15,000+ Two-Syllable Girl Names

De-Frenchifies Jolie.

Sreya is an Indian name with several positive meanings--beautiful, fortunate, auspicious, favorable--and ties to the goddess Lakshmi. Spelling variant Shreya was on the U.S. popularity list from 2002 to 2005.

This spelling variation of Landon ranks higher for boys, but the trendy Y in the middle does give the name a feminine touch.

Verda was a fairly popular girls' name in the US from the 1880s through the 1920s, when it started to slip, finally dropping from sight after World War II.

Tiler is a fashionable gender-neutral occupational name popular, of course, in the Tyler spelling. Tyler was used for 150 girls and nearly 3000 boys in the US last year, while the Tiler spelling is very rare. But New York City Ballet dancer Tiler Peck brought this version of the name to wider attention.

Prettier: the growing-in-popularity Paisley, a suburb of Glasgow, or even Scotland itself, used as a middle name by Kourtney Kardashian.

Royal names are on the rise. Along with names such as Princess, Queen, and Royal, why not Palace? Why not indeed.