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Eugenie?

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fluentinsarcasm · 17/02/2017 22:27

I don't understand why I never hear it.
I think it's pretty (heard a lot worse) but have yet to meet a little Eugenie. Not seen it suggested on here either.
Does Sarah Ferguson hold the licence or am I the only one who likes it?

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EssentialHummus · 19/02/2017 10:04

Not a fan. For me the association is thick royals.

MrsBellefleur · 19/02/2017 09:56

I would pronounce it You-jean-ee I think it sounds nice that way but the other pronunciations would put me off.

MrsMeeseeks · 19/02/2017 09:48

Princess Eugenie pronounces it with the emphasis on the first syllable: like 'USE yer knee'.

Eolian · 19/02/2017 08:59

I taught a Eugenie. She was a lovely girl. Not keen on the name though.

rosy71 · 19/02/2017 08:55

I was at college with a girl called Eugenie. This was in the 1980s so before Princess Eugenie was born .

KayTee87 · 18/02/2017 11:59

I thought it was pronounced you-gene-ee... I'm Scottish if that makes a difference.
I don't think it's a very pretty name. I like Beatrice though.

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fluentinsarcasm · 18/02/2017 11:23

you jane ee with jane as jeane iyswim
I'm not thinking about using it, just wondered why it's practically unheard of.

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fluentinsarcasm · 18/02/2017 11:16

That's what I think too Deep
Strange though, type of name MN would normally be all over. Seems like the Princess connection has killed it.
Think it makes a lovely mn too.

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reuset · 18/02/2017 10:23

Horrible name. Some odd pronunciations. How are you pronouncing it, OP?

Persephone follows different pronunciation 'rules' not difficult to get right, especially if you know it is Greek.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 18/02/2017 09:24

Not keen

IntoTheDeep · 18/02/2017 09:22

Not a fan.

It probably doesn't help that the only Eugenie I've heard of is the princess.

(Beatrice, on the other hand, is a name I've come across in other places, so I've got other connotations with that which dilute the royal connection)

harderandharder2breathe · 18/02/2017 09:16

I think it's an ugly name sorry

Beatrice is lovely though!

Cinnamon84 · 18/02/2017 08:52

I think it's quite cute. Don't really like the look of it written down though

SuperBeagle · 18/02/2017 08:49

There's also the tennis player Eugenie Bouchard but iirc she was named after Princess E as her mum's a royal family nut.

Omg. Her twin's name is Beatrice, and her other siblings are also named after royals. That's the cringiest thing I've read this year.

SomewhereNow · 18/02/2017 08:04

There's also the tennis player Eugenie Bouchard but iirc she was named after Princess E as her mum's a royal family nut Grin.

AmaDablam · 18/02/2017 07:59

I remember when Princess Eugenie was born and my mum saying it's a lovely name but they're pronouncing it all wrong, it should be “oo-je-NEE". Unlike a pp I find it quite pretty written down but find the anglicised "yoo-janey" jarring and you'd never get people to say it the "proper" way this side of the channel.

Notagain2017 · 18/02/2017 07:39

Beautiful name. Never met one in real life.

MimiSunshine · 18/02/2017 05:04

i like it and also go with Yoo-Jane-Nee but with a french sounding Je for Jane but I think it's one of those names that people don't really know how to pronounce and potentially think the Je bit makes it pretentious (well maybe just the people I know)

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fluentinsarcasm · 18/02/2017 01:12

Lazy Duke of York and his grim ex wife
I think it has.

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SuperBeagle · 18/02/2017 01:06

I don't like Persephone either. It's also ugly sounding.

Beatrice is popular, so I don't think the royals have anything to do with it.

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fluentinsarcasm · 18/02/2017 01:04

But is it any worse in pronunciation and looks than say Persphone, which is always getting suggested?
I suspect it would be far more popular if it didn't have the Royal connection.

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SuperBeagle · 18/02/2017 00:48

It's always been pronounced yoo-genie where I'm from.

In French, it sounds a bit like aw-zhenny. I only know this because there was a Eugenie (Greek) in my French class at uni and I thought her name was Jenny for a long time.

dontpokethebear · 18/02/2017 00:45

I always thought it was Yoo-Jane-nee, but the J in Jane sounding a bit more like the French 'je'.

SuperBeagle · 18/02/2017 00:37

I don't like it, in looks or pronunciation.

It also reminds me of eugenics.

TreeTop7 · 17/02/2017 23:16

The pronounciation faff puts me off, as an OP said. Along with the lazy Duke of York and his grim ex wife (although the daughters seem pleasant, in fairness).