English names mostly don't fit, but a few do--Marie, Nicole, Renee, Elaine, Louise, Diane, Christine, Michelle, Yvette, Danielle, Yvonne (note the French origins!). Iambic names often get relegated to the middle name slot--they tend to "flow" better that way, since most English names are stressed on the first or penultimate syllable.
And so, here's a bunch of names that would make good middle names (excluding the ones on the fantastic NameNerds' page on middle names). Unsurprisingly, a few certain languages make up the majority!
- Agathe (ah-GAHT, French)
- Aimée (eh-MAY, French)--form of Amy
- Aline (ah-LEEN, French)--form of Adeline/Adele/Alice
- Andrée (ahn-DRAY, French)--feminine of Andre/Andrew
- Anouk (ah-NOOK, Dutch, French)--form of Anne/Hannah
- Arlette (ahr-LET, French)
- Arline (ar-LEEN, English)
- Aurore (oh-ROHR, French)
- Aviv (ah-VEEV, Hebrew)--"spring" [unisex]
- Axelle (ahk-SEL, French)
- Aylin (eye-LIN, Turkish)--"moon halo"
- Aysel (eye-SEL, Turkish)--"moon stream" [fig. "Milky Way"]
- Aysun (eye-SOON, Turkish)--"beautiful as the moon"
- Azar (ah-ZAHR, Persian)--"fire"
- Belén (beh-LEN, Spanish)
- Benoite (ben-WAWT, French)--feminine of Benoit/Benedict
- Beste (bes-TEH, Turkish)--"melody"
- Cécile (say-SEEL, French)
- Ceren (jeh-RAHN, Turkish)--"young gazelle"
- Chenda (chen-DAH, Khmer)--"intellect"
- Christelle (krees-TEL, French)--form of Christine
- Clémence (klay-MAWNS, French)
- Clotilde (kloh-TEELD, French)
- Colleen (kol-LEEN, English)
- Cosette (koh-ZET, French)
- Danielle (dan-YEL, English, French)
- Delphine (del-FEEN, French)
- Dilan (dih-LAHN, Turkish)--"love"
- Emel (eh-MEL, Turkish)
- Esen (eh-SAHN, Turkish)--"wind"
- Evren (ehv-RAHN, Turkish)--"the cosmos"
- Florette (floh-RET, French)
- Georgette (johr-JET, English; zhohr-ZHET, French)
- Georgine (johr-JEEN, English; zhohr-ZHEEN, French)
- Ghislaine (gee-LEN, zhees-LEN, French)--form of Giselle
- Haydée (eye-DAY, Spanish)
- Hazan (hah-ZAHN, Turkish)--"autumn"
- Helene (heh-LEEN, English)
- Hélène (ay-LEN, French)
- Ilkay (eel-KYE, Turkish)--"new moon"
- Inès, Inés (ee-NES, French, Spanish)--form of Agnes
- Irene (eye-REEN, English)
- Irène (ee-REN, French)
- Isaure (ee-ZOHR, French)
- Iseult (ee-ZOOLT, French)
- Izar (ee-SAHR, Basque)--"star"
- Jacinthe (zhah-SENT, French)--form of Hyacinth
- Janine (jah-NEEN, English)
- Jolie (joh-LEE, English)--from French, "pretty"
- Josée (zhoh-ZAY, French)--feminine of Joseph
- Josette (zhoh-ZET, French)--another feminine of Joseph
- Kiraz (kih-RAHZ, Turkish)
- Laleh (lah-LAY, Persian)--"tulip"
- Lawan (lah-WAHN, Thai)--"beautiful"
- Lenore (len-OHR, English)
- Lilou (lee-LOO, French)
- Lior (lee-OHR, Hebrew)--"my light" [unisex]
- Liron (lee-ROHN, Hebrew)--"my song/joy" [unisex]
- Lore (loh-REH, Basque)--"flower"
- Lucrece (loo-KREES, English)
- Lucrèce (loo-KRES, French)
- Lujayn (loo-ZHAYN, lu-JAYN, Arabic)--"silver"
- Mairéad (mah-RAYD, Irish)--form of Margaret
- Malai (mah-LYE, Thai)--"garland of flowers"
- Marine (mah-REEN, French)
- Marise (mah-REEZ, French)
- Meital (may-TAHL, Hebrew)--"dew drop"
- Méline (may-LEEN, French)
- Merav (meh-RAHV, Hebrew)
- Mercé (mehr-SAY, Catalan)--"mercy"
- Morgane (mor-GAHN, French)
- Mylène (mee-LEN, French)
- Nahid (nah-HEED, Persian)--"pure, immaculate"
- Nasrin (nahs-REEN, Persian)--"wild rose"
- Nimet (nih-MET, Turkish)--from Arabic, "blessings"
- Nuray (noo-RYE, Turkish)--"bright moon"
- Noelle (noh-EL, English)
- Odette (oh-DET, French)--feminine of Otto
- Osanne (oh-ZAHN, French)
- Pari (pah-REE, Persian)--"fairy"
- Parvin (pahr-VEEN, Persian)--"Pleiades"
- Pascale (pas-KAL, French)--from Latin, "Easter"
- Perrine (peh-REEN, French)--feminine of Pierre/Peter
- Pilar (pee-LAHR, Spanish)
- Ravid (rah-VEED, Hebrew)
- Rayen (rah-YEN, Spanish)--from Mapuche, "flower"
- Régine (ray-ZHEEN, French)--from Latin, "queen"
- Remei (reh-MAY, Catalan)
- Reyhan (ray-HAHN, Turkish)
- Romane (roh-MAHN, French)
- Roser (roh-ZAY, Catalan)--"rosary"
- Rosine (roh-ZEEN, French)--form of Rose
- Sabine (sah-BEEN, French)
- Sahar (sah-HAR, Persiah)--"dawn"
- Shirin (shee-REEN, Persian)--"sweet"
- Sibéal (shih-BAYL, Irish)--form of Isabel
- Sivan (see-VAHN, Hebrew)
- Soleil (soh-LAY, French)--"sun"
- Sothy (soh-TEE, Khmer)--"intelligence" [unisex]
- Sylvaine (seel-VEN, French)
- Tamar (tah-MAHR, Hebrew)--original form of Tamara
- Terese (teh-REES, English; teh-RAYS, Swedish)
- Tiphaine (tee-FEN, French)--form of Tiffany
- Vered (veh-RED, Hebrew)--"rose"
- Vérène (vay-REN, French)
- Victoire (veek-TWAWR, French)
- Zareen (zah-REEN, Persian)--"golden"
- Zhaleh (zhah-LAY, Persian)--"dew"
- Zivit (zee-VEET, Hebrew)--"radiant"
- Ziynet (zee-NET, Turkish)
And if you're looking for boys' iambic names, you can find some here.
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