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My favourites are-

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-ora/-dora (Pandora, Isadora, Annora)
-ette/-etta; I love -ette, but I often drop/don't enunciate the T sound in my accent, so I sway towards -etta to avoid that (Lunette, Antoinette, Arietta)
-ia (Olympia, Zenobia, Hestia)
-anthe (Evanthe, Ianthe, Xanthe)
-adne (Evadne, Ariadne)
-enna (Rowenna, Lowenna, Morwenna)
-ra (Pandora, Kestra, Adira)
-aria (Lunaria, Ilaria, Talaria)
-ana (Morgana, Catiana, Victoriana)
-th (Annabeth, Elizabeth, Lilith)
-der (Lavender, Lysander, Evander)
-ian (Caspian, Julian, Fabian, Gideon in sound)
-go (Indigo, Jago, Hugo)
-us (Artemus, Atticus, Linus)

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I find -leigh unnecessary, and generally prefer -ley to -lee. I just can't get into -elle/-ella/-belle/-bella names for some reason. I like Arabella, and Isobel and Isabella. But they sound like more muted, less fun versions of -etta to me. '-enne' is similar to ette where it mostly doesn't sound right in my voice. I can say it, but it sounds forced (Madeleine and Magdalene are the exceptions). -lene and -line are name dependent, but not my style overall. -son is probably my least favourite and not my style at all. Often I'm at least temporarily endeared to a name after hearing it on an actual toddler or child, but the -son names are probably the exception.

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Dreaming of...
Pandora Beatrix Fae ✦ Caspian Sherlock Walter ✦ Artemis Valkyrie Clio ✦ Lysander Atticus George
Ptolemy ✦ Horatio ✦ Nikolai ✦ Ambrose ✦ Zephram ✦ Indigo ✦ Cedric
Evanthe ✦ Morgana ✦ Zenobia ✦ Marigold ✦ Lavender ✦ Demelza ✦ Calista

This message was edited 8/6/2021, 2:57 AM