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Sylvie or Juliet?

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SuperstarDJ · 19/08/2018 07:41

DD2 due in a couple of months. Which of these 2 do you prefer? These are the current final two but are subject to change Grin

Other names that I like but cannot use are Romilly, Merryn, Marnie, Cassia.

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zozozoo · 20/08/2018 20:45

Sylvie - love it

JW1226 · 20/08/2018 20:44

Sylvie is lovely and I don't know how you'd get it confused with Sylvia it's a different name in my opinion xx

OneAndDoneForNow · 20/08/2018 20:37

Sylvie for sure. There seems to be heaps of Juliet's just now

vitaminC · 20/08/2018 20:30

I love both Juliet and Juliette (I would pronounce them differently).
Sylvie is a frumpy french housewife, though. Sorry. It was really overused in France for most of the 1950s and 60s. I know literally dozens!

ApplestheHare · 20/08/2018 20:30

We have a 3-year-old Sylvie and a few people call her Sylvia but it's not a big issue, she just corrects them. She loves her name Grin

The only things I'd say is that I prefer it written down to spoken, and that you will find yourself shortening it to 'Sylv' even if you don't intend to! It's been a lovely name for dd though and I'm glad we chose it.

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SuperstarDJ · 20/08/2018 20:25

Am still undecided Blush Juliet has been the only constant on our list but something is stopping me from being completely 100% about it.

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Zamaz · 20/08/2018 19:25

LOVE Sylvie

NorfolkNellie · 20/08/2018 15:43

Both lovely but I prefer Sylvie.

17caterpillars1mouse · 19/08/2018 21:37

Love Sylvie, not so keen on Juliet

bridgetreilly · 19/08/2018 13:10

Whilst I like Slyvie I really don’t like Slyvia although I know there is no logic to that

Reason #1 to pick Juliet.

Sophronia · 19/08/2018 12:38

Sylvie

butlerswharf · 19/08/2018 11:07

Juliet by a very long way.

RoseMartha · 19/08/2018 11:01

Juliet

MikeUniformMike · 19/08/2018 11:00

Sylvie is ok in France. Sylvia is absolutely horrible.

pouraglasshalffull · 19/08/2018 10:53

Sylvie definitely! I can just never imagine any under the age of 25 being called Juliet

I don't think you'll have trouble with people confusing it with Sylvia, people have lots of names that could end with either A or E (Evie, Eva, Rosie, Rosa etc)

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 19/08/2018 10:34

Juliet.

OneOfEach2 · 19/08/2018 10:12

If DC2 were another dd she'd 100% have been called Sylvie. I absolutely love it.
(Stuck on boys names now!)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY3XxnRtu48

Moonflower12 · 19/08/2018 10:10

Juliet is lovely. More timeless too.

yikesanotherbooboo · 19/08/2018 09:41

Sylvia is pretty and much more current than Sylvia so I don't think many will call her the longer form. Even if they do occasionally is it a problem?

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SuperstarDJ · 19/08/2018 09:15

DH’s only concern about Sylvie is that on
first introductions we’ll be spending a lifetime correcting people that it’s Sylvie not Sylvia. Though I think Sylvie is much more commonly known as a name in its own right nowadays? Some people struggle to get their heads round DD1’s first name -
Don’t want to have to go through it again with DD2!

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Awrite · 19/08/2018 09:05

Dc2 would have been Juliette if he were a girl. I love it!

I always have to think about which way the y and the l go round in Sylvie. Not keen as I don't like Sylvia at all.

Citylivingwithdogs · 19/08/2018 09:04

Juliet, lovely name, wish I had considered it actually. Sylvie, not keen as I really dislike Sylvia and it just sounds like a shorten version.

fortyandfrumpy · 19/08/2018 09:01

I have a Juliette. She gets called Juju at school Hmm. We don't usually shorten but it's Jules when we do.

wildewillow · 19/08/2018 08:32

How about both? Sylvie Juliet sounds lovely

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SuperstarDJ · 19/08/2018 08:28

Whilst I like Slyvie I really don’t like Slyvia although I know there is no logic to that Grin

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