Euro-trashy names that would suit a Jilly Cooper character

[flyingcloud]

Can you help us find Euro-trashy names that would suit a Jilly Cooper character (the smouldering European type boy or girl)

It seems a silly request but we quite like European names and I just thought giving a few more descriptives would help (or you could imagine the head of the ECB or IMF to give you a few more European type names!)

DH and I just can't seem to agree on names. DH is French and we live in France. I am anglophone.

The following boys are out for various reasons, friends, family or chronic overuse!:
Alexandre
Theo
Charles
Clement
Adrien
Henry
Louis
Arthur
William
Richard

(we like Max and Sacha as boys' names)

Girls names that are out are:
Virginie
Charlotte
Rose
Stephanie
Alexandra
Sophie
Amelie

(We like Emilia and Scarlett as girls' names)

[greenzebra]

the first name that came to mind was Pascal not sure why and Ive never read any Jilly cooper books.

[picnicbasketcase]

Laurent
Arnaud
Matthieu

Gabrielle
Juliette
Sylvie

[tammytoby]

Quentin
Sebastian

Charlotte
Sophia

[flyingcloud]

Thanks, none of those really take my fancy - either because we have friends or friends' children with those names. Pascal is a fairly bleurgh name (sorry!) We also have a female relative called Pascale.

Gabrielle doesn't go with our surname.

More exotic please!!

[OliviaMumsnet]

Have lovely Eurotrash friend called Laurence which works in both languages?
(has been on my list for DS1 and 2 but DH vetoed )
HTH

[RedRubyBlue]

Cherise

Jean Paul

[anewmotivatedme]

Boys:

Cuthbert
Sidney
Ricardo
Elliot
Teodor

Girls:

Aurelia
Emmeline
Evangeline
Jordana
Celine

[anewmotivatedme]

Sorry I read name for Jilly Cooper novel, without reading rest of it.

I have a lovely friend called:

Joelle

She has a french father, and is awesome.

I have another friend of a friend, with a french mother and he is called Max.

[anewmotivatedme]

Joelle has a brother called Nick.

[picnicbasketcase]

Jolie
Octavie
Jana
Isabella
Bianca
Mathilde


Enzo
Jago
Felix
Lysandre
Xavier
Nico

[flyingcloud]

Loving the work here. I have friends with a son called Enzo, DH would love it (petrolhead).

I can just see our relatives snorting at some of these - makes me want to use them even more.

Glad no one has suggested Dominique. That would be a straight veto from DH and I

and with an election next year in France no Segolenes, Martines, Nicholas, etc!

Olivia - Laurence is a girl's name in France - Laurent is the male equivalent. I like Laurent but we know too many sadly.

[witchwithallthetrimmings]

Alexi (s)
Xavier
Bianca
Mercedes

[Theala]

Rocco
Julien
Fabien
Serge
Cedric
Jean-Marie
Marie-Ange (this is actually a boy's name, believe it or not)
Jean-Charles
Benoit
Cassien
Frédéric
Guillaume
Lilian
Olivier
Pierre

(Most of these are actually the names of FB friends :))

[MrsHuxtable]

I'd really like to help but can someone please explain to me what a Eurotrash name is? I'm clueless....

[flyingcloud]

Eurotrash is a bit of a English snob term used to describe aristocratic Europeans (thereby denigrating their lesser value titles). It's not really what I think by the way! I just want vaguely exotic European names like

Oohh I'm on a roll here

Conrad
Augustin
Constantin
Anatole

And for girls
Constanza
Felicia

etc

[PercyFilth]

Here's a good source

www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f75/

[chandellina]

Silvana
Marcella
Clotilde
Odette
Valentine

Remi
Antoine
Benoit
Luca

[flyingcloud]

Love that link - people are even suggesting names for forthcoming royal babies! Bingo.

Seriously, I'm not looking to use any of these names (and most of them would annoy DH no end - they are good ammunition to make my existing suggestions look better).

Mind you - Claudine is pretty...

Great source of amusement on that site - thanks Percy.

[JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar]

chandellina's suggestions are lovely.

[reallacecurtains]

Constantine/o knew a real playboy type with the name in Florence
Maxim
Aurelien
Lysander
Manuele
Samuele


Lilou
Fiamma/ Fiammetta (trad in Tuscany)
Seraphine
Delphine

[reallacecurtains]

actually he was Costantino - anyone else know him

[reallacecurtains]

...ooh I love this thread:

Felice/ Felix
Lorenzo

Ines
Beatrice

[Giselle99]

I think my name (Giselle) fits the bill...

I also like Angelin, Camille, Claudine, Carmen, Mathilde, Nico...

[flyingcloud]

Great work. I love Ines and Beatrice - again DH won't do either of them. Giselle is lovely too - but we know one and it wouldn't be appropriate to use it!

[Bubblegum78]

Sebastian and Dominic
Arthur
Lysander
Paris
Dora
Alexander
Hector
Perdita
Valent (short for valentine)
Rupert
Billy
Georgie
Roberto
Phoebe
Woody
Carrie