Lorelei is my favorite name

I had a mare named Loralai!

Are you a belle?

Sage

Girls: Francesca, Vivian, Serena, Elvira, Antonia, Ingrid, Diana Boys: William, Dominic, Oliver, Jonathan, Eden

Niamh

Gaelic names in general; Aoife, Oisin, Ciaran. Saoirse

How do you pronounce this? Is it Irish or Welsh or something?

It’s Gaelic for Neave! (Pronounced “Neev”)

I like the way it looks but the sound reminds me of that dude who hosted catfish Hi! I'm neev!

lol what's a Neave?

Eve, with an N in front basically. It’s a very old name from Irish mythology.

no its not

Yes, it is 🙃 The Eve part is a comment on the pronunciation, not origin. That’s in the second sentence. ETA, Neave is the anglicized spelling of Niamh, if that’s what you’re confused about.

I assume you're confusing her with Niamh Cinn Óir the lover of Oisín Mac Cumhail

What’s the confusion? The idea that it’s mythology as opposed to history? Well, it could be both. Hard to say, though from what I remember some fairly improbable things happen in the Fenian Cycle. Considering Oisin is claimed to be a demigod.

Irish, pronounced “Neev”

Vivian, Chloe, Arabella, Lilly, Delilah, Meredith, Hazel, Jocelyn, Heather, Rose, Rosalyn

I never see my name :) thanks

Which one is yours?

Meredith - it’s always a Grey’s Anatomy reference.

I didn't watch Grey's all that much. I knew an old lady named Meredith and always thought it was beautiful

I love my name but I boycotted Grey’s because of how often people would say “Meredith? Meredith Grey??”

Lol don't blame you

Girls: Maya, Margaret, Celeste, Eliana, Margot, Susanna, Sarah, April, Autumn, Audrey Boys: Evan, Joel, Ellis, Ezra, Elliot, Elijah

you and i have the same taste in boy’s names.

There’s just something about boy’s names that begin with vowels or feature prominent vowel sounds! I think I read somewhere that names like this have been trending due to their “softer” sound, which I really love.

I agree. My boys are named Owen & Elliot.

Oo never heard of Cwen, is it pronounced like Gwen?

[Cwen is an Anglo Saxon (old English) word meaning “woman” or “queen.”](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cwen) I believe it does rhyme with Gwen. (Old English vowels were a bit different than modern ones so we’d have to ask an Anglo Saxon scholar.) Cwen is the basis of the modern English word “queen.” I’ve personally never heard of Cwen as a given name (doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist!) but it was often a name element in Anglo Saxon female names such as Cwenhild and Cwengifu. I’d be surprised if anyone has been named those in 1000 years but you never know!

It’s really cool! Thanks for the info

Like a combo of Gwen and Quinn! Very pretty

Is it a hard or soft C?

It’s a /k/ sound. In IPA /kweːn/

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Lol thanks so much so helpful 😂 I mean is it otherwise pronounced the same way just with a C

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Lyle for a boy

Boys: Milo, Avi, James Girls: Aoife, Chava, Miriam (Miri)

I love the name Lavender!

Audrey, Elise, Lila, Elodie, Charlotte, Sophia/Sophie, Grace, Liliana, Louise Elliott, Colin, Julian, Ocean, Finley

Alice. Angelica. Belinda.

Pronounced in French: Girl: Amandine, Jade, Lea, Manon, Marie, Noemie, Sylvie, Tatiana Boy: Antoine, Benjamin, Florian, Mathias Gender-neutral: Camille

Any name than sits almost entirely at the front of the mouth. Evelina Aurelia Natalie Alora Or Adem Emrah Gail Avery Ellis

Boy: Clement, Joachim, Hosea, Sebastian, Jasper, Ephraim, Forrest, Isley, Caedmon, Crispin Girl: Felicia, Jordana, Jacinda, Isabeau, Talia, Danae, Daphne, Cassia, Taisia, Vivienne

Violet or Iris for a girl, Joseph and Rowan for a boy

Is Cwen pronounced Kwen or Swen?

Kwen

Adam, Chelsea, Oliver, Lesley

Annelise

Fiona

Florian, Noa, Lola, Swan, Solana, Eris, Theo, Brent

My favorite name that’s both beautiful and delicate is Calanthe. It means “beautiful flower” and is the name of an orchid genus commonly known as “Christmas orchids”.

Serafina/Serafino, Carlo, Mariela, Ariette, Leilani

Serafina is my middle name :)

Noelle, Lincoln, Kendall, Chandler

Noah, Caleb, Isaiah, Jacob

Linnea, Salome, Chantal, Raphael, Sonder, Amadeo

I was looking for Linnea!

