15,000+ Two-Syllable Girl Names

Sambo went from being a short form of the venerable name Samuel to being a racial slur after the popularity of the children's book Little Black Sambo, first published in 1899 but by the 1930s decried by such esteemed critics as Langston Hughes as being racist. While some measures have been taken to rehabilitate the image of the book, the name Sambo seems terminally tainted.

An alternative to Sasha, another common Russian nickname for Aleksandra.

In the Zulu and Xhosa languages of Southern Africa, Phila is a unisex name pronounced "PEE-la" and means "to live of life" It's also the feminine version of the ancient Greek name Philo, pronounced "FEE-la", meaning friend or lover and present in several contemporary names and words used throughout the Western World. The name Philip, for instance, means lover of horses, while the city name Philadelphia means "brotherly love" and philosophy means "love of wisdom".

Delsia has always been a rare name in the US, with only a few babies born with this name each year. It is somewhat reminiscent of Dulcie and Delysia.

Stylish Hebrew name with a sleek and streamlined sound and a beautiful meaning.

The natural short form of Temperance, which surprisingly was more common in the 2010s than any past decade. Temperance ranked in the Top 1000 from 2011-2014.