
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Flordelis[/name_f] (FLOR-duh-liss)
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_u]Floris[/name_u]
[name_u]Frankie[/name_u]
[name_f]Freydis[/name_f] (FRAY-diss)
[name_f]Freyja[/name_f] (FRAY-uh)
[name_f]Galatea[/name_f] (gal-uh-TEY-uh)
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Ginevra[/name_f]
[name_u]Griffin[/name_u]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwenllian[/name_f] (gwent-lee-AN)
[name_f]Hannelore[/name_f] (HAN-uh-lor)
[name_f]Hattie[/name_f]
[name_f]Hecate[/name_f] (HECK-uh-tee)
Hela
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] (HEL-uhn-uh)
[name_f]Helisent[/name_f] (HEL-ih-suhnt)
[name_f]Hellae[/name_f] (HEL-eye)
[name_f]Helmi[/name_f] (HEL-mee)
[name_f]Heloise[/name_f] / Héloïse (hel-oh-WEEZ) - in [name_u]French[/name_u], hay-loo-eez
Helspeth
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Henriette[/name_f]
[name_f]Hereswith[/name_f] (HEH-ruh-swith)
[name_u]Hero[/name_u]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_f]Hespera[/name_f] (HES-per-uh)
Hespereia (hes-puh-RAY-uh)
[name_f]Hesperia[/name_f] (hes-PEH-ree-uh)
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_f]Hildegarde[/name_f] (HILL-deh-gard)
Hippolyta (hip-OLL-it-uh)
[name_f]Ianthe[/name_f] (eye-AN-thee)
[name_f]Idalia[/name_f] (id-AHL-ee-ah)
[name_f]Idalie[/name_f] (ID-ah-lee)
[name_f]Idony[/name_f]
Idunn (ID-uhn)
[name_f]Ilse[/name_f] (ILL-suh)
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Io[/name_f] (eye-oh)
[name_f]Iolanthe[/name_f] (eye-oh-LAN-thee) - this is objectively wrong but also objectively better)
[name_f]Iona[/name_f] (eye-OWE-nuh)
[name_f]Ione[/name_f] (eye-OWE-nee)
[name_f]Iseult[/name_f] (ISS-yuhlt)
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f] (iz-OLD-uh) - the last syllable is really small and sometimes not there at all
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f] (JESS-uh-min)
[name_u]Josie[/name_u]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_f]Keris[/name_f]
[name_f]Khione[/name_f] (kee-OWE-nee)
Kythereia (kih-thuh-REH-yuh)
[name_f]Lacey[/name_f]
Lærke (LEHR-keh)
[name_u]Lark[/name_u]
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f]
[name_f]Leah[/name_f] (LEE-uh)
[name_f]Leda[/name_f] (LEED-uh)
[name_f]Leocadia[/name_f] (lee-uh-CAY-dee-uh)
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f] (lee-OWE-nee)
[name_f]Leonore[/name_f]
[name_f]Leontine[/name_f] (LEON-teen)
[name_f]Leontyne[/name_f] (LEON-tyne)
[name_f]Liadan[/name_f] / Líadan (LEE-uh-duhn)
[name_f]Lilac[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilac[/name_f]-[name_u]Blue[/name_u]
[name_f]Linnaea[/name_f] (lin-AY-uh)
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f] (lin-AY-uh)
[name_u]Liron[/name_u] (LEER-on)
Livienne (LIV-ee-en)
[name_u]Lovelace[/name_u]
[name_f]Lumi[/name_f]
Luthien (LOO-thee-uhn)
[name_f]Lysistrata[/name_f] (lye-sis-TRAH-tuh) - I have no idea if this is right, I’m just going with it
[name_f]Madelief[/name_f] (MAD-uh-leef)
Maelin (MAY-lin)
[name_f]Marceline[/name_f] (mar-seh-LEEN)
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f] (mah-TEELD)
[name_f]Meadow[/name_f]
[name_u]Meadowlark[/name_u]
[name_f]Medea[/name_f] (meh-DAY-uh)
[name_f]Melisande[/name_f] (mel-ih-SAND)
[name_f]Melusine[/name_f] (mel-uh-ZEEN)
[name_u]Mercury[/name_u]
[name_f]Merope[/name_f] (MEH-roh-pee)
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Mireille[/name_f] (mih-RAY)
[name_f]Morrigan[/name_f]
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Nephele[/name_f] (NEH-fuh-lee)
Nereid (NEH-ree-id)
[name_f]Neris[/name_f]
Nesrin (NEZ-rin)
[name_u]Nightingale[/name_u]
[name_f]Nimue[/name_f] (NIM-oo-ay)
[name_f]Nyx[/name_f] (nicks)
[name_u]Ocean[/name_u]
[name_f]Oceane[/name_f] / Océane (oh-she-AN) - in [name_u]French[/name_u], oh-shay-AN
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]October[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Odile[/name_f] (oh-DEEL)
[name_f]Olwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
