Baby Names with Repeating Sounds

Of all the names with repeating sounds, Dede isn't the first we'd use (Lulu or Coco, maybe), but it certainly isn't the last — we much prefer it to Dodo or Fifi.

Repetitive Japanese name with a flittering meaning.

Actress Leelee Sobieski's real name is Liliane, after her French grandmother -- a better choice for any baby-namer.

Bouncy vintage pet form of names like Dorothy and Dolores.

When the once-popular Barbara makes a comeback, so might Baba.

Geegee is more often styled as Gigi, though as a short form for Georgia, this spelling may make more sense

Dodie was the more common form of this name, as in Dodie Smith, author of The Hundred and One Dalmatians.