Two Syllable Names for Girls

Ritva is a Finnish name last trendy in the 1940s, starting to make a comeback today.

The Hebrew form of Daphne, typically only heard among Jewish families in the US.

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.

Pronounced BEH-ak, this Scottish name is also seen as Bethoc. In that form it was the mother of Duncan, the monarch slain by Macbeth in Shakespeare's play. In later years, it was sometimes Latinized as as Beatrice.

A traditional Russian diminutive of the male name Vasiliy, also used for its female form Vasilija in Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria.