please make lists of boy and girl names in which second letter in is L
hi. since i have a Clair, and we're pretty sure our Halloween baby will be Elise, i thought it would be fun to have everyone's input on a list of possible girl/boy names that have L as the second letter, but maybe don't start with a C or an E, and that would go nicely with the other two names. we don't plan to have more, but you never know. Thanks! oh, for flow purposes, our last name is very close to Burrows.
By danasurfside
Wed, 07/18/2012 - 8:02pm
Wed, 07/18/2012 - 8:02pm
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Some of these are more user friendly than others!
Alice, Alexander
Blaire, Blake
Clair, Clyde
D'lores, D'lorean (!)
Elise, Elmer
Fleur, Floyd
Gloria, Glen
Hlene, Hlek (these sound like alien names)
Ilena, Ilya
J'lene, J'len (some extra name bling for you)
Kloe, Klaus
Llanin (there's a girl with this name at my children's school), Lloyd
M'lady, M'lord (sorry!)
N-lly, N-lan
Olivia, Oliver
Plymouth (a unisex name; a place name for girls and a car name for boys)
Q --just can't go there--getting too punchy
Rella, Rello (I got the 'el' sound in there!)
Sloane, Slayton
Telma, Telly
Ula, Ulysses
Vlada, Vladimir
W*l, W*l (both pronounced like 'Will')
X -- no, just no
Ylva, Ylves
Zlata, Zlake
This was tough! I think Elise goes wonderfully with Clair, but M'lady, not so much.
thanks for the input, even the comical ones. Fleur is pretty nice, Blair is too close to Clair, but pretty. i like Blake, but hubby has a bad association with it. i didn't plan my L as the second letter theme, but noticed it and decided it would be fun to find out more name potential (s). Alice would be to close to Elise, in my opinion, but would work otherwise. i love Gloria, but no one else i know does, boo, hoo. people give me the wrinkled nose, eww look when i've brought it up before. Olivia is beautiful, but for some reason, did not occur to me at all. it is popular according to statistics, but i really don't know any young olivias. thanks Elizabeth T! i hope more people play.
I'm with you on Gloria. I've always liked it and don't understand the "eww" reaction. It isn't too consonant heavy for today's tastes and has a nice meaning. I know a few Olivias, but not tons.
Gloria has a peak in the 1940s; that's "Grandma's Name" territory. I think that explains most of the aversion.
It was still very highly ranked in the 1950s - and to me, it's not a grandma name, but rather a baby boomer name. In my mind, it's linked with names like Carol, Donna, Brenda, Barbara, Susan, and the like.
I'll go with any I can think of (which isn't many):
Girls:
Allegra
Alexandra/Alexandria/Alexis
Alyssa
Alice
Alison
Blanche
Clementine
Claudia
Cleo
Clara
Clover
Elizabeth
Elspeth
Ellen
Eleanor
Elodie
Florence
Flora
Fleur
Gloria
Glynis
Iliana
Ilona
Kloe (shudder)
Olive/Olivia
Boys:
Alistair
Alan
Alexander
Alec
Albert
Alfred
Blake
Blaine
Clarence
Cloyd
Clifford
Clement
Clive
Clinton
Clayton
Clyde
Elijah/Eli
Elias
Fletcher
Flannery
Floyd
Florian
Llewellyn
Lloyd
Ilya
Oliver
Sloane
Slade
Vladimir
Ulysses
I would love "Alyaa" if it is a girl or "Alex" if it is a boy. But you should choose yours.
Alexander/Alexandra (or any variations), Allison, Alicia
Blair, Blaine, Blake/Blakely
Flynn, Flyer
Glenn, Gleeson
Iliana, Illan
Klay, Klarence
Lloyd
Olivia/Oliver, Olina, Olga, Olov
Plato
Ulma, Ulli
Vlad
Ylonda
That's all!
Alana
Blane
Clover
Eleanor
Florence
Gloria (sounds to grandma-ish)
Olga (sounds like a viking name! haha)
Vladimir (i dont know if this is spelled right)
Fleur
Blake
Blair
GIRLS:
Alexandra, Alexa/Alexis, Alison, Alicia, Clara, Cleo, Claire, Eleanor/Elena, Elspeth/Elizabeth, Elle/Ella, Elsa/Elsie, Eliza, Ellen, Fleur, Gloria, Kloe, Olivia/Olive, Sloane.
BOYS:
Alexander, Alfred/Alfie, Clyne, Cliff, Elias, Fletcher, Glenn, Lloyd, Oliver.