Two Syllable Names for Girls

Dezra

Helvie

A Greenlandic form of Rosa and an alternative form of the Finnish Ruusu, Ruusa is one of many international Rose names. Occasionally spelled as Rûsa, it has an appealing Roo- sound.

Ruusa

Addle

Rolland

A sweet Chinese name combining the elements Mei (beautiful) and Hua (flower).

Mei hua

Shernice

Ikhlaas

Marggie

Aiven

Yannel

A dashing French surname name most famously borne by Henry David Thoreau, an American naturalist, writer and philosopher who influenced such notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. The most common modern American pronunciation is "thor-OH", with emphasis on the final syllable, although Thoreau himself pronounced it "THOR-oh".

 The origins of the surname are not entirely clear, although one possibility is that it derives from a diminutive form of the Old French tor, meaning "bull" (the root of the modern French word taureau). A fitting choice for a Taurus baby!

 Thoreau may also be related to the Norse name Thor "thunder", or to the Germanic name Theodoric and its French form Thierry "ruler of the people".

 With its on-trend sound and literary pedigree, Thoreau certainly makes for a rare but appealing choice. Zac and Kate Hanson used it as a middle name for their fifth child, born in 2021.

Thoreau

Darnice

Pronounced a little like (some forms of) the international Lucia, this name is in fact a Dutch diminutive of Loes, a form of Louise or Lodewijk, both ultimately derived from the Germanic Ludwig. 
 
Occasionally used as a given name in The Netherlands and in Belgium, Loesje is also associated with an international free speech organization which started out in the Netherlands back in the late 1980s. A collective of writers who publish under the name Loesje, they describe their aim as being to "make the world a more positive creative place".

Loesje

Erim

One of the most popular names in China for girls born in the 2000s, Tingting is a diminutive of the even more popular Ting. The name is usually written to mean "graceful, pretty, light" for girls, though with different characters, it can also mean "courtyard" and "stalk of grass".

Tingting

Burniece

Jovan

Bethine

Two-syllable girl names dominate the English lexicon, with over 15,000 two-syllable names for girls on Nameberry.

 such as the Sanskrit Malti and the Welsh Arwen, the elegant French Celine and the multi-cultural gender neutral name Peri.

 complete list of two-syllable female names

 is too daunting, you can consult our hand-picked list of the 150+ 

Note that this list is automatically generated from the full list of names on Nameberry, and the machine sometimes 

 in English names. Eloise obviously has three syllables rather than two, while Hayes has only one.

Wade through our entire collection of two-syllable female names here, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.

Two-syllable girl names including top two-syllable names for girls such as Emma and Ava and unique two-syllable girl names such as the Sanskrit Malti and the Welsh Glynis. (Page 1772)

15,000+ Two-Syllable Girl Names