Reduplication Avocation (Part II)

Last time I started my list of reduplicative names following the pattern [consonant][vowel][same consonant][a]. Turns out: there's a lot!

As last time, many are diminutives rather than full given names, especially in European languages. All are feminine, unless marked with an *. 

• PAH-pah: Papa (many Polynesian mythologies)
• PEH-pah: Pepa* (Spanish, Bulgarian, Czech) / Peppa (Italian) [unisex in Spanish and Czech; feminine elsewhere]
• PIP-pah: Pippa (English)
  
• PEE-pah: Pipa (Finnish)

• RAH-rah: Rara (Swedish, Japanese)
• RYE-rah: Raira* (Japanese [rare and unisex in real life; more common in pop-culture as a gairaigo of names like Lyra and Laila])
• RAY-rah: Reira (Japanese)
• REE-rah: Rira (Japanese)
• ROH-rah: Rora (Swedish, Japanese [pop culture])
• ROW-rah: Raura (Japanese)
• ROO-rah: Ruura (Finnish)

• SAH-sah: Sasa* (Scandinavian) / Sassa* (Scandinavian) [unisex]
• SYE-sah: Sæsa (Icelandic)
• SEH-sah: Sessa (Scandinavian)
• SAY-sah: Zeiza (Spanish)
• SEE-sah: Sisa* (Fijian, Slovak, Quechua, Southern African [not sure which language]) / Sissa (Swedish) / Ziza (Spanish) 
  [masculine in Fijian and in Southern Africa; feminine elsewhere]
• SOH-sah: Sossa (Swedish)
• SOO-sah: Susa (Finnish, Swedish, Spanish) / Sussa (Swedish) / Sússa (Icelandic)

• SHAH-shah: Shasha (Mandarin, Indian [not sure which language], Russian) / Xiaxia (Mandarin) [unisex in Russian and in India; feminine in Mandarin]
• SHEH-shah: Shesha* (Indian) [a Hindu god, and mostly masculine in real-life usage, as far as I can tell] / Xiexia (Mandarin)  
• SHEE-sha: Shisha* (Biblical Hebrew)
• SHOH-shah: Shosha (modern Hebrew)
• SHOW-shah: Xiaoxia (Mandarin)
• SHOO-shah: Xuxa (Portuguese) / Xiuxia (Mandarin)

• TAH-tah: Tata* (Georgian, Russian, Portuguese) [unisex in Portuguese; feminine elsewhere. Also means "Daddy" in many languages]
• TEH-tah: Teta (Italian, Greek, Spanish, Slavic mythology) / Tetta (Finnish) [also means "aunt" in several languages, and "breast" in others]
• TEE-tah: Tita (pretty much all over the Western world) / Titta (Finnish)
• TOH-tah: Tota* (Indian [not sure which language(s)], Japanese, Spanish, Basque) / Tóta (Icelandic) / Touta* (Japanese) / Totta* (Swedish)
  [masculine in Japanese and Spanish, and in India; unisex in Swedish; feminine in Basque and Icelandic]
• TOO-tah: Tuta* (Georgian, Portuguese) / Tutta (Scandinavian) / Tuuta (Greenlandic) [masculine in Portuguese; feminine elsewhere]

• TSAH-tsah: Tsatsa (Georgian)
• TSEH-tsah: Ceca (Serbian)

• VAH-vah: Vavá* (Portuguese)
• VYE-vah: Vaiva (Lithuanian)
• VEH-vah: Veva (Italian, Spanish)
• VEE-vah: Veva (English) / Viva (Scandinavian, English) / Viiva (Finnish)
• VOH-vah: Vova* (Russian)

• WAH-wah: Wawa* (Mandarin, Papuan [not sure which language]) [masculine in Papua New Guinea, feminine in Mandarin]

• YAH-yah: Yahya* (Arabic, Turkish, Persian) / Jaaja* (Greenlandic) / Yaya* (Central & Western African [not sure which language(s)])
• YEH-yah: Yeya (Spanish)
• YEE-yah: Yiya (Spanish, Mandarin)
• YOH-yah: Yoya (Spanish) / Youya (Mandarin)
• YOO-yah: Jujja (Swedish) / Yuuya* (Japanese) / Yuya* (Japanese)

• ZAH-zah: Zaza* (Georgian, Biblical Hebrew)
• ZAY-zah: Zeiza (Arabic)
• ZEE-zah: Ziza* (Biblical Hebrew, Arabic) [masculine in Hebrew; feminine in Arabic]
• ZOO-zah: Zuza (Polish, Slovak) / Zůza (Czech)

• ZHAH-zhah: Zsazsa / Zsa Zsa (extremely rare nickname--I found usage in a few languages, but each case was literally the only one I found in each language [for Zsa Zsa Gabor, it was a nickname for Sári/Sarah]) / Jajá* (Portuguese)
• ZHEE-zhah: Žiža (Serbian)
• ZHOO-zhah: Zsuzsa (Hungarian)

Reduplication Avocation (Part 1)

My seven-year-old is in quite a fun phase where she names and renames her toys constantly, usually in (to me) incredibly "matchy" ways. Favorites of her lately are Layla and Lola, and today she needed another--Lila? That's a name, right, Mom? What about Lillah? And Leela and Lula, too!!! Oh, man. Heaven. 
Anyway, I had the realization that there are many established L names that fit the pattern  'L-[vowel sound]-la' (in linguistic terms, this is called reduplication).  Nearly every vowel/diphthong makes a name, in fact!