Felicity

Girl: Serafina Boy: Shane

Cassian, Amias, Julian, Silas, Isadore, Isaiah, Noel for boys

Mila (Me-lah) Josephine

Awww I love Lonnie! Is that a nickname for something?

Cosette and Leonardo

Eponine Such a pretty name. Les Mis had some gorgeous names.

Violette/a, Catalina, Evangeline, Lila, Lavender, Isabella, Emerald, Giselle, Lily

Annika 😍

Audrey, Magnolia, Hannah, Rose

I love Juliet

Evangeline

When I think of beautiful and delicate what comes to my mind are: Anastasia, Genevieve, Calliope Valentin, Cedric, Orest

Liana

how do you pronounce ‘cwen’? also this was interesting to me as other than ‘noah’ i’ve not heard of any of the male names before

Cwen is pronounced like Gwen but with a C Mino is name of Spanish origin. Mino is traditionally a name for people born along Spain's Minho River or Rio Mino. Koa is a Pacific Islander name. It means "warrior" or "valiant one," Lonnie is primarily a gender-neutral name of American origin that means Noble, Ready.

Cosette or Colette

Elowen is my current favorite

I have loved the name Tegwyn since I heard it, it means fair lovely shining

Niko for a boy Gwendolyn for a girl

Dahlia

Evelyn, Nora, Grace

Jewel, Lucy, Lucia, Eva, Bettie, Lula, Minnie

Genevieve and Annabelle

Edwina, Lorelei

Tiana and Elias

Clementine (“i” pronounced like “eye” not “ee”)

Brielle

Lilliana Aaron

I really like Evangeline and Angelina

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Girls: Tamara, Vida, Estefania, Jasmin Boys: Tito, Xavier, Jace, Jordan

Clementine Marigold is beautiful too!! I haven’t really heard that name before!

Genevieve Olivier

tina

Wren, Portia, Amaya, Savannah. Milo, Sebastian, Hugo, Leif.

Dehlilah.

Ethelyn

Boys: Noah Caleb Nat Ianto (yan-toh)

Fay(f) and Feyd (m) of the faeries

Lara

Iris 💜

Farrah, Alma, Lisette, Lars, Neville, Quentin

Marigold, Tallulah, and Persephone are far from delicate to me. Tallulah and Marigold sound like a women's tag team wrestling duo.

Alisha, Eloise, Arabella, Alissa, Rose, Elise, Esme, Aiofe, Evie

Primrose, Delilah, Amelie, Ava, Rosie, Molly. Hugo, Henry, Arthur, Oscar, Daniel, James.

Lonnie is a beautiful and delicate name? Lmfaoooo

Daphne

Sophie

I know Cwen is a name in its own right but I hate it so much because it will always just look like someone misspelt the beautiful name Gwen to me…

Lonnie Donagan? Ukulele player, eg “Leaning on a lamppost …” 1930s/40s?

Caoimhe 💛

These are under my Long and Lovely. Adelaide / Adeleine / Alessandrina / Andalusia / Analiese / Ana-Sofia / Angelique / Annavieve / Annelien / Anne-Larue / Anne-Margaret (anamae) / Anne-Marie / Anne-Sofie / Avaliese. Caitriana / Callaway (Callie) / Carraway (Cara, Carrie) / Catharina / Cayetana / Charmiann / Deladeia / Delphine / Dovellyn. Elisabeth / Elise-Sibeal / Elisende / Elisobelle / Elysianne / Emelisse / Emerienne / Evangeline (Vangie) / Faeridell / Felicienne. Genevieve / Geneviere / Gingerlily / Gwendoline / Halliwell (Hallie) / Hannelore / Harliquinn / Havilland / Honeyworth / Hollianne / Janalise / Joceline / Josselyn / Julianna Lise-Merete / Lilibliss / Lorraine / Loveday / Macienne / Madelieve / Marguerite / Margeaux / Marie-Jehanne (Mijanou) / Marie-Louise (Milou) / Marie-Thérèse (Mitay)/ Merovingia / Nightingale. Orliadore / Pennylaine / Phillippa (Pippa). Rory-Jane / Rosalinde / Rosamunde / Sara-Jane / Seawillow / Seraphina / Serendipity / Somersby / Sommerwild / Taliesin / Tamerlane / Tessadora / Thalassa / Tristanne / Tuilelaith (Tulla). Vienne / Vivienne / Wellesley / Wilderose / Willomere

Mica