15,000+ Two-Syllable Girl Names

In Japanese folklore, Jami is an evil mountain spirit. Jami might also be a generic name for these deomons.

With a soft e, sounds like an affected pronunciation of Rita.

Will assure your daughter she's numero uno.

The Welsh word for "love" and a term of endearment turned modern word-name, Cariad is a sweet possibility that might work well as a name for a February or Valentines baby or a name for a Christmas baby. A famous bearer is British comedian Cariad Lloyd.

The sweet Czech form of Sylvia.

From the vocative case of Irish rós meaning "rose". Róise and Róisín are more common related names.

Sister is an old-timey nickname-name for girls, ranking in the Top 1000 as a proper name for girls until the beginning of the 20th century. But more often, Sister was used as a nickname in the truest sense of the word, not a short form ala Kathy but a nickname in the way that Chip and Bud are. Or maybe Junior is a more appropriate name analogy: Sister was sometimes the nickname given to the only girl in a family of boys, so literally a descriptive word name like Junior.

Also spelt Sebele, this soft-sounding name means "harvest" in the Amharic language of Ethiopia.

At first glance, Alson appears to be a streamlined version of Alison, however, the names are unrelated. Alison is a variation of Alice, not derived from a surname, while Alson would have originally been bestowed upon sons of men named Allen, Alexander, or the like.

A Slavic variation of Helen that might make an unusual update of that classic name.

Mesa is the term for a flat-topped mountain, derived from the Spanish word for "table".

Siya is a sweet and simple looking choice with a variety of origins. In South Africa, it derives from the Zulu and Ndebele Siyabonga, meaning "we thank you", and is predominantly used as a masculine name. In Sanskrit, it is associated with the the Hindu Goddess Sita, whose name means "furrow", while as an American name it is likely a spelling variation of Sia, which can mean "victory" in relation to the Old Norse element sigr. Alternatively, it is a diminutive of any names including the substring -iya, such as Siyana meaning "shining" or Anastasiya meaning "resurrection".

Finja Is a Josephine nickname that ranks among the Top 100 girl names in Germany.

The most popular variation of this name for baby girls is Leighton, as in Leighton Meester, the actress who introduced her name to the mainstream when she rose to fame on Gossip Girl.

Distinctly feminine form of the unisex name Liel

This Beatrix alternate could make a good choice for globetrotting parents.

In the Bible, Mahlah was one of five daughters of Zelophehad. The others were Noa, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Noa is popular, Tirzah is sometimes used, and Mahlah has a much better chance of modern revival than Hoglah.

The name of a character in the once scandalous novel Valley of the Dolls now sounds a little more dated than the similar Arden.