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Twin Girls, looking for french names

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kisekae · 07/12/2014 22:13

Hello,

I'm having twins in May and I'm stuck on girls names. We already have a daughter named Amelie and I tend to gravitate towards french names. We had originally picked out Violet and Sofia but I've completely gone off Sofia as it's too popular (prefer unique names)

I've recently fallen in love with the name Miette but can't find any other names that would fit with it (Violet and Miette doesn't sound right together with the double 'et's).

Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance

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MonstrousRatbag · 10/12/2014 10:38

Laurance.
Though most English people would just pronounce it Lawrence.
Annick (is apparently Breton)
Murielle
Agnes
Alette
Carine
Elouanne
Hermine (pronunciation again possibly a problem)
Lisette
Magalie
Ondine
Sandrine

Threeplus1 · 10/12/2014 00:48

I love

Camille
Axelle (I know an Axelle-Laure which is very pretty too)
Eloïse
Anaïs
Zoé
Chloe

And most would sound fine in a regular English accent

sleepywombat · 10/12/2014 00:34

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helloelo · 09/12/2014 15:27

sleepywombat I know a 2yo Violaine too but really, a name with both rape and hate in it, how it is still an option is beyond me, I'd rather call my daughter Beyoncé :)

vomistheworst · 09/12/2014 14:46

Agathe (pronounced a-gat)

ngocbao2512 · 09/12/2014 08:55

I like name Juliette and Camille

Gugglebum · 09/12/2014 07:44

My current favourite girls French name is Maëlle.

PoppyAmex · 09/12/2014 07:25

Looking at that list and noticing that there are a lot of Anglo names. How funny.

I adore Inés (it's fairly popular in my country), but I married a Scot and live in Scotland and Innes is a man's name.

sleepywombat · 09/12/2014 02:31

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NancyDroop · 09/12/2014 00:08

How about Marinette?

My lovely French teacher's name

SnowSpot · 08/12/2014 23:59

It's true, MrsSchaden - it's very popular here too! And they really don't know that it's a v funny name even though they live next to America and Canada. You kind of think they'd do a bit of research about it to make sure the rest of the continent weren't chuckling at them.

MrsSchadenfreude · 08/12/2014 23:56

Although, conversely, "Fanny" is quite popular in France.

MrsSchadenfreude · 08/12/2014 23:56

Please, then, don't call them Zizette and Minette!

SnowSpot · 08/12/2014 23:54

I know a 5 year old Sabine. Her parents call her 'Beanie'. 'Tis most cute.

Almost eliminates the association with 'Rape of the Sabine Women'. Shock

helloelo · 08/12/2014 22:52

I don't mean to be the annoying one but just be aware that Miette literally translates as "bread crumbs". I don't know anyone French called Miette, probably more of a nickname for a grandmother.
Violette sounds nice in English but again, just be aware that viol* translates as "rape".

Careful with Monique and Simone, comically old school like Pam and Sharon would be in the UK. Sylvie, Claudette and Corinne, very 70's too.
Camille, Elodie, Mathilde, Lucie, Anaïs, Estelle, Clémentine widely used in the 80's and 90's (I'm one of them).

Top 20 names in 2013:
1- Louise
2- Jade
3- Emma
4- Léa
5- Chloé
6- Lola
7- Lilou
8- Camille
9- Juliette
10- Manon
11- Maëlys
12- Louane
13- Inès
14- Lucie
15- Romane
16- Louna
17- Zoé
18- Léna
19- Sarah
20- Alice

Arven · 08/12/2014 22:50

Manon de source was a pretty sad film!

GreatAuntDinah · 08/12/2014 20:31

Viola is the past simple of the verb to rape.

winkywinkola · 08/12/2014 19:44

Babette and Lucille

Alexaa · 08/12/2014 19:26

Boo Yes, it is very funny that two very different languages would share the same name. I personally love the name.

Alexaa · 08/12/2014 19:25

I have French family and these are the young girls in it:
Anaïs
Eloïse
Anastasie
Clémence
Manon
Sabine
Véronique

BooDidIScareYou · 08/12/2014 19:23

Manon is a Welsh name too incidentally.....

BooDidIScareYou · 08/12/2014 19:21

Ciel? Means heaven or sky in French. I also like Miel which means honey but obvs is quite similar to the MN venerated vacuum cleaner brand!

SilentAllTheseYears · 08/12/2014 19:14

Elodie and Fleur

ShatterResistant · 08/12/2014 19:13

Yes, and it means cunnilingus in French. So there's that.

ShatterResistant · 08/12/2014 19:10

IIRC, Minette means blow job in russian. Just in case that matters to you.