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We're looking for a French baby name, but something that doesn't sound too odd in English, as my husband in French, and I am English. We're living in France at the moment, but will hopefully be moving either to England or America in a few years, which is where the name that sounds nice in English factor, comes in.
Anyway, we already have two children, Axelle Corrine Marie (3) and Vincent Louis (prn lou-ee) Thibault (7)
Names we have on our list are, Jeanna, Lena, Mathilde, Camille, Nadia and Laura for a girl, and Jeremy, Loic, Pierre, Thomas and Julien for a boy. But nothing's really hitting us as "amazing", like we had for Axelle and Vincent.
We're taking any suggestions, so fire away,
Merci :)
And just out of interest, were Axelle Corrine Marie and Vincent Louis Thibault good choices?
Anyway, we already have two children, Axelle Corrine Marie (3) and Vincent Louis (prn lou-ee) Thibault (7)
Names we have on our list are, Jeanna, Lena, Mathilde, Camille, Nadia and Laura for a girl, and Jeremy, Loic, Pierre, Thomas and Julien for a boy. But nothing's really hitting us as "amazing", like we had for Axelle and Vincent.
We're taking any suggestions, so fire away,
Merci :)
And just out of interest, were Axelle Corrine Marie and Vincent Louis Thibault good choices?
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Axelle Corrine Marie and Vincent Louis Thibault are very nice. For a girl, I like Lena, Camille, Nadia, and Laura. Out of those three, Camille seems like it would fit in best with Axelle and Vincent. How about Laure for a girl? I've always thought that it was a beautiful French name. It would work well in England or America since it isn't difficult to spell or pronounce. It might be confused with Laura, Laurie, or Lauren though. For a boy, I really like Julien. Jeremy is nice too. I prefer Pierre as a MN.
Other ideas:
Nathalie / Natalie
Simone
Sophie
Eva
Juliette
Emeline
Vivienne
Coralie
Rosalie
Audrey
Elodie
Margot
Elise
Lucas
Simon
Adrien
Benjamin
Nicolas - Nicholas is very popular in the U.S., but Nicolas would make a nice MN.
Theo
Leo
Alexandre
Other ideas:
Nathalie / Natalie
Simone
Sophie
Eva
Juliette
Emeline
Vivienne
Coralie
Rosalie
Audrey
Elodie
Margot
Elise
Lucas
Simon
Adrien
Benjamin
Nicolas - Nicholas is very popular in the U.S., but Nicolas would make a nice MN.
Theo
Leo
Alexandre
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I am a fan of the following French names, the ones with an * being those that I think would do the best in the US.
Zephyrine
Honorine
Alexandrine*
Amelie*
Anouk
Aurore
Beatrice*
Catherine*
Cecile
Celestine
Celeste
Charlotte*
Constance
Cosette
Daphne*
Delphine
Edith
Eleonore*
Elise*
Elodie*
Eloise*
Emeline*
Esme*
Eveline*
Fleur
Helene*
Heloise
Ines
Irene
Isabel* (though very popular)
Josephine*
Juliane*
Lea*
Leonie
Lucie*
Lydie*
Madeleine*
Margot
Maximilienne
Mireille
Oceane
Sabine
Sebastienne
Severine
Therese*
Victorine
Vienne*
Violette*
Yseult
Adrien*
Alexandre*
Aubin
Zephyrine
Honorine
Alexandrine*
Amelie*
Anouk
Aurore
Beatrice*
Catherine*
Cecile
Celestine
Celeste
Charlotte*
Constance
Cosette
Daphne*
Delphine
Edith
Eleonore*
Elise*
Elodie*
Eloise*
Emeline*
Esme*
Eveline*
Fleur
Helene*
Heloise
Ines
Irene
Isabel* (though very popular)
Josephine*
Juliane*
Lea*
Leonie
Lucie*
Lydie*
Madeleine*
Margot
Maximilienne
Mireille
Oceane
Sabine
Sebastienne
Severine
Therese*
Victorine
Vienne*
Violette*
Yseult
Adrien*
Alexandre*
Aubin
This message was edited 12/2/2008, 6:12 PM
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I like:
Claire
Delphine
Elise
Mireille
Claire
Delphine
Elise
Mireille
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just out of interest, were Axelle Corrine Marie and Vincent Louis Thibault good choices? Vincent, Louis and Thibault is awsome so is MArie. Axelle looks too made up to me it looks masculine.
I adore Charlotte
I adore Charlotte
This message was edited 12/2/2008, 1:23 PM
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Loic! Loic! Loic! It's one of my favorite names ever, and it goes so well with your other kids' names (which are great, btw. I love French names!) Loic Pierre Julien jumped right out at me from the names you listed. I also like Pierre-Loic and Pierre-Luc as double fns, if you're into that.
Aw, man. Suggestions? Here are the French names from my PNL:
Aude
Aurore
Berenice
Catherine
Clarice
Claudie
Clemence
Clothilde
Colette
Colombe
Cordelie
Cosette
Emmanuelle
Eugenie
Fleur
Gabrielle
Henriette
Josephine
Laure
Magali
Marguerite
Maximilienne
Octavie
Olivie
Ophelie
Sebastienne
Sophie
Valentine
Vienne
Emile
Guillaume
Loic
Olivier
Raphael
Yves
Aw, man. Suggestions? Here are the French names from my PNL:
Aude
Aurore
Berenice
Catherine
Clarice
Claudie
Clemence
Clothilde
Colette
Colombe
Cordelie
Cosette
Emmanuelle
Eugenie
Fleur
Gabrielle
Henriette
Josephine
Laure
Magali
Marguerite
Maximilienne
Octavie
Olivie
Ophelie
Sebastienne
Sophie
Valentine
Vienne
Emile
Guillaume
Loic
Olivier
Raphael
Yves
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Ophelie is a great suggestion as well! Oh, and I didn't know I could suggest male names. I may have to go back and edit...a second time.
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I like the names on your list except for Jeanna and Pierre. A name that I'm fond of is Mireille, but I know it would have big pronunciation problems here in the states.
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