So much of our female nomenclature is dominated by either traditional latinate -a endings or the sweet 'ee' sound endings of y/ie. The current top 10 is made up solely of these names:
But there are several girls' names with less garnish -- more tailored and svelt. These are, for me, the No Frills Feminine names. They come in all shapes and sizes, but this edition will simply look at the wide variety of -'s' sound ending names.
Looking at the most common and enduring -s names one begins to see a style image forming. Grace, Alice, Florence, Rose... all are elegant in a simple and gentle way. Neat and trim without the fuss.
Familiar Top 1000 Choices:
| Agnes Alexis Alice Alys Anais |
Annalise Beatrice Carys Cerys Constance |
Elise Eloise Florence Frances Grace |
Ines Iris Lois Louise Paris |
Primrose Rose Tess |
Old Timers:
| Adelais Amice Annis Ardis Avis Berenice Bernice Bess Betrys |
Blanche Clarice Clarisse Clemence Denise Dilys Dolores Dorcas Doris |
Ellis Eunice Glenys Glynis Hawys Heloise Hortense Janice Joyce |
Lettice Lilias Maris Mavis Nerys Patience Patrice Peace Persis |
Phyllis Prudence Rohais Temperance Therese Tuppence Wallis |
Exotic:
| Adelise Alanis Almas Amaris Amaryllis Amitis Aravis Artemis Athenais Blaise Bliss Briseis |
Cadence Candice Caritas Cerise Charis Chryseis Clematis Daenerys Damaris Eirlys Eirys Enas |
Enfys Ennis Eos Eris Felice Francoise Eris Felice Genesis Gervaise Hatice Herdis |
Isis Katniss Lamis Laurence Llinos Loris Lourdes Lucrèce Maelys Maylis Melis Mercedes |
Merrilees Myrtis Narcisse Nieves Parmis Praxedis Praxis Thais Thordis Venus |
