I'm looking for a really soft and feminine cross... Any philosophy?
By "really soft and feminine", I mean a name that's delicate and doesn't hold any hard sounds. I hope you get what I mean because I don't really know how else to put it.
Thanks contained by advance :)
Brielle
Helen(a)
Viola
Emma
Emmeline ("emm eh LEEN")
Adeline
Julie
Amélie
Sonia
Elsa
Lisa
Melissa
Ilona (that is "ilona," in adjectives small letters - Hungarian version of Helen)
Lorraine
Lily
Violine/Violín ("vee oh LEEN" or "vee oh LINN")
Isabel
Jeanne ("zhahn" - soft French J)
Susannah
Willa
Yvonne
Basic "rules":
Soft letters to look for: (soft) C, (soft) G, H, J, L, M, S, V, W; SH-sounds
Harder parcels to try to avoid: (hard)C, F, (hard) G, K, P, Q, R, T, Z
Try to go with U and O sounds, as those are a bit more feminine sounding. You don't have to follow that one by the book though. (ex. Amélie, Sarah, etc.)
B and D and N (among others) are a bit middle ground; avoid putting them at the extremity of a name. (I make an exception with my suggestion Jeanne, which is softened by the French J.)
You may want to avoid most consonant ending anyway (though some French endings like -ette and -ine could work well, example: Juliette or Adeline.) The -a, -ah and -ie/-y ending are the most soft.
(ETA: One reason I didn't add my own favorites - I always try to dance for very feminine and elegant names - is that they contain profusely of Rs, Ns and Ts - Rosamund, Wren, Charlotte, Kerensa, for example, have a bit of "power" to it, which you don't seem to be asking for.)
(ETA2: LOL, Didn't see what Emmy Jo had wrote :) )
Aurelia
Linnea
Celia
Mireille
Lenore
Lily
Rosalie
Marina
Serena
Laura
Sarah
Athena
Willa
Orianna
Marianne
From a linguistic standpoint, name with lots of liquid/approximant sounds (R's, L's, and W's) tend to sound very soft. The nasals (M and N) and voiceless fricatives (F, S, and the TH contained by "thick") are also good. I definitely avoided names beside stops or plosives (the "hard" consonants like P, B, T, D, K, G), and I find the voiced fricatives (like V, Z, and the TH in "this") also tend to give name a hard edge.
EDIT: I love other people's suggestions of Sophia, Elise, Amelie, Anneliese, Lorelei, and Celine.
Aaliyah
Isabella
Sophia
Ella
Liliana/Lily
Analiese
Julia
Lila
Laylee
Layla
Kayla
Natalie, Aimee
Well i have always liked that autograph Ryen for a girl.
If u like vote me best answer. Source(s): **Kayla C**
Sophia
Cecilia / Cecelia
Cecil(e)
Selene
Selena
Alyssa
Elise
Mary / Marie
Maria
Lucille
Lucy
Luciana
Emma
Serena
Lila(h)
Hallie / Halli / Hally / Halley / Halle
Eva? Mary? Lucia?
Grace, Sophia, Emily, Sarah, Noelle, Cecile, Anna (on-uh)
*Hailey Mae
*Samantha Jane
*Ella Lee
*Willa Elizabeth
*Bailey Kay Source(s): these are some of my favorite names
Annamien, Daisy, Rose, chanel, Loralei.
Answers: I'm pretty sure I know what you mean.
When I first started thinking of names to detail for you, I immediately thought "Anna" and Anna-type names like Susannah, Hannah, Anne, etc.
Amelia (uh-me-lee-uh or uh-meel-yuh)
Anna
Anne / Ann
Anneliese
Annie
Charlotte
Cheyenne
Claire
Clarice
Elaine
Ella
Emily
Emmeline
Estelle
Esther
Hannah
Hannelore
Isla
Joanna
Johanna
Julia
Kara / Cara
Leah
Lianne / LeAnne / LeAnn / Leanne
Lila / Lilah
Lillian
Lilly / Lily
Lorelai / Lorelei
Lorraine
Luanna / LuAnna
Luanne / LuAnne / LuAnn
Lynn / Lynne
Mallory
Marie
Maris (mare-iss)
Mary
Melanie
Melina
Melissa
Miriam
Naomi
Natalie
Nellie
Noelle
Rosalina
Rose
Sarah / Sara
Savannah
Seraphina / Serafina
Serena
Soleil (so-lay)
Sophia / Sofia
Susan
Susannah / Susanna
Violet
=)
Ophelia Source(s): Maybe Shakespeare
Sophia. It is such a pretty first name!
I know what you mean, no names similar to Claudia
first 4 names that came to mind
Lila
Lilly
sophia
Elise
Alice
Abbie
Bethany
Lily
Rose
I know it's not many names here, but i think these three are really nice and severely girly and soft-sounding. good luck =]
ava louise
ava dependence
freya
Hey, how about some of the following:
- Lily
- Ava
- Ivy
- Olivia
- Bella
- Lisa
Evelyn
Sophia
Nora
Irelyn
Audrey
Carolyn
Carly
Grace
Aubrey
Aly/Allie
Avery
Katie is a cute name. Girly, cute & soft as you say.
Sophia
Ann, Jade, Lea, Sarah
Heather
What about Samantha? Or Jasmine?
Lilly
S's come across delicate to me:
Sonia, Sarah, Sasha, etc.
or simple names like:
Anna, Bella, Lilly...
i dont know these seem sof and feminine to me.
good luck.
Ella Rose.
Hi
I think the following name are soft and feminine...
