One-syllable middle name for girl?

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I'm due in November with our first, a little girl. Before she was conceived I knew if she was a girl her name would be Liesel, and thankfully the husband is on board. However, we are totally at a loss with the middle name!

I prefer short, one-syllable middle names. Names from nature are great, and anything feminine (but not super girly). Any ideas??

BTW, our last name starts with a T. Thanks :)
 
Liesel is such a great name! I think the following would sound nice:
Beau/ Bo
Bee/ Bea
Joy
Anne
 
Never heard of Liesel, is it Ly-sill?

Fern
Harte
Jane
June
Eve
Kay
Faye
Skye
Raine
Drew
Anne
 
Classic and feminine:

Anne
Jane
Hope
Kate
May
Claire
Elle
Grace
Ruth

Nature themed:

Brooke
Sage
Lake
Ash
Dawn
Fleur
Pearl
Rose
Sky
 
I think another German name would be nice, but I don't know enough off the top of my head to think of a one-syllable one!

Other ideas (some of which have been suggested):
Faith
Pearl
Skye
Raine
Clare / Claire
Shay / Shae
Anne
 
Thank you all for the suggestions!! I haven't had a chance to look through them all yet but I definitely will. And we are pronouncing it Lee-zul (although sometimes it comes out more like Lee-sill). :)
 
Since Liesel (pronounced 'Leezehl, with and unstressed eh like in "a beer or two" ) is a pretty traditional name, I'd chose one that fits that context, so either a latin, hebrew, greek or Germanic name and, since Liesel is like as Bavarian/Southern german-ish as you can get (perhaps except "Vreni" XD) I probably use the German writing style.
Combining it with an English name sounds really weird in my ears because it's so traditional,catholic, conservative and...well Bavarian.
And this is were it gets a bit difficult, I don't know any German female name that has just one syllable except "Kim", which is gender neutral, and Ruth ( pronounced "t" at the end without "th"), which is difficult for English natives because of the "r", which is either alveloar vibrant or a uvular fricative.
All the other traditional "German" female names I can think of right now have at least 2 syllables, even if they're pretty short.
You sure you can't live with a 2-syllable name like
Eva
Mia
Pia
Lia
Ina
Ida
Inge
Lena
Hannah/Hanne
Sarah
Ester
Marie
Sophie
Julie
Mimi
Jana
Paula
Laura
etc.

My personal favorite would be Liesel Mia or Liesel Ina. I think it sounds really like a cute girl.
greetings from Germany.
 

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