Message: "Mélusine" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Mélusine

by MariaNikolaievnaRomanova (MariaNikolaievnaRoma)

12/27/2005, 7:17 AM

What do you think of the name Mélusine? And do you prefer Mélusine or Melusina?

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- Julia (guest)

12/27/2005, 1:51 PM

I don't like it at all, sorry. It doesn't sound that pretty at all to my ears. But maybe that's because I'm not used to it.

- Bear +4

12/27/2005, 11:12 AM

I love this name. The only person I've ever heard it on is George I's (of England) mistress from Hanover. Delightful.

I prefer Melusine over Melusina, but probably because that's what I'm used to.

- MariaNikolaievnaRomanova (MariaNikolaievnaRoma) +3

12/27/2005, 11:47 AM

Ahhh, I didn't know it had royal connections! That makes the name doubly wonderful in my eyes. :) Thanks for mentioning that wee bit of trivia. I'm going to have to go read up on George I and his mistress named Mélusine. I first heard of the name through the legend surrounding the half-woman, half-serpent named Mélusine. Interesting stuff there, lol.

Also, I regularly check Paul Theroff's Royal News archives and I just happened to notice this gem of a name under the births for 2004 or 2005 (can't remember).

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- Bear (guest) +2

12/27/2005, 12:31 PM

Melusine Ermengarde

Melusine Ermengarde van der Shulenberg (sp?) I believe was the name. What a glorious mouthful it is. :-)

The other mistress's name was more conventional, yet still gorgeous. Charlotte Sophia Kellmans (sp?), but I'm not as certain of this one.

One was very thin and the other was very fat. The English court called them "Elephant and Maypole." That might help in a google search.

- MariaNikolaievnaRomanova (MariaNikolaievnaRoma)

12/27/2005, 4:24 PM

Glorious is the appropriate adjective! LOL! It reminds me of something Bette Midler once said about her daughter's name. Someone had asked her why she named her daughter Sophie Frederica Alohilani and she responded that she and her husband wanted something that sounded like a German princess locked away in a castle somewhere. I'll have to look up the actual quote as it's quite humourous.

Mélusine and Charlotte Sophia are lovely names, however being known as the Elephant and the Maypole seems quite dreadful. I would pray everyday that I was the Maypole, lol. Thanks for the tip. :)

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- Bear (guest)

12/27/2005, 12:47 PM

Correction: "Ehrengarde Melusine von der Schulenburg."

- Siri (guest) +1

12/27/2005, 10:52 AM

How is it pronunced?

- MariaNikolaievnaRomanova (MariaNikolaievnaRoma)

12/27/2005, 11:30 AM

I've only heard it pronounced...

"MAY-loo-seen".

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