Girl names with the "Eye" Sound
We have two girls with names that have the "eye" sound and are trying to come up with a similar name for our third baby girl due in a few weeks. Here is the list of names we have come up with:
Dina
Ivy
Heidi
Lilah
Shiloh
Riley
Piper
We are leaning towards Ivy and Piper. Can you think of any other similar sounding names?
By todayistheday
Tue, 07/01/2014 - 6:42am
Tue, 07/01/2014 - 6:42am
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Not a fan of Piper, but Ivy is nice. Others: Iris, Mariah, Violet, Isla, Eliza, Diana, Sarai, Caroline, Lorelei, Eileen. There's also Delilah, but I can't get past the Biblical story/association. (Lorelei the siren has its issues, too, but I know so many little Loreleis that the association is pretty faded.)
Madeleine, Emmeline, Adeline, Carolina, Briley, Riley, Kiley, Isis, Calliope, Maya
Dina is often pronounced Dee-na. You are more likely to get your desired pronunciation if you spell it Dinah.
I agree, I read Dina as Dee-na. It took me a bit to remember it can also have the I sound you are looking for.
You've gotten a lot of great suggestions already, I'll try not to repeat. Ione, Mariah, Violet, Skye, Heidi, Briar, Clementine, Amaya, Kai
Ida? Irene, especially with the I-ree-nee pronunciation?
Maia
kaia
lyra
majken
Isla
My new baby girl is eilis (with an accent on the second I) pronounced eye-lish. It's gaelic for Elizabeth.
Since coming to this wonderful site, I've learned that long I names are trending. Any thoughts on why? I think somehow the long I is quite strong and dignified, not too cutesy. Do you hear it the same way?
Blythe
Bryony
Diana
Hermione
Iona
Myra
Sapphire
Titania
Viola
Twila
Eliza, Isla, Miley, Riley, Maya, Ira
I grew up with a girl named Aislee (pronounced Eye-Lee)
My daughters are Meika and Violet, both with the long "I" sound and I have thought about continuing that pattern should we ever have a third daughter. I don't have any additional ideas, but in have enjoyed reading all the ones posted already and wondered if there is a way to easily refer to this thread in the future should I ever need to :). Ivy and Piper are lovely names. I like them both.
I love the name Isla or Iris.
Another idea is:
Islette (pronouced Eye-lett)
Lyla
Violet
Mia/Mya/Maya
Eliza
Skye
Kyra/Kira
Myra/Mira
Ida
Lorelei
Marika
Skylar
Ayla
Ryan (becoming more commonly a girls name)
Aileen
Kylie
Marika has no "eye" sound in any language: http://www.forvo.com/word/marika/
The way I know the name it is pronounced Mar-eye-ka
Oy. That's just WRONG. Not saying that you haven't heard it that way; just saying that applying the Great English Vowel Shift to a name that is not even Indo-European, nevermind English, is just shudder-inducing, and then topping it off with the diphthong... well, fingernails on a blackboard come to mind.
(In almost every language other than post-shift English, i is used to denote an /ee/ sound. The correct pronunciation of Marika is /MA-ree-ka/.)
The Dutch Marijke is pronounced Mar-eye-ka. That may be what you've heard. Marika/Marike is pronounced Mar-ee-ka.