Two Syllable Names for Girls

This effort to update Sheryl combines Sher- with the familiar -lyn ending. Sherlyn was given to 145 baby girls in 2022, and seems to be on the rise.

This name of eight popes might appeal to confirmed city-dwellers, but Urbana would be more feminine.

Afrikaans variant of Eska

Wishy-washy, and too similar to Colleen.

Myrrhine is the name of an ancient literary character, from the play Lysistrata by Aristophanes. Myrrhine refuses to have sex with her husband in an effort to stop a war.

The name of a famous Israeli singer, Ofra Haza, but here it would be confused with Oprah.

For the boyds. Er, boys, if only judging my the statistics, which have this rare bird name given to a handful of baby boys in the US but no recent baby girls. But it certainly would make a majestic choice for a child of either gender.