Lucy
Lily
Sophie
Milly
x
pixie
lily
Felicity
Sophie
Jessica
Giselle
Lilah
THats all i can think of off the top of my commander :)
Celine
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Brielle
Helen(a)
Viola
Emma
Emmeline ("emm eh LEEN")
Adeline
Julie
Amélie
Sonia
Elsa
Lisa
Melissa
Ilona (that is "ilona," in adjectives small letters - Hungarian version of Helen)
Lorraine
Lily
Violine/Violín ("vee oh LEEN" or "vee oh LINN")
Isabel
Jeanne ("zhahn" - soft French J)
Susannah
Willa
Yvonne
Basic "rules":
Soft letters to look for: (soft) C, (soft) G, H, J, L, M, S, V, W; SH-sounds
Harder parcels to try to avoid: (hard)C, F, (hard) G, K, P, Q, R, T, Z
Try to go with U and O sounds, as those are a bit more feminine sounding. You don't have to follow that one by the book though. (ex. Amélie, Sarah, etc.)
B and D and N (among others) are a bit middle ground; avoid putting them at the extremity of a name. (I make an exception with my suggestion Jeanne, which is softened by the French J.)
You may want to avoid most consonant ending anyway (though some French endings like -ette and -ine could work well, example: Juliette or Adeline.) The -a, -ah and -ie/-y ending are the most soft.
(ETA: One reason I didn't add my own favorites - I always try to dance for very feminine and elegant names - is that they contain profusely of Rs, Ns and Ts - Rosamund, Wren, Charlotte, Kerensa, for example, have a bit of "power" to it, which you don't seem to be asking for.)
(ETA2: LOL, Didn't see what Emmy Jo had wrote :) )
Aurelia
Linnea
Celia
Mireille
Lenore
Lily
Rosalie
Marina
Serena
Laura
Sarah
Athena
Willa
Orianna
Marianne
From a linguistic standpoint, name with lots of liquid/approximant sounds (R's, L's, and W's) tend to sound very soft. The nasals (M and N) and voiceless fricatives (F, S, and the TH contained by "thick") are also good. I definitely avoided names beside stops or plosives (the "hard" consonants like P, B, T, D, K, G), and I find the voiced fricatives (like V, Z, and the TH in "this") also tend to give name a hard edge.
EDIT: I love other people's suggestions of Sophia, Elise, Amelie, Anneliese, Lorelei, and Celine.
Aaliyah
Isabella
Sophia
Ella
Liliana/Lily
Analiese
Julia
Lila
Laylee
Layla
Kayla
Natalie, Aimee
Well i have always liked that autograph Ryen for a girl.
If u like vote me best answer. Source(s): **Kayla C**
Sophia
Cecilia / Cecelia
Cecil(e)
Selene
Selena
Alyssa
Elise
Mary / Marie
Maria
Lucille
Lucy
Luciana
Emma
Serena
Lila(h)
Hallie / Halli / Hally / Halley / Halle
Eva? Mary? Lucia?
Grace, Sophia, Emily, Sarah, Noelle, Cecile, Anna (on-uh)
*Hailey Mae
*Samantha Jane
*Ella Lee
*Willa Elizabeth
*Bailey Kay Source(s): these are some of my favorite names
Annamien, Daisy, Rose, chanel, Loralei.
Answers: I'm pretty sure I know what you mean.
When I first started thinking of names to detail for you, I immediately thought "Anna" and Anna-type names like Susannah, Hannah, Anne, etc.
Amelia (uh-me-lee-uh or uh-meel-yuh)
Anna
Anne / Ann
Anneliese
Annie
Charlotte
Cheyenne
Claire
Clarice
Elaine
Ella
Emily
Emmeline
Estelle
Esther
Hannah
Hannelore
Isla
Joanna
Johanna
Julia
Kara / Cara
Leah
Lianne / LeAnne / LeAnn / Leanne
Lila / Lilah
Lillian
Lilly / Lily
Lorelai / Lorelei
Lorraine
Luanna / LuAnna
Luanne / LuAnne / LuAnn
Lynn / Lynne
Mallory
Marie
Maris (mare-iss)
Mary
Melanie
Melina
Melissa
Miriam
Naomi
Natalie
Nellie
Noelle
Rosalina
Rose
Sarah / Sara
Savannah
Seraphina / Serafina
Serena
Soleil (so-lay)
Sophia / Sofia
Susan
Susannah / Susanna
Violet
=)
Ophelia Source(s): Maybe Shakespeare
Sophia. It is such a pretty first name!
I know what you mean, no names similar to Claudia
first 4 names that came to mind
Lila
Lilly
sophia
Elise
Alice
Abbie
Bethany
Lily
Rose
I know it's not many names here, but i think these three are really nice and severely girly and soft-sounding. good luck =]
ava louise
ava dependence
freya
Hey, how about some of the following:
- Lily
- Ava
- Ivy
- Olivia
- Bella
- Lisa
Evelyn
Sophia
Nora
Irelyn
Audrey
Carolyn
Carly
Grace
Aubrey
Aly/Allie
Avery
Katie is a cute name. Girly, cute & soft as you say.
Sophia
Ann, Jade, Lea, Sarah
Heather
What about Samantha? Or Jasmine?
Lilly
S's come across delicate to me:
Sonia, Sarah, Sasha, etc.
or simple names like:
Anna, Bella, Lilly...
i dont know these seem sof and feminine to me.
good luck.
Ella Rose.
Hi
I think the following name are soft and feminine...
Lucy
Lily
Sophie
Milly
x
pixie
lily
Felicity
Sophie
Jessica
Giselle
Lilah
THats all i can think of off the top of my commander :)
Celine
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