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Manon for our second daughter?

86 replies

CeceSL · 21/07/2019 08:46

After Anouk... Manon? Is it a nice name?

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PancakesAndMapleSyrup · 21/07/2019 09:42

Manon is lovely as is Alba.

WhiteDust · 21/07/2019 09:41

I like Elodie too.

WhiteDust · 21/07/2019 09:40

Manon des sources . Lovely! ❤️

HellYeah90s · 21/07/2019 09:40

I wouldn't use that name in the UK, sorry, there will be so many mispronunciations of the name. I also think of the football connotation.

Esme is lovely. Cleo is nice too.

Mamimawr · 21/07/2019 09:32

It's a lovely girls name

Direwolfwrangler · 21/07/2019 09:31

@CeceSL I love the name Cleo. So beautiful, I’d have used it myself if it matched our surname.

TatianaLarina · 21/07/2019 09:26

LOVE.

Beautiful name. Goes very well with Anouk.

Not just French, it’s also Welsh.

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t know how to pronounce Manon. The demographic here is quite culturally clueless.

BookBookBook · 21/07/2019 09:16

Well, can you cope with having it mispronounced without the nasalised ending by virtually everyone except you, OP? Ninon will have exactly the same issue. Both lovely names, but I think it would get on my nerves. And don't even start with Anaïs which, even with the diaresis, will be pronounced 'AnAY' by large numbers of British people, apparently because of an old perfume ad.

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 21/07/2019 09:14

There was a French contestant on Great British Bake Off called Manon.

When we watched it DS told me about the "man on" football term as that's all he could hear every time they said her name, so I also can't think of anything but that now.

RickOShay · 21/07/2019 09:14

Thank you Cece Smile

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CeceSL · 21/07/2019 09:12

Rick it is pronounced with no “n” at the end like in English, so it doesn’t sound like “man on” but “man-ow” (maybe? It’s hard to write!)

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overnightangel · 21/07/2019 09:11

“Man on!” is what you shout in football to a team mate if there’s someone behind trying to tackle him or her

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CeceSL · 21/07/2019 09:11

We are French. But we currently live in UK. Thank you for your reactions.

We also like...

Ninon/Nina (but it has same origin as Anouk)
Anaïs (same problem)
Inès (friends daughter 8 years old)
Esme
Esther
Alba/Albane
Cléo

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RickOShay · 21/07/2019 09:09

How is it pronounced in French?

DogsandBoysmeanMud · 21/07/2019 09:08

'Man-on' is what you shout in football when another player is getting very close to your player with the ball!!!

Oblomov19 · 21/07/2019 09:08

I thought it was a male name. It's not very feminine.

Proseccoinamug · 21/07/2019 09:08

I assumed Welsh, not French. Don’t think any of the Manons round here have been the butt of jokes.

Proseccoinamug · 21/07/2019 09:07

In Wales there are loads of Manons.

StoatofDisarray · 21/07/2019 09:04

Agree with the Man on PPs: you're setting her up for a lifetime of "jokes". Shame because it's a nice name.

EdWinchester · 21/07/2019 09:02

Are you french? It’s a nice name, but if you’re in the uk, everyone will pronounce it man-on which is horrid.

Icklepup · 21/07/2019 08:59

I love Anouk but Manon doesn't sound like a nice name for a girl..

Anouk and Maris?
Anouk and Eden?
Anouk and Veda?
Anouk and Cosette?

TitianaTitsling · 21/07/2019 08:57

yippee exactly what l thought of! "Make them see Manon three times three*

BookBookBook · 21/07/2019 08:57

I love it, but have only ever come across it in deeply French contexts -- do English speakers pronounce it as 'Man on'? That would be my sole issue with it.

Viebienremplie · 21/07/2019 08:56

I think it works very well in French/France but not so much if she's British/living in the U.K.

There are lots and lots of lovely French girls names that don't also mean something in English...

Snog · 21/07/2019 08:56

Nice if you have a French connection