Etienne for a girl?

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cornwallsharon · 15/07/2015 14:02

I think Etienne would make a lovely name for a girl but my husband isnt keen as its a boys name in France. What do you think?

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AnnaBegins · 15/07/2015 18:50

Definitely a boys name, I know several male etiennes.

Itshouldntmatter · 15/07/2015 18:45

I agree. Boys name. Your child would never be able to travel to any francophone country in the world. This website gives the top 100 French girls names for the last 100 years. You'll find some good ones there.

www.infobebes.com/prenoms/top-prenoms-filles/1937

Lucienne and Madeleine both have the same enne sound, but for girls names.

Cornberry · 15/07/2015 16:43

No no no. That's like a French person asking if they should name their daughter Stephen.

MitzyLeFrouf · 15/07/2015 15:22

I'd assume the parents had picked the name thinking it was a girls' name. I'd cringe a bit for them to be honest.

florascotia · 15/07/2015 14:56

As Why says, there was a long thread about this fairly recently.

Etienne is a boy's name in the French language - so that's anywhere in the world where it is spoken/understood, not just in France. It's the exact equivalent of Stephen. The modern French female version is Stephane (with an acute accent on the first e). The old French female version was Etiennette.

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 15/07/2015 14:08

It is a boy name.
I posted about here a while ago.
But is does sound like it should be a girl name!

NerrSnerr · 15/07/2015 14:06

I'd think it was a boy.

midnightvelvetPart2 · 15/07/2015 14:05

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midnightvelvetPart2 · 15/07/2015 14:05

Its the French version of Stephen. Also a saint & a town in France.

To me, its a masculine name.

MissBattleaxe · 15/07/2015 14:04

In France it's the equivalent of Stephen. I think if you want a French name, choose another one otherwise it sounds like you're picking a French name because its a French name.

Ottilie? Marianne?

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