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[Opinions] Re: French Names and Surnames
in reply to a message by LMS
Agnes- not very French imo
Alexandrine- like it
Amelie- too much association with the movie
Beatrice- ok
Carine- ok
Cecile- like it
Celeste- dislike the whole heaven association
Charlotte- beutiful but if you want something really French I don't think Charlotte is the name
Corinne- dislike
Cosette- dislike a lot
Delphine- very French imo
Eleonore- ok
Elise- ok
Elodie- yes, very French!
Eloise- ok
Emilie- like it
Esme- dislike a lot
Helene- should be Hélène if you want it to be French
Heloise- Heloïse is the correct French spelling. I like it
Honorine-ok
Ines- ok
Irene- dislike
Isabel- not French imo
Josephine- love
Lea- not French at all (is it?)
Leonie- beautiful
Lisette- ok but dislike -ette names
Louise- nice
Lydie- looks more like a nn
Margot- no!
Maximilienne- yes, I like it a lot
Mathilde- this one as well
Mireille- Oh! It's getting better and better! Wonderful!
Oceane- no and it's Océane
Sebastienne- ok
Severine- yes, like a lot
Therese- Thérèse (Am I getting on your nerves yet? LOL)
Vienne- no
Zephyrine- noETA: I forgot the boys...
de Sainte
Descoteaux
de Émile
Lécuyer
Lémieux
Proulx
de Romilly
Séverin
Sauvage
de Victoire
ToussaintThirdly, the character will have a brother/brothers(I haven't decided how many). What do you think of these names:Etienne- love it!
Axel- not French imo
Achille- dislike
Bastien- cute
Elie- no!
Emile- ok
Fiacre- dislike
Gaspard- ok
Gilles- dislike
Guillaume- love it!
Jeremie- dislike
Leopold- not very French
Lucas- ok
Lucien- ok
Maxime- n
Maximilien- nice
Remy- (Rémy) ok
Sebastian- ok
Serge- dislike

This message was edited 9/25/2007, 4:02 AM

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Léa is indeed French. Lea (no accent) is German, though.
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