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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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Booboostoo · 21/10/2011 15:20

Slightly off topic, but English names seem to be super popular in France at the moment, especially for boys! This summer alone I came across: Adam, Paul and Kevin toddlers!!!

treacletart · 21/10/2011 15:07

Clara, Camille

BlueChampagne · 21/10/2011 14:59

We know a little Celeste.

Marenostrum · 21/10/2011 14:54

Axel and Thibault my fave for boys, for girls how about Clélia, Cécilia, Marina, Elise, Anais, Romane, Inès, Manon...

Offspring · 21/10/2011 08:08

I like Ivan and Jago for a boy.

Girls - Delphine? Janine?

jellybeans · 21/10/2011 00:02

Leonie
Elodie
Sylvie

Fixture · 20/10/2011 22:26

I like Ivan and Jago best of the boys' names.

othersideofchannel · 20/10/2011 22:20

I like Bruno, Thibault, Quentin and Rocco - all classic, underused names that work well in french and English imo.

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collegedropout · 20/10/2011 22:18

thanks for the suggestions - any opinions on our boys choices?

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ilianora · 20/10/2011 22:07

Elodie

Takver · 20/10/2011 21:52

I like all your boys names. Not sure I can help much with girls names - would names like Sylvia, Gabrielle, etc be too common - they're 'normal' but not that heavily used I guess.

LynetteScavo · 20/10/2011 21:35

I would say those names are European, rather than French.

Anyway, for girls Coco (Claudia/Colette)

Genevieve

said · 20/10/2011 21:32

I love French girls names but no idea which are fashionable in France or not. Love Severine, Amandine, Fabienne. Will think of more. I think Segolene is fantastic but suspect it is not cool?

wearymum200 · 20/10/2011 21:31

Heloise (can't do the accents, sorry)
Josephine
Alette
Amelie
Cordelie
Cecile

mopsyflopsy · 20/10/2011 21:27

I love Thiboult and Bruno. We have a Quentin which appears quite popular in France.

shubiedoo · 20/10/2011 21:23

Claire
Isabelle
Lia
Sophie
Amelie

For boys, I like hyphenated names like Marc-Andre or Louis-Joseph but it depends on your surname!