Two Syllable Names for Girls

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.

A fresh take on the fashionable Audrey and Aubrey, or another novel surname name which seems fitting for either sex.

Unusual and unfashionable name found in Toni Morrison's novel Tar Baby.

A perfect example of what a difference a single letter can make. Add an 'a' to the ho-hum Cathy and you have the old name for China, often used by such poets as Edna St. Vincent Millay and Ezra Pound.

Popular dog name in the 17th century. It would still be cute today—on a dog, that is.