Olympias (oh-LIMP-ee-ahs)
[name_f]Opaline[/name_f] (OH-pal-een)
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
Ophélie (oh-FAY-lee)
Orpheama (or-fee-AH-muh)
Ostara (oss-TAR-uh)
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f] (OT-uh-lee)
[name_f]Ottoline[/name_f] (OT-uh-lyne)
[name_f]Pandora[/name_f]
[name_f]Parthenope[/name_f] (par-THEN-uh-pee)
[name_f]Peach[/name_f]
[name_f]Penthesilea[/name_f] (pen-thes-ih-LEE-uh) - I have no idea if this is right, I’m just going with it
[name_f]Peony[/name_f]
Perannon (PEH-ruh-non)
[name_u]Peregrine[/name_u]
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_u]Phaedra[/name_u] (FAY-druh)
[name_f]Philophrosyne[/name_f] (phil-oh-FROZ-in-ee)
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_f]Poesy[/name_f] (POE-uhz-ee)
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Proserpine[/name_f] (PROS-er-pyne)
[name_f]Quilla[/name_f] (QUILL-uh)
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_f]Ragnheidur[/name_f] / Ragnheiðr
[name_u]Rain[/name_u]
[name_f]Raine[/name_f]
[name_u]Raven[/name_u]
[name_f]Reverie[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhoswen[/name_f] (ROZ-win)
[name_u]River[/name_u]
[name_u]Romilly[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalinde[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosaline[/name_f] (ROZ-uh-lyne)
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemonde[/name_f] (ROZ-uh-muhnd)
[name_f]Sable[/name_f]
[name_f]Saga[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Sappho[/name_f]
[name_u]Seren[/name_u]
[name_f]Sericea[/name_f] (seh-ruh-SEE-uh)
[name_f]Severine[/name_f]
[name_f]Signe[/name_f] (SIG-nuh)
[name_f]Sigrid[/name_f]
[name_u]Sloane[/name_u]
[name_u]Snapdragon[/name_u]
[name_f]Soleil[/name_f] (sol-AY)
[name_u]Solstice[/name_u]
[name_f]Solveig[/name_f] (SOL-vay)
[name_f]Sonnet[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophronia[/name_f] (soff-ROE-nee-uh)
[name_u]Sorrell[/name_u] (SOH-ruhl)
[name_u]Sparrow[/name_u]
[name_u]Starling[/name_u]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Stellamaris[/name_f] (stell-uh-muh-ree)
[name_f]Stelle[/name_f] (stell)
[name_u]Story[/name_u]
[name_f]Styx[/name_f] (sticks)
[name_f]Sunday[/name_f]
[name_f]Swanhilde[/name_f] (swan-HIL-duh)
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] (tal-ee-ESS-in)
[name_u]Tarian[/name_u] (TAH-ree-uhn)
[name_u]Tempest[/name_u]
[name_f]Thais[/name_f] / Thaïs (tye-EES)
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f] (THAH-lee-uh)
Thallette (thuh-LET-ee)
[name_f]Thallo[/name_f] (THAH-low) - with a short a, like in cat
[name_f]Theone[/name_f] (thee-OWE-nee)
[name_f]Thessaly[/name_f] (THESS-uh-lee)
[name_f]Thisbe[/name_f] (THIZ-bee)
[name_u]Thistle[/name_u]
[name_f]Thomasin[/name_f] (TOM-uh-sin)
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]
[name_u]Thyme[/name_u] (time)
[name_f]Tisiphone[/name_f] (tiss-IF-uh-nee)
[name_f]Tuesday[/name_f]
[name_f]Tuilelaith[/name_f] honestly your guess is as good as mine, but I’ve been saying tuh-lih-luh
[name_f]Urse[/name_f] (ER-suh)
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f]
[name_f]Valkyrie[/name_f] (VAL-kuh-ree)
Verily (VEH-rih-lee)
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u]
[name_f]Viatrix[/name_f] (VEE-uh-trix)
[name_f]Victoire[/name_f] (vic-TWAH)
[name_f]Vienna[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] (VYE-oh-luh)
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Violetta[/name_f] (vee-uh-LET-uh)
[name_f]Viridis[/name_f]
[name_f]Wednesday[/name_f]
Wilderose (WILL-deh-rose)
[name_f]Wildflower[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Winnie[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]
[name_f]Wisteria[/name_f]
[name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_f]Yseult[/name_f] (iss-yuhlt)
[name_u]Wynne[/name_u]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Zeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Zerline[/name_f]
I’m so sorry for the beast.
~ [name_f]Sappho[/name_f]