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Thoughts please on the name Anouk?

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SleepyRoo · 19/02/2016 12:13

I like the sound, it'd be a tribute to an Ann relative, and we have a slight French connection. However I may be swamped by hormones at this point (due any day). Thoughts?

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Spandexpants007 · 20/02/2016 03:31

Nice name

Adarajames · 20/02/2016 02:40

I assumed Inuit too

CatThiefKeith · 20/02/2016 01:21

nou nou is slang for fanjo inEssex, just so you know.

sallysparrow157 · 20/02/2016 01:14

I love it! A friend of a friend is anouska and is known as nu which I think is a cute nickname which works for a little anouk so counteracts the harshness people have mentioned.

madwomanbackintheattic · 20/02/2016 01:06

I hadn't realised it was French. It sounds Inuit to me - I see inukshuks when I hear it - that's not a bad connotation. Grin

sunwish · 20/02/2016 01:02

It's beautiful. I know an adorable little Anouk who sometimes goes by Nou Nou.

Out2pasture · 20/02/2016 01:02

Anouk is a Dutch name, becoming popular because of a French singer.
Annick is French.

Room101isWhereIUsedToLive · 20/02/2016 00:57

I think its lovely. Hope you call her that!

CatThiefKeith · 20/02/2016 00:55

It's a bit Lost Boys, yes I know it was Nanook. Buy it is still a dogs name....

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 20/02/2016 00:41

Anneka is nice too.

manicinsomniac · 20/02/2016 00:30

I don't like it, sorry. Agree with pp that it sounds harsh.

I was going to say I really like Anoushka as an alternative but I didn't even realise Anouk was French - I thought it was East European Blush

Alisvolatpropiis · 19/02/2016 14:50

I really like it

kelda · 19/02/2016 13:28

Prefer other Anne variations, such as Anya.

Meeep · 19/02/2016 13:27

It's a nice name, I went to school with one!

KatieT12 · 19/02/2016 13:00

I don't like it - it isn't my style Blush

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jenpetronus · 19/02/2016 12:57

I live in France too & my closest French friends DD2 is called Anouk. I know of two others too. I think it's lovely. Not too girly, but pretty, easy to pronounce but a bit different.

ppandj · 19/02/2016 12:43

Sorry you already said it does go! Go for it Smile

BarricadesBabe · 19/02/2016 12:43

Have you considered Annick? Also has the Ann- thing, also French, but perhaps translates better to English vowel sounds?

A colleague of mine in France was called this and I always thought it was a lovely name.

ppandj · 19/02/2016 12:42

I watched Chocolat the other day and thought to myself that I liked the name. It wouldn't go with our surname so I think it depends how you think it sounds with yours?

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 19/02/2016 12:41

I think I must have been thinking of Nanook too when I read it - I thought it sounded Scandinavian or even Inuit. Not French! Shows what I know.

I don't dislike it though.

MadameDePompom · 19/02/2016 12:40

If she'll be attending a North London primary her best friends will probably be Greta, Pamela and Ines.

She'll fit in just fine! Grin

BarricadesBabe · 19/02/2016 12:39

Lovely name when pronouced properly! Sounds very grown-up, can't really imagine a little girl being called it ... but hey, even the ultra-elegant Anouk Aimee must have been a toddler once.

MadameDePompom · 19/02/2016 12:38

No. Nook and crannie isn't only a Scottish thing.

OttiliaVonBCup · 19/02/2016 12:36

Ah, misread your post OP.

My point was though that yo can hear any name under the Sun in any London primary.

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