So, naturally, I set out to see if any other consonants can do this fun little pattern as well. ;)
[all feminine, unless marked with an *.  Also, many are diminutives rather than full names, especially in European languages]

• BAH-bah: Baba* (Indian [not sure which language]) / Babba (Swedish) / Bobba (Icelandic)
• BYE-bah: Baiba (Latvian)
• BEH-bah: Beba (Serbian, Bosnian, Spanish)
• BIB-ah: Bibba (Icelandic)
• BEE-bah: Biba (Croatian, Serbian, Indian [Punjabi?], Japanese)
• BOH-bah: Boba* (Serbian, Croatian) [unisex in both]
• BOO-bah: Buba* (Western African [Fula?]) / Bubba (Icelandic)
• BUB-bah: Bubba* (English)

• KAH-kah: Caca (Roman mythology) / Cacá* (Portuguese) / Kaká* (Portuguese) / Kaka* (Indian [not sure which language], Greenlandic) / Kaaka* (Greenlandic) 
  [unisex in Portuguese and Greenlandic; masculine in India]
• KYE-kah: Kaika* (Finnish, Japanese) [unisex in Japanese; feminine in Finnish]
• KEH-kah: Keka (Bengali)
• KAY-kah: Keika (Japanese)
• KEE-kah: Kikka* (Finnish, Norwegian) [unisex in both]
• KOH-kah: Coca (Romanian) / Koka* (Indian [Telugu?], Russian, Georgian)
  [masculine in Georgian and in India]
• KOO-kah: Cuca (Spanish) / Kuka* (Greenlandic) / Kukka (Finnish) [unisex in Greenlandic]

• CHAH-chah: Chacha (Japanese [seems mostly historical])
• CHEH-chah: Checha* (Spanish) [unisex]
• CHOO-chah: Chucha (Spanish) [also an unrelated curse word in some Spanish dialects]

• DAD-dah: Dadda (Icelandic)
• DAH-dah: Dada* (Yoruba) / Dadá* (Portuguese) / Dodda (Icelandic)
  [unisex in Yoruba and Portuguese]
• DYE-dah: Daida (Spanish)
• DID-ah: Didda (Icelandic)
• DEE-dah: Dida* (Romanian, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish) [unisex in Portuguese; feminine elsewhere]
• DOH-dah: Doda (Polish)
• DOW-dah: Dauda* (Western African [Hausa?])
• DOO-dah: Duda* (Portugese, Croatian, Serbian, Georgian) [masculine in Georgian, unisex elsewhere]

• FAH-fah: Fafa (Western African [Ewe?]), Fafà* (Portuguese) [unisex in Portuguese]
• FEH-fah: Fefa* (Spanish, Portuguese) [unisex in Portuguese; feminine in Spanish]
• FEE-fah: Fífa (Icelandic)

• GAH-gah: Gaga* (Georgian)
• GEH-gah: Gega* (Georgian)
• GEE-gah: Giga* (Georgian)
• GOH-gah: Goga* (Georgian, Serbian, Croatian) [masculine in Georgian; feminine elsewhere]
• GOO-gah: Guga* (Georgian, Portuguese)
  [in case you're wondering, every single Georgian G_ga name seems to be a nickname for Giorgi/George]

• JEE-jah: Gigia (Italian) / Jija (Indian [not sure which language])

• LAL-lah: Lalla (English)
• LAH-lah: Lala* (Scandinavian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Indian [not sure which language], Ancient Greek) / Lalla (Scandinavian, Italian, Ancient Greek)
  [masculine in India; feminine elsewhere]
• LYE-lah: Laila (Scandinavian) / Lilah (English) / Lila (English) / Lyla (English) / Læla (Icelandic) / Lajla (Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Scandinavian)
• LEH-lah: Lela (Georgian) / Lella (Italian, Swedish, Icelandic)
• LAY-lah: Layla (Arabic, English) / Laila (Arabic, English) / Leila (Arabic, English, Scandinavian), Leyla (Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kurdish) / Lejla (Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian)
• LIL-ah: Lilla (English, Icelandic) / Lillah (English)
• LEE-lah: Lila (Scandinavian, Indian [many languages]) / Leela (Indian) / Lela (English) / Lilla (Hungarian, Scandinavian) / Liila (Finnish)
• LOH-lah: Lola (Spanish, English, French, Dutch, Scandinavian)
• LOY-lah: Loila (English, Spanish) [more common as a surname in Spanish]
• LOO-lah: Lula* (English, Scandinavian, Portuguese) [unisex in Portuguese; feminine elsewhere]

• MYE-mah: Maima (Western African [Gola?], Tahitian)
• MEE-mah: Mima* (Swedish, Japanese, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene) / Mimma (Swedish, Finnish, Italian)
  [unisex in Serbian, Croatian, & Slovene; feminine elsewhere]
• MOH-mah: Moma* (Serbian) / Mouma (Indian [not sure which language])
• MOO-mah: Mouma* (Arabic) [unisex, I think?]

