Manon - for a little girl?

[sunshinemummy2012]

Thoughts?

[SunnyBaudelaire]

it is lovely and I wish I had called my dd this. Really pretty. That might have something to do with the movie 'Manon des Sources' ofc but I also live in Wales where it is used.

[Bonsoir]

It's pretty and quite popular in France - there are several at DD's school.

[pieceofpurplesky]

Love it. My niece's name.

[Solasum]

Not great for UK based baby to my ear. Great teasing potential for a teen? And I would have assumed it was a male name

[SunnyBaudelaire]

well that is strange as it is a name from the Yookay. what 'teasing potential'?

[yongnian]

Loads of Manons here in Wales. Lovely name.

[Twitterqueen]

Sunny Man on - as in "there's a man on you..."

I don't like it. Sorry. I've never heard of it before and it doesn't conjure up any kind of image or picture.

[harryhausen]

I have a friend called Manon. She's from Wales but now lives in England. It's a beautiful name, fairly uncommon and she's never ever had anyone say anything negative about it.

Don't get the 'tease' thing either.

[alteredimages]

Love it. The Manon I know is really lovely and sweet too, which helps. We are in neither Wales nor France and no one seems to have trouble with it.

[harryhausen]

Ok, maybe fairly uncommon in my part of England.

I grew up in Wales though in the 70's and 80's. It wasn't really heard in our school. Maybe it's more recently used?

[SunnyBaudelaire]

well as teases go it is not terrible!
Really lovely name IMO

[yongnian]

Plus, like other Welsh names ending in 'non' it can be shortened to Nonny or Non, which is very cute.

[RiverTam]

I know a couple of Manons. It's a French girls' name. Don't see any potential for teasing myself.

[Blahia]

I think it is really nice :) might be hard for some people to pronounce here though?

Other suggestions (just in case!): Margot and Anouk (I love them both.... But especially the latter!) :)

[squoosh]

Sounds gorgeous in a French voice, significantly less gorgeous in a non French voice.

No one would ever pronounce it correctly.

[SunnyBaudelaire]

it is pronounced Ma-non round here!
not to hard even for English people!!

[GotToBeInItToWinIt]

I know a really lovely welsh Manon, she's late 20's. The association means I really like it

[squoosh]

But it doesn't sound half as nice in an English accent.

[squoosh]

The French pronunciation is more like mah-noh

[SunnyBaudelaire]

maybe not squoosh - or the English might try to 'schwa' the O and it would become 'Man'n'

[GotToBeInItToWinIt]

I like it in a French, Welsh and English accent

[Mistlewoeandwhine]

I love it.

[Snog]

Manon is really nice but the nn suggested above of Nonny sounds awful to my (English) ears!

[Allalonenow]

I know a lovely little French Manon, such a pretty name.

[HighwayDragon]

Manon? As in man on?