French-English Baby Names

Marc
Thierry
Pierre
Luc

Amelie
Sophie

Or were they just more confident and less teasable, it’s really not about the names.

@TatianaBis, Lizzie Dripping isn't a compliment and Austin Allegro was a bit of a joke car.. Those weren't the actual insults but along the same sort of lines. My friends with more conventional names didn't get teased.

Some kids had terrible nn that in hindsight were cruel. Not the actual ones but things like Fat Karen, Specky Becky, Susan Snot etc

This is the point- there is no name you can’t turn into something derogatory. And if they really can’t think of anything kids just pick on something about appearance, or even just makes things up like the fat jibe.

Lizzie dripping or Austin allegro aren’t even rude.

It was TatianaBis. Think something like Lizzie Dripping or Austin Allegro type jokes. Neither particularly bothered me but that was because I didn't rise to it. The fat-shaming nn was as AFAIK I wasn't. NN were often alliterative or a play on their names

Had I been more sensitive I would have been hurt.

Some kids had terrible nn that in hindsight were cruel. Not the actual ones but things like Fat Karen, Specky Becky, Susan Snot etc

For male names Remy is nice as are Stéphane, Thierry and François convert well into English. However I knew a Stephane who would put Mr Stephane on his email footnote as some people thought it was Stephanie.

I was teased about my first name and surname. I also was given a fat-shaming nickname yet the photos of me show a skinny looking kid.

For whatever reason you seemed vulnerable. It wasn’t about your name any more than it was about being fat (you weren’t).

There are Lysander and Calypsos who get through school with not a mention of their names.

ANY name can be teasable. All the Ellies in the world could easily be called smelly, Matt scat, Leo peeo, Lucas pukas etc.

@TatianaBis, I disagree with you about the bullying. Other kids will look for a weak point and an unusual name is ripe for the picking.

You can teach a child to be resilient, but other kids can be cruel

I was teased about my first name and surname. I also was given a fat-shaming nickname yet the photos of me show a skinny looking kid.

Some of the surnames were ripe for teasing, but a friend whose surname is Steel was teased 'Steal by nature' and it still upsets him

Boys
Remy - I have a lovely friend with that name
Girls
Fleur - I went to school with a stunning girl with that name

No-one gets bullied for their name, but because they’re vulnerable in some way. You can make anyone’s name into something funny or rude. And if you can’t you can seize on something else about them.

I like Iris, Blanche and Beatrice, Edgar and Joseph.

My favourite French names are Manon, Capucine, Apolline, Romane, Maëlys, Thibault, Sébastien, Gabriel, Raphaël, Joachim.

I completely disagree that Manon doesn’t work in the U.K., it’s a Welsh name also. However it depends slightly where you live - in London or in Wales - no problem at all, elsewhere - n’importe quoi.

Maëlys doesn’t work here as everyone would just say Mayliss, but Anaïs does, and people do know how to pronounce it.

I don't think Hot School Dinners is a suitable name and your post looks like a scam

I just thought of Jasmine to add to my suggestions.

It's true that a lot of the crossover names seem a little dated in one culture or the other, but they can still be lovely names.

Are you looking for names which are currently in use in France, OP?

A lot of the ones on your list would be quite unusual here.

I love love love Garance.

Having two different pronounciations of your name is fine too. Both me and my brother's name are pronounced differently by our French and English families (and friends). My sons' names also work in both languages with a different pronounciation. As long as you are comfortable with the English way of saying it and aren't going to get stressed trying to enforce the 'correct' pronounciation when they start meeting people without you there (so school at the latest).

Just like you shouldn't choose Joseph if you can't stand Joe as a nickname.

Other ideas to play with, of a Anglo/French people I know

Stella
Anna
Arabella
Alice
Zoe (she is officially Zoë, but has adopted Zoé unofficially)
Agnés (although Agnes is old fashioned in English)
Amelie
Alexandra
Chantal

Marco
Darius
Jaques
Thomas
Robert
Martin
Emile
Benoit, known as Ben
Louis

Iris is pronounced quite differently in French and English, that's why we didn't choose it for our french/english dd if that matters to you?

My latest neice born in France is Sybille

If she had been male then in contention was Patrick, which apparently works in French too?

One of my friends growing up (half French) was Aurelia, which I love