what else could I like - girl names

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HazleNutt · 12/03/2015 10:21

So DD is due this summer, and due to living abroad with foreign DH, I need a name that works at least in French and English, preferably also in other bigger European languages.
The name should be well known, so DD would not have to spell it every time - but also not in top 10. At the moment we like:

Eleanor
Alicia
Helen - in France that would be spelled Helene though. In English, would she have to explain every time that that's Helen with e at the end? Not so keen on Elena.
Elise

What's your favourite, and what else could I like?

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SomeSunnySunday · 12/03/2015 11:05

We were in quite a similar position with DD. In the end we chose a name that is used in the UK and all of the Germanic / Nordic / Russian languages and manageable in the Latin languages (although not used). But from my extensive survey of names, Clara seemed to be the one that is known and used and pronounced the same way almost everywhere.
Eloise works well in French and English, and Anna is also known almost everywhere. Lucy(ie), Emily(ie) and Sophie/a are also in fairly general use throughout Europe, although are pedestrian choices.

But as I said above, in the end, despite there brings high chance of DD growing up in a Francophile country, we just chose our favourite name on the basis that it was easily pronounceable for a French speaker.

I like all of your list.

April52 · 12/03/2015 10:39

Lovely names! I had Eleanor and Elise on my short list but finally went for Annabelle.

DilysDerwent · 12/03/2015 10:35

I really like Elise. How about something like Vivienne or Juliette where the French spelling is commonly used in the UK?
Other ideas:
Charlotte
Audrey
Adele

matchingmoll · 12/03/2015 10:31

I like Eleanor and Helen(e) best. How about: Rosa, Greta, Josephine, Sylvie, Marianne, Anna, Caroline, Johanna, Cecilia?

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