• NAH-nah: Nana* (Japanese, Georgian, Greek, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Western African [not sure of the language(s)], Indian [again, not sure of the language]) / Nanna (Scandinavian) / Naana (Finnish) 
  [unisex in Portuguese and in Western Africa; masculine in India; feminine elsewhere]
• NYE-nah: Naina (Indian [Hindi]) / Nina (archaic English)
• NEH-nah: Nena (Serbian, Croatian, Scandinavian, German) / Neena (Finnish) / Nenna (Scandinavian) / Nnenna (Igbo)
• NEE-nah: Nina (pretty much every European language, Japanese, Quechua, Persian, Indian [Hindi, Telugu, possibly others]) / Niina (Finnish, Japanese) / Neena (Indian) / Nína (Icelandic) / Ninna (Scandinavian)
• NOH-nah: Nona (English, Georgian, Japanese, Roman mythology) / Nonna (Russian, Romanian, Armenian, Scandinavian) / Noona (Finnish)
• NOY-nah: Noina (Thai)
• NOO-nah: Nuuna (Greenlandic)

Yeah, this turned out to be a lot longer and more involved than I originally imagined. Part 2 coming soon!

As an aside: since I am doing this from an English-speaking perspective, these lists are necessarily limited to what I can easily distinguish. The sounds I will be working with are as follows:
consonants: b, c/k, ch, d, f, g, h, j, l, m, n, p, r, s, sh, t, th, ts, v, w, x/ks, y, z, zh
vowels & diphthongs: a, ah, ai("eye"), e, ei("ay"), i, ee, o, ao("ow"), oy, uh, oo

Idas & Aidas, Isas & Aisas

More short girls' names that travel well!
As usual, English is a bit of an oddball when it comes to pronunciation, so just assume all -ida names are "ee-dah" unless long-established in English, and the -aidas & -aisas are "ah-ee-dah" / "eye-dah" and "ah-ee-sah" / "eye-sah".  ;)
[it's literally been years, but I have done a few other lists of short, similar girls' names: Eias, Elas, & Elias; Ias, Inas, & Itas; Aias, Anas & Aras; Iras & Yras, Ilas & Ylas]

• Blida ([archaic] Swedish)
• Brida ([anglicized] Irish, Italian)
• Cida ([Brazilian] Portuguese)
• Dida (Danish, Swedish, Arabic, Romanian) [multiple derivations, masculine in Arabic]
• Fida (Arabic) [unisex]
• Frida (Scandinavian, Spanish, English)
• Friida (Finnish)
• Guida (Portuguese)
• Ida (English, German, Italian, Scandinavian, Russian, Dutch)
• Iida (Finnish)
• Lida (English, Russian, Scandinavian, Persian) [multiple derivations]
• Lída (Czech)
• Liida (Finnish)
• Nida (Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Lithuanian, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
• Rida (Arabic) [masculine. Also, closer to "rid-ah" than "ree-dah"]
• Thida (Thai, Burmese) [separate derivations]
• Tida (Scandinavian)
• Vida (Hungarian, Slovene, Serbian, English, Persian) [multiple derivations, masculine in Hungarian]
• Yida (Mandarin) [unisex]

• Aida (really, everywhere) [multiple derivations]
• Daida (Spanish)
• Fraida (Yiddish)
• Gaida (Latvian)
• Laida (Spanish, Basque)
• Maida (Scandinavian, Bosnian, English) [multiple derivations, "may-dah" in English]
• Naida (Croatian, Bosnian, English, Spanish) [multiple derivations, usually "nay-dah" in English]
• Saida (Arabic, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
• Smaida (Latvian)
• Taida (Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Croatian, Polish, Latvian)
• Vaida (Lithuanian, Latvian)
• Zaida (Arabic)

• Brisa (Spanish)
• Chisa (Japanese)
• Cisa (Germanic mythology) [German pronunciation of -isa names is "ee-zah" rather than "ee-sah"]
• Dísa (Icelandic)
• Disa (Scandinavian)
• Gisa (German) 
• Hisa (Japanese)
• Iisa (Finnish)
• İsa (Turkish) [masculine]
• Isa (Arabic, Spanish, German, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations; masculine in Arabic]
• Kiisa (Finnish)
• Kisa (Danish, Japanese) [separate derivations, more common in fiction than IRL in Japanese]
• Liisa (Finnish, Estonian)
• Lísa (Icelandic)
• Lisa (all over the western world)
• Miisa (Finnish)
• Misa (Japanese, Scandinavian) [separate derivations; unisex in Scandinavia]
• Niisa (Finnish)
• Nisa (Turkish, Thai, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
• Risa (Japanese, English, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
• Sisa (Quechua)
• Tisa (English, Serbian, Nepalese [Newar?]) [separate derivations]
• Viisa (Finnish)
• Vísa (Icelandic)
• Visa (Scandinavian) [unisex]
• Yisa (Nigerian [Edo?]) [masculine]
• Zisa (Germanic mythology, Yiddish) [separate derivations]

