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Trystan, for a girl

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NotChristmasCarol · 16/12/2012 15:19

Ever met one? It can be a girl's name apparently

I am searching for DD2's name, but this is an idle thread for curiosity's sake I must confess...

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mejon · 17/12/2012 22:14

Not for a girl no. Shock at some of the comments re your spelling though. TrYstan is how it is spelt in Welsh - my parents certainly weren't 'chavvy' when they named my DB 40-odd years ago.

Rhubarbgarden · 17/12/2012 21:04

No. Awful.

Dragonwoman · 17/12/2012 19:18

I have a female Tristen. The en ending is the female spelling. Pronounced the same as the male version. We like it!

DoesntTurkeyNSproutSoupDragOn · 17/12/2012 18:27

You do realist that hotmum isn't her real name...?

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Polkadotfanatic · 17/12/2012 18:01

Ex girlfriend of Jason Mraz :)

SomersetONeil · 17/12/2012 17:31

Loving the idea of somebody called 'hotmum' accusing somebody else of being 'chavvy'.

I'm also intrigued as to what Chelsea Clinton is supposed to have done. Grin I can only think the poster meant Chelsy Davy, maybe?

shoppingtrolley · 17/12/2012 12:47

I have met a lovely woman called Tristanne -- she was Canadian, not at all chavvy, v. elegant.

PickledInAPearTree · 17/12/2012 09:31

Quite agree lady.

LadyWidmerpool · 17/12/2012 07:50

' V.pretentious, boarding chavy (think Chelsea Clinton)'

I can't make sense of this. What has Chelsea Clinton done? I didn't realise we have to worry about names being pretentious AND 'chavy' which in my head rhymes with gravy.

Seriously, enough with calling things chavvy. It makes the user sound like someone with no class.

lljkk · 17/12/2012 07:41

Trystan is an American girl's name. I know one nearly age 40. I don't mind it.

So many nice girl names, though, why choose one with obvious problems. Christina is lovely, for instance.

Greensleeves · 16/12/2012 20:36

I knew a little girl called Trista years ago. Her parents named her Trista because they had lost a little boy called Tristram, IIRC

I always thought it was a pretty name.

cuillereasoupe · 16/12/2012 20:32

It's not a common name in France, I've never met one in over fifteen years, but there's Tristane Banoun who claimed to have been groped by DSK.

milkwagon · 16/12/2012 19:34

No.
Why on earth would you want to name a DS Tristan, let alone a DD with terrible alternative spelling? V.pretentious, boarding chavy (think Chelsea Clinton). Only Tristan I've ever known was a moron, and a flaky one at that.

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CoteDAzur · 16/12/2012 19:22

Funny you should say that Shoobidoo. I have been living France (hence the nickname) for over a decade and have never come across a "Tristane". Not once. I really don't think that it's a common girls' name in France.

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NotChristmasCarol · 16/12/2012 17:51

"Chavy Mum" ??

Nice one, "hotmum". Perhaps read the OP next time?

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cuillereasoupe · 16/12/2012 17:46

You could go with Trista or Tristana, both female.

expatinscotland · 16/12/2012 17:18

It can be a girl's name if you're naff.

It's a boy's name. Blachefleur, his mother named him that before dying in childbirth after her husband's ship came back with a black sail ('This dead man Rivalin of Loonois is killing me'). He lived a rather sad, miserable life and then died young, tragically.

EdithWeston · 16/12/2012 17:15

Unless you put an 'e' or an 'a' at the end, it will be taken as a boy's name across Europe.

hotmum · 16/12/2012 17:11

Yes by all means call her Trystan, if you want her to be constantly mistaken for a boy, at the very least you will be known as one of those chavvy parents that make up names using random letters because they are too thick to spell real names!!!!!
Nice legacy to give your kids Chavy Mum!

DoesntTurkeyNSproutSoupDragOn · 16/12/2012 16:52

No way.

As for the link, it appears that not even the Americans use it as a name for girls.

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NotChristmasCarol · 16/12/2012 16:49

No need for an apology BrandyB- as I said, this is an idle curiosity thread only.

I must say, I don't like it for a boy as have always found it a bit wet. I went to school with one and we used to call him Tristina

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InNeedOfBrandyButter · 16/12/2012 16:23

I like it for a boy but not a girl sorry op

MikeOxardInTheSnow · 16/12/2012 16:22

No!

QuickLookBusy · 16/12/2012 16:18

Don't like it for a boy and definitely not for a girl. Sorry.