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HelpFeminine names ending in -o (or the sound)
On BtN, I would say there's a definite Western bias in terms of name preferences, owing mainly to the user base. Anyway, it occurred to me that, outside of Spanish (and maybe Portuguese) names, there weren't a lot of feminine names in Western languages ending in a long-O sound - enough that hearing such a name in real life causes my ears to perk up.
Anyway, here are some of my favorite long-O-ending feminine names:
Margot
Juno
Willow
Meadow
Amparo
Mirèio
Io
Isabeau
Peridot
Domino
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Anyway, here are some of my favorite long-O-ending feminine names:
Margot
Juno
Willow
Meadow
Amparo
Mirèio
Io
Isabeau
Peridot
Domino
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Margot - really cool
Juno - very cute
Willow - Buffy, a bit fantasy novel, but not too bad
Meadow - hayfever?
Amparo - sounds like medicine
Mirèio - i don't even know how to respond
Io - like snake.io.com?
Isabeau - this is ridiculously pompous
Peridot - Topaz?
Domino - Dominos?????? do they deliver????????
Juno - very cute
Willow - Buffy, a bit fantasy novel, but not too bad
Meadow - hayfever?
Amparo - sounds like medicine
Mirèio - i don't even know how to respond
Io - like snake.io.com?
Isabeau - this is ridiculously pompous
Peridot - Topaz?
Domino - Dominos?????? do they deliver????????
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Margot- is the fathers name Gru, like in despicable me. do you have minions.
Juno - i dont like that
Willow - very pretty, very taylor swift coded
Meadow - i dont know, mixed emotions
Amparo - sorry?
Mirèio - just be prepared for constant mispronunciations in class rolls.
Io - yo.
Isabeau - are we just adding names together
Peridot - .
Domino- pizza?, The game?
Juno - i dont like that
Willow - very pretty, very taylor swift coded
Meadow - i dont know, mixed emotions
Amparo - sorry?
Mirèio - just be prepared for constant mispronunciations in class rolls.
Io - yo.
Isabeau - are we just adding names together
Peridot - .
Domino- pizza?, The game?
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You're right—feminine names ending in -o also catch my attention every time. It's a nice change of pace! I have always liked Margot a lot.
Some other ones (I noticed a lot of Greek fem. names end in O. The Japanese, Korean, and the various Igbo, Yoruba, etc. names didn't surprise me though, since that's pretty common for unisex names to end in O in those languages)
Alecto / Alekto
Callisto
Calypso
Cleo
Isabeau
Dido
Pirjo
Rosario
Sappho
Shiloh
Virgo
Wilmot
Some other ones (I noticed a lot of Greek fem. names end in O. The Japanese, Korean, and the various Igbo, Yoruba, etc. names didn't surprise me though, since that's pretty common for unisex names to end in O in those languages)
Alecto / Alekto
Callisto
Calypso
Cleo
Isabeau
Dido
Pirjo
Rosario
Sappho
Shiloh
Virgo
Wilmot
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There's a handful of Greek names that end with o that I like:
Alecto, Sappho, Ino, Echo, Hero, Leto, Dido (technically this one is Latin, but it likely has Greek roots)
Others I like:
Lilo, Bo (usually male in English, like Beau, but I know a female Anglo-American Bo), Jo, Marlowe, Vireo, Halo, and Sparrow.
Unsure about Harlowe, Snow, Monroe and Shiloh
Alecto, Sappho, Ino, Echo, Hero, Leto, Dido (technically this one is Latin, but it likely has Greek roots)
Others I like:
Lilo, Bo (usually male in English, like Beau, but I know a female Anglo-American Bo), Jo, Marlowe, Vireo, Halo, and Sparrow.
Unsure about Harlowe, Snow, Monroe and Shiloh
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I LOVE Harlowe, Echo, Monroe and Snow :)
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There are also some Finnish feminine names ending with -o (those with an asterisk are ones I like):
Ainamo *
Aino * - this is also one of the most popular women's names in Finland since the late 1800's/early 1900's
Angervo
Hillervo
Kaino
Kielo *
Marjo
Pirjo - my grandma's name
Pirkko
Sisko
Tellervo *
Vanamo *
Vieno
Vellamo *
Ainamo *
Aino * - this is also one of the most popular women's names in Finland since the late 1800's/early 1900's
Angervo
Hillervo
Kaino
Kielo *
Marjo
Pirjo - my grandma's name
Pirkko
Sisko
Tellervo *
Vanamo *
Vieno
Vellamo *
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