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Elodie ... when we are not French at all.

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MsOliveOyl · 07/06/2012 13:12

Is it pretentious to give a child a French name when she is not remotely French? I just think Elodie is so pretty. She will be dark haired and olive skinned, if that helps...

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StrawberrytallCAKE · 07/06/2012 20:17

I think Elodie is beautiful, would have picked it myself but I know someone called Elodie and it's quite an unusual name around here. She is not French either but lived there for a couple of years when she was a baby.

sugarspiceandallthingsnice324 · 07/06/2012 17:08

Lovely name - doesn't matter if you are not french.

TheMightyMojoceratops · 07/06/2012 16:49

What about Armonie? Wink

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TheMightyMojoceratops · 07/06/2012 16:46

Elodie is just Melody without the 'm'. Confused

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Ephiny · 07/06/2012 16:45

I think it's fine - it's a nice name, and not difficult for non-French speakers to spell/pronounce!

MagdalenaAlec · 07/06/2012 16:44

Let me guess: Shayna? Jenna? Jenny? Sabrina?
Abby/Abigail is becoming quite popular as well, sometimes spelled Abbygaelle..
For boys, Ethan is slowly replacing Kevin as the #1 chavvy name in France.

MrsGuyOfGisbourne · 07/06/2012 16:44

maples, you are not wrong Grin

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MrsGuyOfGisbourne · 07/06/2012 16:39

Named after a football team

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squoosh · 07/06/2012 16:35

What is this terrible chavvy name?

MrsGuyOfGisbourne · 07/06/2012 16:27

maples my French neice is also called a terrible chavvy English name - I tried desperately to talk her parents out of it. Whils she is in France it is fine, but as soon as she comes to the Uk, people snigger Sad

StepOutOfSpring · 07/06/2012 16:22

What hatebeak said

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MagdalenaAlec · 07/06/2012 15:34

MrsGuy: Annick is one of my great-aunts.. I agree with Bonsoir, it is definitely not classy at all and very Breton (like other "ick" ending names). Litterally means "little Ann"

I'd say Elodie is fine even if you are not French - but then again I am. In France it is very 70's/80's (like Isabelle, Florence, Celine, Sebastien...)

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Bonsoir · 07/06/2012 14:58

That is very true, maples, and it is quite important to work out whether, when you name your child that gorgeous romantic poetic whatever name that you associate with long lazy days in the sun on holiday that you are in fact calling him/her the equivalent of Bryan/Doreen.

squoosh · 07/06/2012 14:57

You'd never manage to pick a name if you were worried about how it would be perceived world wide (except Pippa, worry about how that will be perceived). Apparently Kevin (!) is a popular name in France. The least we can do is return the favour and nab some of their middle aged names.

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