• Aisa (Scandinavian, Japanese, Greek mythology) [separate derivations]
• Caisa (Scandinavian)
• Faisa (Arabic, Swahili)
• Kaisa (Scandinavian, Estonian)
• Maisa (Scandinavian, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish) [multiple derivations]
• Raisa (Arabic, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian) [multiple derivations]
• Taísa ([Brazilian] Portuguese)
• Taisa (Russian, Belarusian)
• Thaísa ([Brazilian] Portuguese, Spanish)

Dactylic Names (girls)

I feel like there's a good joke in there about pterosaurs, or maybe fingers, but my brain's not being witty enough today. :p

A dactyl is a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables, like Cassidy or Madelyn. Most American names are trochaic (two-syllable, stressed followed by unstressed, e.g. Hannah, Zoe), so iambic names (two syllable, unstressed followed by stressed; e.g. Marie, Noelle) are kind of the go-to for "nicely flowing" middles (boys' and girls' lists here).
But, dactylic names can also work well, especially if the first name is iambic.

Dactylic girls' names in the US tend to fall into one of three categories: OE/Germanic, Anglicizations from French/Latin, and surnames; so I will be particularly looking for names from different origins. :)
Also to cut down on what will already be a long list, I'm leaving out "familiar" names (that is, names that have appeared in the US Top 250 or so).

