Two Syllable Names for Girls

An alternative spelling of the name of the Proto-Slavic mother goddess, Ziva. Either spelling makes a zippy and lively girl name.

A fashionable name that would fit in with cousins Chanel or Dior. Referring to the business of designing, making and selling fashionable custom-made clothing and strongly associated with the chic city of Paris, Couture has a strong feeling of luxury and style.

Mahi is a name seen in modern India (consider Mahi Gill - Bollywood star) and in Medieval France (perhaps as a dialect version of Marie). For those considering this name, just be aware that a Mahi-mahi is a type of fish.

An unusual French diminutive for Catherine, Catiche is the nickname given to Princess Katerina Mamontov in Tolstoy’s War and Peace, and was also used for the real-life Grand Duchess Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, the favourite sister of Tsar Alexander I.