Two Syllable Names for Girls

  1. Kynthia
    • Hedi
      • Jazzy
        • Origin:

          English word name
        • Description:

          This adjective name is fun, lively, musical, and full of pizzaz. Jazzy can stand on its own, or act as a fun nickname for names like Jasmine or Jasper.
      • Randy
        • Description:

          Considering that randy is slang for 'horny' this is not a great choice.
      • Deandra
        • Origin:

          Compound name, blending Diana and Alexandra, variation of Deandre
        • Meaning:

          "divine defender of man; person from the valley"
        • Description:

          An alternative spelling to Diandra or a feminine form Deandre, Deandra is a compound name that briefly featured in the US Top 1000 in the 80s.
      • Billy
        • Tsuyu
          • Origin:

            Japanese
          • Meaning:

            "rainy season"
          • Description:

            Tsuyu is the Japanese word for the plum rain, or the East Asian rainy season. It was adopted as a name for a character in the anime series My Hero Academia.
        • Lucka
          • Falyn
            • Kollins
              • Origin:

                Surname derived from Nicholas or Colin
              • Meaning:

                "people of victory or pup"
              • Description:

                Collins is a surname name that has made the girls' Top 300 thanks to its use for the daughter of the real-life Blind Side heroine. The Kollins spelling is rising for girls too now, and was used for 131 baby girls in 2022.
            • Eclipse
              • Origin:

                English word name
              • Meaning:

                "an obscuring of light when one celestial body passes over another"
              • Description:

                An evocative word name denoting a rare celestial phenomenon when the sun and moon are aligned so that the moon casts a shadow over the Earth (a solar eclipse), or when the moon is right in front of the sun, showing only a ring of light (a lunar eclipse).
            • Lexus
              • Origin:

                Greek variation of a diminutive of Alexis
              • Description:

                Lexus, an automotive newcomer, has recently entered the Top 1000 -- more because of its association, we fear, with the status symbol car than its relation to the name Alexis. If you love this name, do your child a favor and make it Alexis or at least spell it Lexis.
            • Sundance
              • Origin:

                English
              • Meaning:

                "sun dance"
              • Description:

                Long synonymous with the American outlaw Harry Longabaugh, aka The Sundance Kid, who got his nickname from the town of Sundance, Wyoming, where he was incarcerated as a teenager. The place name Sundance was taken from the sun dance ceremony practiced by local Native American tribes.
            • Elpis
              • Origin:

                Ancient Greek
              • Meaning:

                "hope"
              • Description:

                A positive name from mythology, given to the hope left in Pandora's box.
            • Jordie
              • Maudine
                • Kinslee
                  • Origin:

                    Spelling variation of Kinsley
                  • Description:

                    As Kinsley rises in the ranks, so do its variations. Kinslee broke into the Top 1000 for the first time in 2014.
                • Alvie
                  • Origin:

                    English
                  • Meaning:

                    "noble friend; friend of the elves"
                  • Description:

                    Diminutive of Alvina, and a cute boyish retro nickname we can see making its way back onto a few birth certificates today.
                • Manet
                  • Origin:

                    French artist name
                  • Description:

                    Manet is the accessible, attractive name of an Impressionist great; it could be the next Monet.
                • Wrenleigh