• Abilene (AB-il-een, [Anglicized] Hebrew)--poss. "meadow"
• Adelie (AD-el-ee, English)--from French, form of Adele. Also spelled Adalie. 
• Aelia (EYE-lee-ah, Latin; EE-lee-ah, Anglicized)--prob. from Greek, "sun". Modern forms include Èlia (EH-lee-ah, Catalan) and Elia (EH-lee-ah, Spanish).
• Águeda (AH-geh-dah, Spanish, Portuguese)--form of Agatha. Other forms include Ágota (AG-oh-taw, Hungarian), Agata (AH-gah-tah, Italian), and Agathe (AG-ah-thee, [anglicized] Greek). 
• Amabel (AH-mah-bel, [archaic] English)--older form of Mabel
• Amelie (AH-mel-ee, English)--from French, form of Amelia.  
• Amethyst (AM-eh-thist, English)
• Amity (AM-it-ee, English)
• Annegret (AHN-neh-gret, German)--contraction of Anna Margaret
• Annika (AHN-nik-ah, AN-nik-ah, English; AHN-nik-ah, Scandinavian, German)--form of Anna. Also spelled Anika. 
• Annelie (AHN-nah-lee, German)--short form of Anneliese, a contraction of Anna Elisabeth. Scandinavian spelling is Anneli. 
• Annalise (AN-neh-lees, English)--form of German/Scandinavian Anneliese. Also spelled Annelise. 
• Anthea (AN-thee-ah, English)--from ancient Greek, "flower"
• Aravis (EHR-ah-vis, [literary] English)
• Artemis (AR-tem-is, Greek [mythology])
• Avalon (AV-ah-lahn, English)
• Aveline (AV-el-een, AV-eh-lin, English)--from French, a form of Evelyn
• Avonlea (AV-un-lee, [literary] English)
• Beatrix (BEE-ah-triks, English; BEH-ah-triks, Dutch, German)
• Betony (BET-ah-nee, English)
• Bricia (BREE-see-ah, Spanish)--feminine of Bricius/Bryce. Other forms include Brícia (BREE-see-ah, Portuguese) and Brizia (BREETS-ee-ah, Italian). 
• Bryony (BRYE-on-ee, English)--also spelled Briony. 
• Cassia (KAHS-see-ah, Latin)
• Cecily (SES-il-ee, English)
• Celandine (SEL-an-deen, SEL-an-dine, English)
• Celestine (SEL-es-teen, SEL-es-tine, English)
• Charmian (CHAR-mee-an, SHAR-mee-an, English)--from ancient Greek, "joy". Another form is Charmion (KAR-mee-on, CHAR-mee-on). 
• Chastity (CHAS-tih-tee, English)
• Chione (KYE-on-ee, Greek [mythology])--"snow"
• Christabel (KRIS-tah-bel, English)--also spelled Christabelle or Christobel. 
• Claribel (KLEHR-ih-bel, English)--also spelled Clarabelle
• Clarity (KLEHR-ih-tee, English)
• Cloelia (KLOY-lee-ah, Latin; KLEE-lee-ah, Anglicized)--modern forms include Clelia (KLEH-lee-ah, Italian) and Clélia (KLEH-lee-ah, Portuguese). 
• Clemency (KLEM-en-see, English)--"mercy"
• Clementine (KLEM-en-tine, KLEM-en-teen, English)
• Corabelle (KOR-ah-bel, English)--also spelled Corabel.
• Coralie (KOR-ah-lee, English)
• Coraline (KOR-ah-line, English)
• Cordia (KOR-dee-ah, Latin)--poss. "late-born", "heart", or "cord". A modern form is Cordula (KOR-doo-lah, German). 
• Cosima (KOH-zee-mah, Italian, German)
• Cressida (KRES-sid-ah, [literary] English)--from ancient Greek, "golden"
• Cybele (SIB-el-ee, Greek [mythology])--from Hellenized Phrygian, poss. "stone, mountain"
• Dajana (DAH-yah-nah, Serbian, Croatian)--form of Diana. Another form is Dijana (DEE-yah-nah). 
• Damaris (DAM-ah-ris, [Biblical] Greek)
• Danaë (DAN-ah-ee, Greek [mythology])--other forms include Danae (DAH-nah-ay, German, Italian), Dânae (DAN-ah-ay, Portuguese), Dànae (DAH-nah-ay, Catalan), and Dánae (DAH-nah-ay, Spanish). 
• Daria (DAH-ree-ah, DAR-ee-ah, English, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Dutch)--other forms include Dariya (DAH-ree-ah, Ukrainian).
• Decima (DEH-kee-mah, Latin; DES-im-ah, Anglicized)--"tenth"
• Dervila (DUR-vil-ah, [anglicized] Irish)--form of Deirbhile, "daughter of a poet", or Dearbháil, "daughter of Fál [Ireland]". Also spelled Dervilla. 
• Despina (THES-pee-nah ['th' like in "the"], Greek)--"lady, dame"
• Đurđica (JOOR-jits-ah, Croatian)--form of Georgia. [also means 'lily of the valley' in Croatian]
• Ealasaid (EL-ah-sahch, EL-ah-sahj, Scottish)--form of Elizabeth. Other forms include Ellisiv/Elisiv (EL-ih-siv, Norwegian, Swedish), Elsabe (EL-zah-beh, German), Erzsébet (EHR-zhay-bet, Hungarian) and Elsebeth/Elsebet (EL-seh-bet, Danish).
• Elodie (EL-ah-dee, English)--from Gallicized Germanic, "other wealth" or poss. "all wealth"
• Emerald (EM-er-ald, English)
• Emese (EM-eh-sheh, Hungarian)
• Eowyn (EH-oh-win, [literary] English)
• Ephyra (EF-ih-rah, Greek [mythology])--poss. "fiery"
• Esteri (ES-teh-ree, Finnish)--form of Esther
• Ezia (ETS-ee-ah, Italian)--prob. from Latinized Greek, "eagle"
• Ferelith (FEHR-eh-lith, FEHR-eh-leeth, English)--anglicized from Irish Forbhlaith, "sovereignty"
• Floria (FLOR-ee-ah, Italian)--form of Flora
• Gaiane (GYE-an-ee, [anglicized] Greek)--"of Gaia"
• Galilee (GAL-il-ee, English)--from Biblical Hebrew place name, "circle, circuit"
• Gefion (GEH-fee-on, German)--prob. from Germanic "giving" [a goddess in Germanic & Norse mythology]
• Giacoma (JAH-koh-mah, Italian)--feminine of Giacomo/James
