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Help[Opinions] Re: French?? How is the name Elodie perceived in France?
in reply to a message by Cait
We pronounce it like melody without the "m" and call her Ellie for short. I did know about the French pronunication before we decided to name her, as I did do a little reasearch on the name after I'd discovered it. Since I had studied French for a while I liked its origins.
I heard about the name in the Cool Baby Name Book (Rosenkrantz et al). Also I had a friend named Elody. But these aren't why we named her Elodie. DH and I couldn't agree on a name. On the day my daughter was born (we had a homebirth) I noticed the name on my older daughter's toy: a set of nesting blocks. There was a picture of a bookstore with a bunch of literary characters and the bookstore was called "Elodie's Bookstore." I asked DH if he liked it (we are both writers) and he did right away! I took it as a sign that this was her name! The meaning of marshy white blossom and foreign riches sounded just right.
I heard about the name in the Cool Baby Name Book (Rosenkrantz et al). Also I had a friend named Elody. But these aren't why we named her Elodie. DH and I couldn't agree on a name. On the day my daughter was born (we had a homebirth) I noticed the name on my older daughter's toy: a set of nesting blocks. There was a picture of a bookstore with a bunch of literary characters and the bookstore was called "Elodie's Bookstore." I asked DH if he liked it (we are both writers) and he did right away! I took it as a sign that this was her name! The meaning of marshy white blossom and foreign riches sounded just right.
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