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An Sioux Indian name for a girl is Tashina; it's my cousin's name

WHat about a combined first name of Audrey Isabelle or Audrey Grace. I personnally like long names and more traditional ones too, but that's just me.

Try the baby polls on www.babycenter.com. You can make a poll & have friends & family (or strangers) vote--and you can read other people's polls to get ideas. Grace, Shophie & Isabella are very popular names on these polls so I would say there are a lot of little girls running around with these names!

Sophia, Isabella and Grace are very popular. Audrey is more unusual. Those names don't sound old, though. There are plenty of new babies and small children with them.

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Jemma

To compromise, I think Audrey Sophia makes a nice first name.

I like Isabella. She could go by the nn Bella until she gets older.

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As far as Native American names, I like Nova. It means "butterfly chaser."

Ask your husband what he thinks about "Isabeau"; it's a French version of Isabella (Audrey is also French originally, so maybe he would like a French version of Isabella better - who knows?). Michelle Pfeiffer's character in the movie "Ladyhawke" (1985) was called Isabeau.

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Native American female names and their meaning:

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Adsila - "blossom"

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Bena - "pheasant"

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Chenoa - "bird of peace"

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Cheyenne - "people of alien speech"

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Chumani - "dew drop"

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Dyani - "deer"

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Halona - "fortunate"

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Imala - "disciplinarian"

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Istas - "snow"

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Kachina - "sacred dancer"

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Kishi - "night"

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Luyu - "wild dove"

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Those are some of the A-L Native American names that can be found in the name lists of www.babynames.com