• Gisela (GEE-zeh-lah, German; GEE-seh-lah, Danish, Swedish; KHEE-seh-lah, Dutch)--form of Giselle. Another form is Gizella (GEE-zel-lah, Hungarian). 
• Gordana (GOR-dah-nah, Croatian, Serbian)--from Slavic, "dignified"
• Guinevere (GWIN-eh-veer, English)
• Hannele (HAHN-neh-leh, Finnish)--nickname for Hannah or Johanna
• Hildegard (HIL-deh-gart, German; HIL-deh-gar, Danish, Norwegian; HIL-deh-gard, Swedish)
• Honesty (AHN-es-tee, English)
• Hyacinth (HYE-ah-sinth, English)
• Imogen (IM-ah-jen, English)
• Indigo (IN-dig-oh, English)
• Ione (EYE-oh-nee, [Anglicized] Greek)
• Jannike (YAHN-nik-eh, Scandinavian, German)--form of Jane. Also spelled Janneke or Janika. 
• Jessamine (JES-sah-min, English)--form of Jasmine. Also spelled Jessamyn. Another (archaic) form is Jessamy (JES-sah-mee). 
• Jubilee (JOO-bil-ee, English)
• Junia (JOON-ee-ah, [anglicized] Latin)--"of Juno". Modern forms include Júnía (YOON-ee-ah, Icelandic), Junia (YOON-ee-ah, Scandinavian), and Júnia (ZHOON-ee-ah, Portuguese).
• Juniper (JOON-ip-er, English)
• Kseniya (KSEH-nee-ah, Russian, Ukrainian)--from ancient Greek, "hospitality". Other forms include Ksenia (Polish, Ukrainian), Ksenija (KSEH-nee-ah, Latvian, Croatian, Estonian, Serbian), Xenia (KSEH-nee-ah, German, Danish, Swedish), Xênia (SHEN-ee-ah, Portuguese), Xénia (KSEH-nee-ah, Hungarian), and Xènia (SHEN-ee-ah, Catalan). 
• Laelia (LYE-lee-ah, Latin; LAY-lee-ah, English)--Italian form is Lelia (LEH-lee-ah). [an orchid genus]
• Leonie (LEH-oh-nee, German)
• Liberty (LIB-er-tee, English)
• Lilia (LEE-lee-ah, Russian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Moldovan, Arabic, Italian)--form of Lily. Other forms include Liliya (LEE-lee-ah, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian), Lilias/Lillias (LIL-ee-as, Scottish), and Lillia (LIL-ee-ah, English)
• Livia (LEE-vee-ah, Latin, Italian, German, Scandinavian, Czech, Spanish; LIV-ee-ah, English)--other forms include Lívia (LEE-vee-ah, Portuguese, Hungarian)
• Lorelei (LOHR-eh-lye, German, English)
• Maribel (MEHR-ib-el, English)
• Mariel (MEHR-ee-el, English)
• Marsaili (MAR-sah-lee, Scottish)--form of Marcella or Marjorie. Also spelled Marsali. 
• Maxima (MAKS-ee-mah, Latin)--feminine of Maximus. Spanish spelling is Máxima. 
• Melete (MEL-eh-tee, Greek [mythology])--"practice"
• Milica (MIL-its-ah, Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovene, Croatian, Russian)--from Slavic, "dear". Sometimes transliterated as Militsa or Militza. 
• Miracle (MEER-ah-kul, English)
• Nephele (NEF-eh-lee, Greek [mythology])--"cloud"
• Neria (NEH-ree-ah, Italian)--poss. from ancient Greek, "water"
• Nevia (NEH-vee-ah, Italian)
• Nicola (NIK-oh-lah, English; NEEK-oh-lah, German, Czech)--feminine of Nicholas. Also spelled Nikola (Polish, German, Slovak) or Nichola (English). 
• Nimue (NIM-oo-ay, [literary] English)
• Nydia (NID-ee-ah, [literary] English; NEE-dee-ah, Spanish)--poss. from Latin, "nest". Other forms include Nidia (NEE-dee-ah, Spanish) and Nídia (NEE-dee-ah, Catalan; NEE-jee-ah, NEE-dee-ah, Portuguese).
• Oria (OR-ee-ah, Italian)--from Latin, "gold". Spanish and Portuguese form is Áurea (OW-reh-ah). 
• Pádraigín (PAW-rah-geen, PAW-drah-geen, Irish)--form of Patricia
• Philippa (FIL-ip-pah, English, German)
• Philomel (FIL-ah-mel, [literary] English)--"nightingale"
• Phyllida (FIL-id-ah, English)--form of Phyllis. Also spelled Phillida.
• Piritta (PEER-it-tah, Finnish)--form of Bridget
• Primula (PRIM-yoo-lah, English) [a flower genus]
• Romilly (RAHM-il-lee, ROH-mil-lee, English)--from the French surname/place name, probably from Romilius [making it a relative of Roman]
• Romola (ROH-moh-lah, Italian)--feminine of Roman. Slovak form is Romana (ROH-mah-nah). 
• Rosabelle (ROHZ-ah-bel, English)--also spelled Rosabel. 
• Rosalind (ROHZ-ah-lind, English)--other forms include Rosaline (RAHZ-ah-line, ROHZ-ah-leen) and Rosalyn (ROHZ-ah-lin, RAHZ-ah-lin).
• Rosamund (RAHZ-ah-mund, ROHZ-ah-mund, English)--also spelled Rosamond or Rosamunde. Icelandic form is Rósmunda (ROHS-moon-dah). 
• Saskia (SAS-kee-ah, English; SAHS-kee-ah, Dutch; ZAHS-kee-ah, German)--from Germanic, "Saxon"
• Sosia (SOH-see-ah, Latin)--poss. from Greek, "safe". [also means "double, doppelgänger" in modern Italian]
• Sunčana (SOON-chah-nah, Croatian)--"sunny"
• Sunniva (SOON-iv-ah, Scandinavian, [medieval] English)--from Old English, "sun-gift"
• Tullia (TOO-lee-ah, Latin, Italian)
• Ursula (UR-suh-lah, English; OOR-zoo-lah, German; OOR-soo-lah, Scandinavian)--from Latin, "little bear". Other forms include Úrsula (OOR-soo-lah, Spanish, Catalan), Uršula (OOR-shoo-lah, Croatian), Orsola (OR-soh-lah, Italian), and Orsolya (OR-shoy-ah, Hungarian). 
• Valkyrie (VAL-keh-ree, English)--from Norse mythology, "chooser of the slain"
• Velia (VEH-lee-ah, Italian)
• Vendela (VEN-deh-lah, Swedish)--feminine of Wendell
• Verity (VEHR-it-ee, English)
• Zinnia (ZIN-nee-ah, English)

