Georgette?

[MrsPinault]

What do you think? Seem to me a nice variant on Georgia, Georgina, Georgiana etc - all of which I like but can't get totally excited about. Plus I like the Heyer association.

From this quite helpful list I stumbled across here (I'm not French but love some of the names and it fits with DD1)

[DialMforMummy]

Awful. Sorry. Terribly old fashioned in France, not in a cool way. Some of the names form this list are unheard of back (quite a few of them!).

[MrsPinault]

Thanks for your thought Dial but as I'm not in France I don't mind at all how it comes across there. DC will live in London- unless something very unexpected happens!

[Gwennan]

Georgette seems dated to me whereas Georgia, Georgina and Georgiana sound fresh.

[Gwennan]

This is a good list of French baby names: 500 most popular names for births in France in 2010. I'm not sure if there is a more recent version available elsewhere on the web.

[boschy]

Lovely, much much nicer than Georgia, which is everywhere these days!

[Bonsoir]

the -ette suffix in French is abominably old fashioned. Don't do it!

[Bonsoir]

What would you think if a French family called their daughter Maureen or Doreen in 2012? The -ette suffix in French is equivalent to the -een suffix in English.

[MrsPinault]

Honestly, I'm fine with dated- especially dated to French ears. That aspect is just not remotely relevant to us. And I like old-fashioned names as a rule, whether English or any other derivation. So those sorts of issues don't bother me at all. Thanks for the comments though.

[Anonymumous]

Isn't georgette a type of fabric?

[MerylStrop]

I think it's a bit ugly (sorry)
And is a kind of fabric, isn't it?

[DialMforMummy]

Yes Bonsoir but then again names like Mabel are back in fashion in the UK. I doubt Georgette, Ginette and other Odette will ever be back in fashion in France!

[MrsPinault]

Bonsoir - that point just doesn't matter to us. Zero French connections, so if the French family we may one day run into we're a bit it would not matter a jot.

[MrsPinault]

*were

[MrsPinault]

Georgette is a type of fabric, named for its inventor: Georgette de la Plante.

[TheGirlOnTheLanding]

It's a fabric to me as well, sorry. An itchy cheap fabric at that. If you like the -ette ending, how about Lisette or Ninette? I think both of those sound pretty and not frumpy to my (non-French) ears.

[MrsPinault]

Not after an -ette ending in particular, but thanks Girl.

I can see the fabric connotations, as some have mentioned. Thanks.

[boschy]

Looks like Mrs P and I are the only ones in favour!! I still love it though, I think it's rather beautiful.

[Albert]

I love it!

[squoosh]

Heyer
Fabric
Frilly

[Wishfulmakeupping]

Prefer Georgia, which is not common at all where I am in the midlands

[MumofWombat]

I like it, I tried to talk DH into it....