Message: "French couples" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] French couples

by Mrs Claire (Miss Claire)

12/27/2007, 11:57 AM

Wedding announcements in my town, in February 2007:

Ronita & Sok (Suk??)

Mélanie (Melanie, mel-ah-nee) & Jérôme (Jerome, zheh-rom)

Anaïs - Sophie (Anais) & Erwan (er-wahn)

Emilie (eh-mee-lee) & Philippe

Nerry & Sylvain (seel-vEN, ending like Alain)

Thi & Philippe [first cousins!]

Emilie & Cédric (Cedric)

Vanthea & Vanna

Emelyne (Emeline, em-leen) & Cédric (Cedric)

Blandine (blaWn-deen) & Eric

Laetitia (leh-tee-syah) & Eric

Agboman & Hervé (Herve, er-veh)

Marie - Aline (ah-leen) & Olivier (o-lee-vyeh) [Aline is the female form of Alain, at least in French]

Caroline & Julien (zhuy-lyEN, ending not exact, see Alain's ending)

Maria (mahr-yah) & Laurent

French pronunciation de rigueur ;)
Bear in mind that most French people have 3 names, but only first names are listed

- Julia (JuliaF)

12/28/2007, 5:41 PM

Is first cousin marriage legal in France?

- ToveTer

12/28/2007, 1:21 PM

I like:
Ronita &
Jérôme (Jerome, zheh-rom)
Sophie
Nathalie & Fabrice
Philippe
Sylvain (seel-vEN, ending like Alain)
Christine & Georges - A bit old-fashioned, I suppose?
Olivier (o-lee-vyeh)
Caroline & Julien (zhuy-lyEN, ending not exact, see Alain's ending)
Sophie
Laurent

Thanks for giving the right pronounciation!

- Saana (Yippal)

12/28/2007, 1:29 AM

I like:

Ronita
Jérôme
Emilie
Emelyne
Laetitia
Marie-Aline & Olivier (love them!)
Julien
Maria

This message was edited 12/28/2007, 1:30 AM

- Working Class Hero +1

12/27/2007, 1:42 PM

I love French names, especially French girls' names, mainly as I'm learning French at the moment. These are the ones I like:

Especially love Olivier and Nathalie. Are they very common in France?

- Mrs Claire (Miss Claire)

12/28/2007, 7:32 AM

Yup, rather common :)

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