Obviously, this is nowhere near comprehensive! (for some silly reason, name sites and online lexicons mostly don't give you the option of searching by stress pattern)

I'll keep adding to this list as I come across more obscure names. :)

Enas, Onas, & Unas

I'm always on the lookout for names & name patterns that seem to transcend language barriers. For some reason, girls' names in particular seem to follow particular phonetic constructions (I partially blame Latin, but that can't be the only answer!).
I've already rounded up several lists, including two-syllable -ana names and -ina names, and I got to wondering if perhaps -ena, -ona, and -una names are "a thing" as well. Turns out: yes!
All are feminine, unless otherwise indicated.

[because English is an oddball in our pronunciation of -ena names--the rest of the world generally says "ay-nah" or "eh-nah"--I will be omitting English -ena names from this list, and instead promise to go back and add them into the aforementioned -ina names post ;) ]

• Eena (Finnish)
• Ena (Scandinavian, Bosnian, Croatian, [Anglicized] Irish, Japanese, Indian [Bengali?]) [separate derivations]
• Gena (Russian) [masculine]
• Hena (Yiddish)
• Jena (Scandinavian) [J said like English Y]
• Lena (all over the Western world) [multiple derivations]
• Meena (Finnish)
• Mena (Scandinavian)
• Neena (Finnish)
• Nena (Dutch, Scandinavian, Serbian, Spanish) [separate derivations]
• Rena/Reena (Scandinavian)
• Seena (Finnish)
• Sena (Scandinavian, Japanese, Turkish, Dutch) [separate derivations, unisex in Japanese]
• Stena ([archaic] Swedish)
• Svena ([archaic] Swedish)
• Tena (Croatian)
• Trena (Macedonian)
• Zdena (Czech)
• Zena (Scandinavian, Arabic) [separate derivations]

• Bona ([archaic] Italian, Swedish) [modernly more common as a surname in Italian]
• Chona (Philippine Spanish)
• Dona (Scandinavian)
• Frona (English)
• Giona (Italian) [masculine]
• Gona (Kurdish)
• Jóna (Icelandic) [J said like English Y]
• Jona (Scandinavian) [J said like English Y, unisex]
• Joona (Finnish) [J said like English Y, masculine]
• Kona (Greenlandic, Indian [Telugu?]) [separate derivations, masculine as an Indian name]
• Lona (Danish)
• Mona (English, Scandinavian, Arabic, German, Persian) [multiple derivations]
• Moona (Finnish)
• Nona (English, Latin, Scandinavian)
• Noona (Finnish)
• Ona (Catalan, Lithuanian) [separate derivations]
• Rhona (English, Scottish)
• Rona (English, Scottish, Hebrew, Scandinavian, Albanian) [multiple derivations]
• Shona ([anglicized] Scottish)
• Sona (Hindi, Turkmen, Armenian, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
• Tona (English, Scandinavian)
• Zona (English)

• Bruna (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Croatian, Scandinavian)
• Djuna (English)
• Dúna (Icelandic)
• Guna (Latvian, Indian [Tamil?]) [masculine as an Indian name]
• Húna (Icelandic)
• Juna (Dutch, Scandinavian) [J said like English Y]
• Juna (Japanese, English) [J said like English J, separate derivations]
• Kruna (Serbian, Croatian)
• Luna (all over the Western world)
• Muna/Mouna (Arabic)
• Rúna (Icelandic)
• Runa (Scandinavian, Bengali, Japanese) [separate derivations]
• Suna (Turkish, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
• Teuna (Dutch)
• Úna (Irish)
• Una (English, Scandinavian, Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian) [multiple derivations]
• Uuna (Finnish)
• Yuna (Korean, Japanese, Breton) [separate derivations]
• Yuuna (Japanese)

Palindromes and Emordnilaps (again)

I guess it's been 3 years since I did that last post, and I've had a bug in my head to do it again and see if there's anything new.
["Emordnilap" is a modernly-coined term for a word that forms another word when reversed ;)
Also, since I pulled my name data straight from the SSA, there are very likely some obscure and/or international names that belong on these lists as well]

True Palindromes (by most-->least popular):

Boys	Girls
Otto	Ava
Asa	Hannah
Natan	Anna
Nayan	Ana
Nosson	Ada
Renner	Elle
Nivin	Eve
Bob	Aya
Sahas	Emme
Ara	Aviva
Neven	Aja
Efe	Asa
Nalan	Ara
Ava	Maram
Ege	Aziza
Naman	Eevee
Ata	Layal
Aza	Awa
Siris	Hanah
Anna	Anina
Aja	Ala
Ebube	Aza
Hannah	Alyla
Eze	Ama
Nixin	Maham
Nolon	Ahsha
Ramar	Adda
Reinier	Alla
	Itati
	Ece
	Arora
	Eme
	Izzi
	Luul
	Renner

Name/Name Emordnilaps (sorted by the more common of the pair. Most seem to be coincidental):

