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In my novel, I have a 2-year-old girl who I am largely basing on my second cousin. She is called Rebecca, but for a reason I can't explain, I have grown unsatisfied with the name over the last week or so.
I'm currently looking on some websites for ideas, but what I am after is a fairly short name, with 2 or 3 syllables. Considering that her mother is very feminine, it needs a have a pretty sound about it, something that can provoke thought even.
I know it's a bit lazy, but I would be really grateful for any ideas you might have for a name. Personally, I'd like something a bit more unusual.
Here are a few more...Lacie, Kirra, Tailah, Sherridan, Mia, Fleur or even Bonnie.
(Love Miri, Nenastew!)
You could try a few websites listing baby names as suggested by Jenny. Here a couple of good ones you might like to try:
http://www.babynamesworld.com
http://123-baby-names.com
I know a woman who's name is Vivika, which I'd never heard before I met her but I think it's a lovely name.
Also, I used to work with an Avis. She'd always say, 'yes, like the car people' but apparently the name had been in her family for generations.
I like Rhona (my daughter's name so maybe biased!) and Ruby.
Something that strikes me when I'm reading is that names go in and out of favour in a kind of cycle over time, so I suppose your choice might be influenced by the period in which your story is set and the age of the child at the time you are writing about her. For example, the revival of pretty but 'old fashioned' names like Daisy, Millie and so on is quite recent. There would have been very, very few little girls called by these names if they were born in the UK in the 1970s, 1980s and early/mid 1990s.
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In my novel, I have a 2-year-old girl who I am largely basing on my second cousin. She is called Rebecca, but for a reason I can't explain, I have grown unsatisfied with the name over the last week or so.
I'm currently looking on some websites for ideas, but what I am after is a fairly short name, with 2 or 3 syllables. Considering that her mother is very feminine, it needs a have a pretty sound about it, something that can provoke thought even.
I know it's a bit lazy, but I would be really grateful for any ideas you might have for a name. Personally, I'd like something a bit more unusual.
Thank you very much,
Steven.
(Love Miri, Nenastew!)
You could try a few websites listing baby names as suggested by Jenny. Here a couple of good ones you might like to try:
http://www.babynamesworld.com
http://123-baby-names.com
There are other weird and wonderful one coming into schools these days.
Also, I used to work with an Avis. She'd always say, 'yes, like the car people' but apparently the name had been in her family for generations.
Something that strikes me when I'm reading is that names go in and out of favour in a kind of cycle over time, so I suppose your choice might be influenced by the period in which your story is set and the age of the child at the time you are writing about her. For example, the revival of pretty but 'old fashioned' names like Daisy, Millie and so on is quite recent. There would have been very, very few little girls called by these names if they were born in the UK in the 1970s, 1980s and early/mid 1990s.
Another 50p for the meter ;-)
Carol, I really liked your suggestion of Maisie. I think that's my favourite, although I also like Daisy, Megan and Sophie.
Thanks again everyone.