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French names, uncommon but not stupid?

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collegedropout · 20/10/2011 21:20

DH and I are currently looking for a name for DC3, due next month. We already have two DSs Leopold and Ferdinand (Leo and Ferdy). I am Irish/English and DH is French and as well as loving a lot of french names, we think that a lot of european names sound good with our french surname without sounding (too) poncey! So here's our boy's list - what are your opinions?

Tybalt
Axel
Thiboult
Ivan
Jago
Bruno
Tino
Rocco

For girls however we are completely stuck! Can anyone suggest some names which we might like?

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mythical · 27/10/2011 21:00

oh, i love leonie

izzybiz · 24/10/2011 17:38

Emeline?

Dutchie77 · 24/10/2011 17:31

Dominique
Benjamin
Stephan
Michel

Marina
Laurenne
Dionne
Vivienne
Annette

NoVeggiesBeforeSkeggies · 24/10/2011 16:19

Collette is nice.

nilequeen · 24/10/2011 15:26

Esmé for a girl.

BookNerd · 24/10/2011 15:15

I always loved the name Vianne (from the book Chocolat) (sp?)

passmyglassplease · 24/10/2011 09:23

Manon

TheWisdomOfSolomum · 24/10/2011 08:24

Coralie
Fabienne
Genevieve

ripstheirthroatoutliveupstairs · 24/10/2011 08:20

Magali is a lovely french name as is Simone and Elodie.

thereistheball · 24/10/2011 08:14

I love Ottilie, Ombeline, Manon, Agathe, and Pilar (Spanish not French)

RefereezaWanka · 23/10/2011 22:15

Camille is lovely

Anais
Dominique
Clotilde
Adrianne
Mathilde
Sabine

MimiLaSouris · 23/10/2011 19:20

People I know (or have known) in France - none of them being unusual

Flavie
Lise (pronounced Liz) / Elise
Rosalie (name of my great grand mother)
Anais
Doriane
Agathe
Manon
Maeva
Juliette
Emmanuelle
Noemie
Solene
Capucine
Charlotte / Charline
Clemence
Louise
Camille
Delphine

PeelThemWithTheirMetalKnives · 22/10/2011 22:05

Aline
Laura (pronounced Leow-ra)

NoVeggiesBeforeSkeggies · 22/10/2011 22:00

Nadine
Elodie
Renee (can't do accent!)

Miette · 22/10/2011 19:11

Lea
Manon
Ines
Clara
Lola
Maelys
Lilou
Anais
Romane
Lina

busyrizi · 22/10/2011 18:50

We used to have a French girl called Solene in our office and people always commented on her lovely name.

LikeABlackFlameCandleBNQ · 22/10/2011 18:49

One of my favourite girls names is French: Fabienne.

I looooove it. But, DH has vetoed it.

crazynannawitchbitch · 22/10/2011 18:48

My (adult) dd is Simone...'tis a bit French [hsmile]

Mollydoggerson · 22/10/2011 18:46

I love Axel.

ditavonteesed · 22/10/2011 18:38

dd2 is genevieve, everybody always comments on what a beautiful name it is, she however at 5yo and in y1 refuses to learn to spell it as it is too long and most grown ups spell it wrong, still love it though, she is genie for short.

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collegedropout · 22/10/2011 18:35

Really should have proof read before I wrote my OP!

Jeez, I did mean Thibault Blush opps.

Also I probably worded it completely wrongly. We both like french and european names so chose from looking at french name stats and also chose names from other european countries. However, if this time we have a DD we would like it to be a french name, and that's what we would like suggestions of.

Sorry to have caused some confusion!

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otisreading · 22/10/2011 14:51

Leo Ferdy and Lillian. Leo Ferdy and Ty (balt)

Jeezimacasalinga · 22/10/2011 14:21

I think Thibault is correct spelling? (apologies if I'm wrong - I was an au pair many moons ago for a Thibault!) Apart from this can't see any French names on your list, but I love Axel and Ivan.

Rhubarbgarden · 21/10/2011 20:28

Odette? Ottilie?

yorkshiremummy75 · 21/10/2011 19:36

Thiboult is cute, how about Mathilde for a girl?

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