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Isolde or Zelie?

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TIPosy · 12/04/2019 15:31

Hello,

Pregnant with our fourth and just learnt today it is a little girl. Smile

After Josephine, Iris and Theodore, we hesitate a bit. I’m french and my husband loves the name Zélie (pronounced Zay-lee), with also Isolde as a contender.

What are your thoughts?

Other contenders are Eleanor (but after Theodore?), Phoebe, Rose (but with Iris?), Florence, Beatrice.

Thanks. :)

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EngagedAgain · 12/04/2019 16:17

I would go with Eleanor or Josephine. Did you mean Theodora, as I thought Theodore was a male name?

TrixieFranklin · 12/04/2019 16:11

I don't know how either are pronounced.
The second I would guess as being Nelly with a Z (so rhymes with Jelly), the first I wouldn't know where to start trying.

Quintella · 12/04/2019 15:58

I've never heard of Zélie before but I like it. Isolde is okay but a bit of a cumbersome word. Nicer written than said aloud.

daisypond · 12/04/2019 15:55

Zélie is lovely. I prefer it to Isolde.

AnnaMagnani · 12/04/2019 15:47

Isolde is lovely but there was a recent thread which established most UK people were going to pronounce it Isold-er

Zelie is even nicer but even tougher for an English person to pronounce a French sounding Z.

Depends how much you can live with this!

bridgetreilly · 12/04/2019 15:45

I love Isolde. I would find a name with an accent a bit irritating, tbh.

wendywoopywoo222 · 12/04/2019 15:39

I wouldn't know how to pronounce either of them so you may spend a lot of time explaining or correcting people.