I was browsing names today and wanted to use a search engine with a syllable search. Just my luck, babynames.com has that option! So I was going to start with 4 syllable names because Arabella is 4 syllables and I was curious if I could find other names I like that are 4 syllables for her sibling. Well then I noticed that you can search for up to 6 syllables, and I thought “What on earth? What name has 6 syllables?” What did I find? Anunciacion. Now, what is this name? Well first of all, it is Spanish. It means announces. So it’s a word name. OK, but really? You’re really gonna give that as a name….then, I saw the gender for the name. Female. WHAT!?! I’m sure you won’t be surprised to find out that it is not ranked on the popularity charts. Really, it sounds like the name was just made up. Someone probably opened up their Spanish to English dictionary, pointed at a word and said “That’s her name!”
Anyway, in light of that, I figured I’d find some of my favorite 4 syllable names and give you a short rundown (name, origin, and rank, if applicable).
Girls
Arabella-(no kidding, right?) answered prayer, Latin, #447
Aurelia- gold, Latin, not ranked
Cecilia- blind one, Latin, #265
Cordelia- daughter of the sea, Latin, not ranked
Liliana- lily, Italian and Spanish, #120
Boys
Alexander- defending warrior, Greek, #4
Jeremiah- the Lord exalts, Hebrew, #65
Leonardo- brave lion, Italian and Spanish, #164
I am not sure that I’m crazy enough about any of these names to use them, but I like that I can see what else is out there that is more of a mouthful like Arabella’s name. Are there any awesome 4 syllable names that I’ve missed? If so, let me know.
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My sister is Julianna. :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE LOVE LOVE Aurelia! It makes me think of the Portugese girl in Love Actually, but Doc nixed it because it's too close to aeriola. I do love Alexander though. We've considered Xander. Twin boys: Xander and Rowan...warrior names!
ReplyDeleteI really like Julianna. It was harder for me to find names out of those two lists that I liked, but I'm a big fan of all the Juli- names. Also, Alexander is the only boys name I really loved because I like the nickname Xander. Shoot, I'd use Xander by itself!
ReplyDeleteAurelia is one of my favorites too! But my hubby is not a fan of long names. I however love longer names! Some of my favorites for girls: Amaryllis, Ambrosia, Evangeline, Isabella, Magdalena, Serafina, and Tatiana.
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