Boys	Girls
James / Semaj	Aria / Aira
Robert / Trebor	Ariana / Anaira
Kevin / Nivek	Eva / Ave
Miles / Selim	Maria / Airam
Ivan / Navi	Arya / Ayra
Eric / Cire	Ariel / Leira
Leon / Noel	Iris / Siri
Devin / Nived	Alina / Anila
Ari / Ira	Alana / Anala
Ramon / Nomar	Diana / Anaid
Noe / Eon	Ayla / Alya
Amos / Soma	Vera / Arev
Jamal / Lamaj	Haven / Nevah
Lamar / Ramal	Lena / Anel
Nova / Avon	Nadia / Aidan
Leroy / Yorel	Anaya / Ayana
Elon / Nole	Nylah / Halyn
Mac / Cam	Hanna / Annah
Jamar / Ramaj	Anne / Enna
Guy / Yug	Avah / Hava
Dale / Elad	Anika / Akina
Dev / Ved	Anya / Ayna
Jet / Tej	Alena / Anela
Mikah / Hakim	Alia / Aila
Oren / Nero	Alaya / Ayala
Olin / Nilo	Ellen / Nelle
Sire / Eris	Ari / Ira
Amin / Nima	Aliana / Anaila
Omer / Remo	Amia / Aima
Tarik / Kirat	Analia / Ailana
Nile / Elin	Kaya / Ayak
Eliah / Haile	Halle / Ellah
Kam / Mak	Naya / Ayan
Salim / Milas	Asia / Aisa
Mael / Leam	Akira / Arika
Ivar / Ravi	Anais / Siana
Nael / Lean	Ila / Ali
Nahom / Mohan	Ayanna / Annaya
Kroy / York	Ayva / Avya
Nabil / Liban	Elin / Nile
Izak / Kazi	Aryana / Anayra
Kavon / Novak	Taya / Ayat
Zak / Kaz	Ivana / Anavi
Navy / Yvan	Alex / Xela
Oak / Kao	Adela / Aleda
Isak / Kasi	Ida / Adi
Norris / Sirron	Ayah / Haya
Zair / Riaz	Ailyn / Nylia
Esa / Ase	Amal / Lama
Eziah / Haize	Delia / Ailed
Mika / Akim	Aida / Adia
Hari / Irah	Mayra / Aryam
Oz / Zo	Anyla / Alyna
Olen / Nelo	Inaya / Ayani
Kerem / Merek	Nila / Alin
Eryk / Kyre	Arie / Eira
Nadir / Ridan	Iva / Avi
Nam / Man	Lexa / Axel
Alim / Mila	Alyana / Anayla
Jak / Kaj	Aiza / Azia
Nas / San	Iman / Nami
Dez / Zed	Amor / Roma
Ayaz / Zaya	Eila / Alie
Navid / Divan	Nyra / Aryn
Navin / Nivan	Ilana / Anali
Anis / Sina	Neva / Aven
Ramel / Lemar	Avia / Aiva
Reis / Sier	Ileana / Anaeli
Neziah / Haizen	Ayda / Adya
Nilan / Nalin	Arina / Anira
Airam / Maria	Yadira / Ariday
Arad / Dara	Ania / Aina
Lain / Nial	James / Semaj
Vin / Niv	Halima / Amilah
Meba / Abem	Leana / Anael
Isam / Masi	Navi / Ivan
Tad / Dat	Aris / Sira
Kiro / Orik	Ani / Ina
Sinai / Ianis	Irma / Amri
Vinay / Yaniv	Sianna / Annais
Jama / Amaj	Maira / Ariam
Neri / Iren	Xyla / Alyx
Issam / Massi	Anja / Ajna
Nasi / Isan	Alaa / Aala
Nik / Kin	Aleen / Neela
Kedar / Radek	Amila / Alima
Mosi / Isom	Aleina / Aniela
Naz / Zan	Lenna / Annel
Saba / Abas	Anaiya / Ayiana
Vail / Liav	Alyza / Azyla
Layn / Nyal	Amen / Nema
	Anaelle / Elleana
	Asya / Aysa
	Naira / Arian
	Nadya / Aydan
	Alea / Aela
	Muna / Anum
	Nada / Adan
	Ailen / Nelia
	Ahri / Irha
	Hayat / Tayah
	Aili / Ilia
	Alli / Illa
	Alyah / Hayla
	Aiyla / Alyia
	Rima / Amir
	Aayla / Alyaa
	Aeva / Avea
	Allena / Anella
	Hali / Ilah
	Arin / Nira
	Halia / Ailah
	Nayra / Aryan
	Anai / Iana
	Irena / Aneri
	Ilse / Esli
	Sila / Alis
	Akila / Alika
	Amada / Adama
	Hailyn / Nyliah
	Imara / Arami
	Mana / Anam
	Hadia / Aidah
	Inna / Anni
	Neeva / Aveen
	Ramya / Aymar
	Amar / Rama
	Ayza / Azya
	Ziana / Anaiz
	Anilah / Halina
	Ayaana / Anaaya
	Neda / Aden
	Aaron / Noraa
	Airi / Iria
	Haelyn / Nyleah

I also did a search for names that were words reversed, but most were almost certainly coincidental (I doubt people are using Liam because it's 'mail' backward for instance). The only one I could definitely say was on purpose was Nevaeh, which was surprising, since I have seen others such as Legna or Traeh in previous years.
There were quite a few that made me giggle, however, like the fact that Dennis backward is 'sinned', and that the Nevaeh-spinoff Devaeh is 'heaved', so if you want to peruse the list I came up with, I did put it up on Google Sheets. :)