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Do you think this is teasable?

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Jooni · 02/08/2017 16:51

Manon (for a girl)

It's very popular in France and familiar in Wales (slightly different pronunciations obviously), but we live in England so not sure how it would be received.

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RainaBaina · 03/08/2017 14:21

Damian Lewis (actor) has a daughter called Manon.

I hear man on.
Sorry.

Littlemissawesome · 03/08/2017 10:35

I used to work with a girl called Manon, I think she was Dutch! I really like the name and for what's it worth she was a very pleasant young lady

frozentree · 03/08/2017 09:42

I have a daughter called Manon - we live in France, husband is Welsh. We spend a lot of time in England during the holidays and not once in her 13 years has anyone ever said 'Man on'. Even when regularly staying with 3 football-obsessed teenage boys in London.....

Crispbutty · 02/08/2017 22:18

It's fine. I had a French student working for me last year called Manon. The other two were both called Fanny, which is also a very popular French name Grin

Mulch · 02/08/2017 22:08

Meant witch character

Mulch · 02/08/2017 22:07

I like it

fierce with character from throne of glass series

Out2pasture · 02/08/2017 22:06

If you pronounce it like the French do Maa Nom it's is lovely and doesn't sound at all like Man On.

MikeUniformMike · 02/08/2017 22:01

Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory have a daughter called Manon.

I think it's fine.

namechange20050 · 02/08/2017 21:55

I know it from Manon des Sources. Lovely lovely name. Very classy.

Ecureuil · 02/08/2017 21:55

I know one, she's 31. Lovely name. As far as I'm aware she's never been teased for it.

Hakarl · 02/08/2017 21:52

I suppose children were meaner in my time (or at my school). I went to secondary school with a poor girl called Maryanne who was always getting called 'Hairy Man' just because it rhymed so I think my peers would have jumped right on a name like Manon.

Perhaps the greater diversity of names these days has made children more accepting. I'm certainly very pleased if that's the case!

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Jooni · 02/08/2017 20:51

Oh god I must have a really dirty mind then Blush Well I'm glad that didn't occur to anyone else! I agree that if it's just the footballing term some people are going think if then that's not a huge deal. Thanks for all the responses.

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YouLookTiredDaddyPig · 02/08/2017 19:24

man on is a pretty niche footballing term

Well, everyone who has ever played football will know it. So not that niche. Almost every boy at a secondary school and a fair few of the girls too.

Anyway, it's not exactly a harsh insult, is it? Lots of names sound slightly like other things. If a kid is going to get teased, they will do regardless of their name. Personally I just couldn't use it for my own child because I'd be thinking of the football connection every time I said her name.

AccrualIntentions · 02/08/2017 19:17

It just reminds me of the film The Craft. But really, anything is teasable and I've read a lot worse suggestions on here.

ConstanceCraving · 02/08/2017 19:10

Ah ok that didn't cross my mind.

Teambaby3 · 02/08/2017 19:07

Like I want a 'Man on' me, I have a 'man on' me etc I'm guessing

PiratePanda · 02/08/2017 19:06

I have had more than one student (university) called Manon. It's a beautiful name.

ConstanceCraving · 02/08/2017 19:03

How do you mean, sexual OP? Sorry that's gone right over my head Grin

Teambaby3 · 02/08/2017 19:00

I am a teacher in a very tough school-mumsnetters are far crueler than most kids!! There is such a diversity of names nowadays kids generally don't bat an eyelid when something unusual comes about-and Manon isn't even that unusual. Go for it-it's lovely x

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Jooni · 02/08/2017 18:49

I wasn't really worried about the footballing term, more that it sounded a bit... sexual. Like I've heard people say that Ophelia could be teased with "I feel ya" etc.

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ineedamoreadultieradult · 02/08/2017 17:50

'fire at Will' I mean

ineedamoreadultieradult · 02/08/2017 17:50

'man on' is a pretty niche footballing term I only ever started to hear it when DS started playing football. I don't think it would be in everyone's repertoire to use it as a teasing reference for Manon and to be fair it's no worse than things like 'fire at Will's and 'hey Jude' but those kids seem to come through life unscathed.

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Jooni · 02/08/2017 17:44

DH is half French but given that we live in England we'd go for the Welsh/English pronunciation over here - it's pretty intuitive: "MAH-non". So it does sound pretty much exactly like "man on" Blush but somehow I still like it.

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Namehunting001 · 02/08/2017 17:40

@Hakarl - right, but it seems school age children aren't being teased either!

It's all nice and safe to choose 'good English classical names' for our children when in fact there are beautiful alternatives out there and children tend to grow into their names anyway. I know an adult Manon in England too and it's never been a problem.

pieceofpurplesky · 02/08/2017 17:37

I have a beautiful niece called Manon who has never been teased for her name. 'Man on' is not something small kids know and by the time that they know what it means it will just be her name. Only mean and ignorant adults would say something to her ...