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Help[Opinions] Re: Valentin (with transgender intent)
in reply to a message by Confused and concerned
I like Valentin! How would you be pronouncing it in English? VAL-en-tin? VAL-en-teen?
However, I do think a lot of English speakers will mistake it for a girls’ name, or at least an androgynous one.
Some random romantic French male names:
Raphaël / Raphael — I love this for you! Firmly masculine but definitely romantic IMO, and unlikely to cause pronunciation issues.
Adrien (definitely more androgynous though)
Aurelien / Aurélien (also androgynous-ish but way cool)
Calixte (ditto)
Benoît (keeping with the theme of pronunciation problems)
Ambrose — ok so this is not actually French but I don’t like Ambroise
Émilien — I seriously love this name and want someone to use it. Definitely prone to pronunciation and gender issues, though. Oh, and wouldn’t work with Amelie at all. But I’m leaving it on the list because it’s awesome.
Léandre
Philippe
Elouan — this one is new to me and I kind of dig it
Olivier
However, I do think a lot of English speakers will mistake it for a girls’ name, or at least an androgynous one.
Some random romantic French male names:
Raphaël / Raphael — I love this for you! Firmly masculine but definitely romantic IMO, and unlikely to cause pronunciation issues.
Adrien (definitely more androgynous though)
Aurelien / Aurélien (also androgynous-ish but way cool)
Calixte (ditto)
Benoît (keeping with the theme of pronunciation problems)
Ambrose — ok so this is not actually French but I don’t like Ambroise
Émilien — I seriously love this name and want someone to use it. Definitely prone to pronunciation and gender issues, though. Oh, and wouldn’t work with Amelie at all. But I’m leaving it on the list because it’s awesome.
Léandre
Philippe
Elouan — this one is new to me and I kind of dig it
Olivier
This message was edited 8/11/2023, 11:45 AM
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