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Not Claudie

66 replies

Lissie87 · 13/02/2022 16:42

I’m unexpectedly pregnant with #2 and I’m trying to focus on names to help me get excited.

Can anyone suggest French girl names that end in ie? Not Amelie. If possible a bit more unusual. Two syllables or maybe three.

I really love Claudie but not the meaning (lame/crippled) so something similar would be nice.

I know not French but I also really like Maely… So I guess wildcard suggestions welcome too.

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Normandy144 · 14/02/2022 16:20

If it helps I have a Claudia and can't say the meaning has ever bothered me/us. It's just irrelevant and not something we dwell on and certainly no one has ever commented on the meaning as people just don't know about meamings. So if you love Claudie then go for it, don't let the meaning bother you.

Lissie87 · 14/02/2022 16:19

@babyjellyfish Thank you 🙏 Really useful.

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KirstenBlest · 14/02/2022 16:17
Grin

Cariad is fairly popular and invokes the same sentiment. Nausea

babyjellyfish · 14/02/2022 15:55

@KirstenBlest

Cherie
Please don't do this to your child! Grin
KirstenBlest · 14/02/2022 15:27

Marie
Julie
Audrey
Ophelie
Camille
Sophie
Sylvie
Valerie
Sidonie
Noemie

Jjjaaakkk · 14/02/2022 15:22

Claudine
Claudette
Chloe

KirstenBlest · 14/02/2022 15:19

Cherie

Jellycatrabbit · 14/02/2022 15:16

@Jellycatrabbit

Cordèlie
Excuse my accent being the wrong way round Blush
babyjellyfish · 14/02/2022 15:05

I would probably also avoid names such as Maïlys/Maëlys/Anaïs.

Strictly speaking, you need the accent in order for the name to spell the sound you are supposed to pronounce, and those umlauts are an absolute pain to type. (I just had an intern called Maïlys for the last six months and I had to copy and paste her name every time to spell it correctly.)

Also, Maëlys is currently strongly associated with child who was murdered a few years ago, so for me it gives off Madeleine McCann vibes.

babyjellyfish · 14/02/2022 14:58

Why are you after a French name, OP? Do you just like them, or do you plan to live in France?

I only ask because I think names ending in "ie" might be a bit dated now in France.

I know women my age called Amélie, Elodie, Mélodie, Aurelie, Anne-Sophie, Emilie, Mélanie, Eugénie, Lucie, Marie, Ophélie, Nathalie and Valérie, but they were all born in the 80s.

Some, such as Sylvie, are more like 1960s names.

And quite a few of these names have an acute accent in as well, so you would need to decide whether you wanted to do that as well.

Of the names that have been suggested already in this thread, Léonie is probably the most contemporary, and one of my favourites as well.

Some aren't quite correct; "Tiphanie", for example, is actually Tiphaine (pronounced sort of like Tiff-enne) and quite different to Tiffany in English.

If you want a name which is more contemporary in France, here are some of the most popular names at the moment.

www.parents.fr/prenoms/top-100-des-prenoms-de-filles-100989

Not many "ie" names! Names ending in "a" are actually much more fashionable right now.

This might not bother you at all, but just wanted to point it out.

Jellycatrabbit · 14/02/2022 14:47

Cordèlie

IKeptYouLikeAnOath · 14/02/2022 14:45

Camille

IKeptYouLikeAnOath · 14/02/2022 14:44

Clemence

Lissie87 · 14/02/2022 14:37

Thank you all. I did wonder about Leonie but felt there were too many possible pronunciations.

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DiscoBadgers · 13/02/2022 22:49

Emilie
Ottilie
Elodie
Annaliese
Coline
Eline
Florine
Julie
Lalie
Magalie
Melanie
Noelie
Noemie
Stephanie
Valerie
Virginie

MrsSkylerWhite · 13/02/2022 22:44

Zoie
Adelie

or, not an ie but an i

Gigi

Kitkat151 · 13/02/2022 22:40

Claudie Blakely played the Mum in lark rise to Candleford.... I’d never heard of the name until then

WeasilyPleased · 13/02/2022 22:36

Zadie

MichaelBooblay · 13/02/2022 20:56

Elise
Aurelie

FartnissEverbeans · 13/02/2022 20:45

Celie

Luredbyapomegranate · 13/02/2022 20:06

Maelys is lovely, not so keen on Maely

Leonie I think is great
Noemie
Coralie
Daphne
Alizee

SomeEnchantedEvening18 · 13/02/2022 19:54

Maeva (pronounced May-va)

I believe it means 'welcome'

3peassuit · 13/02/2022 19:46

Coralie
Elise

Risibisi · 13/02/2022 19:43

Love Magali.

Lissie87 · 13/02/2022 19:41

Actually in the UK. Wish I was in France though!

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