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Manon - for a little girl?

61 replies

sunshinemummy2012 · 19/01/2015 16:46

Thoughts?

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stripedtortoise · 19/01/2015 18:53

Very pretty, but not in the cutesy way like so many names are....
It's really classy and elegant. Use it!

Rhubarbgarden · 19/01/2015 18:38

Lovely.

AvonCallingBarksdale · 19/01/2015 18:36

Emmanuelle Beart played Manon in the film and Jean de Florette, didn't she? Anyways... I think Manon is a lovely name.

SirVixofVixHall · 19/01/2015 18:32

I would say don't. Unless you are in Wales or France. (They are not the same name, just spelled the same). My dd is a Manon, we are a Welsh family in a very welsh speaking part of Wales and it isn't an uncommon name here. However many of my English friends call her by the French version, or as a pp said they shorten the O so that she is more Man'n. DH's cousin also comments that "Man on" is a football thing? So unless you live somewhere where it will be pronounced properly then choose something else would be my advice!

OnlyLovers · 19/01/2015 18:29

Love it. Don't think it matters if it's said in an English (or Welsh) accent as opposed to French.

As for teasing, children will find something to tease about ANY name.

SunnyBaudelaire · 19/01/2015 18:28

Emanuelle? No no no! or am I just a child of the 70s?

CurlyRedHairfor2015ok · 19/01/2015 18:26

I watched Manon de source too but it was a sad film. What about Emanuelle with Manelle for short.

MoominKoalaAndMiniMoom · 19/01/2015 18:25

One of my best friends is called Manon (and yes, she's Welsh). Lovely name.

CurlyRedHairfor2015ok · 19/01/2015 18:24

Really dislike it. It doesnt work in English imo. Sounds

SunnyBaudelaire · 19/01/2015 18:23

"Manon? As in man on?"
no, as in Ma non, silly

MeanwhileHighAboveTheField · 19/01/2015 18:22

I think is lovely, and of course there is a famous Manon Manon Carpenter

HighwayDragon · 19/01/2015 18:08

Manon? As in man on?

Allalonenow · 19/01/2015 18:03

I know a lovely little French Manon, such a pretty name.

Snog · 19/01/2015 17:38

Manon is really nice but the nn suggested above of Nonny sounds awful to my (English) ears!

Mistlewoeandwhine · 19/01/2015 17:33

I love it.

GotToBeInItToWinIt · 19/01/2015 17:33

I like it in a French, Welsh and English accent Smile

SunnyBaudelaire · 19/01/2015 17:29

maybe not squoosh - or the English might try to 'schwa' the O and it would become 'Man'n'

squoosh · 19/01/2015 17:28

The French pronunciation is more like mah-noh

squoosh · 19/01/2015 17:28

But it doesn't sound half as nice in an English accent.

GotToBeInItToWinIt · 19/01/2015 17:27

I know a really lovely welsh Manon, she's late 20's. The association means I really like it Smile

SunnyBaudelaire · 19/01/2015 17:26

it is pronounced Ma-non round here!
not to hard even for English people!!

squoosh · 19/01/2015 17:19

Sounds gorgeous in a French voice, significantly less gorgeous in a non French voice.

No one would ever pronounce it correctly.

Blahia · 19/01/2015 17:15

I think it is really nice :) might be hard for some people to pronounce here though?

Other suggestions (just in case!): Margot and Anouk (I love them both.... But especially the latter!) :)

RiverTam · 19/01/2015 17:06

I know a couple of Manons. It's a French girls' name. Don't see any potential for teasing myself.

yongnian · 19/01/2015 17:06

Plus, like other Welsh names ending in 'non' it can be shortened to Nonny or Non, which is very cute.

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