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Violette, Juliette or Vivienne?

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madeleinedupont · 29/07/2022 14:14

Hello everyone! We are having a daughter and we need advice on the names Violette, Juliette and Vivienne, because we cannot choose. I'm open to other name suggestions as well. I'm French but I live in London so all names should preferably be French! DD1 is called Mathilde Pénélope and DS is called Théodore Louis. Middle name suggestions would also be helpful!

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Bert2e · 30/07/2022 17:58

Violette!

Soonberaining · 30/07/2022 17:56

Love Violette. It's obvious that it's not pronounced the same as Violet.

Vivienne is the name of my neighbour from hell, so bad vibes for me!

Juliette - meh.

French names in my family: Josephine, Louise, Marguerite.

Chocolateislife88 · 30/07/2022 17:47

I really like Vivienne and Violette

newbiename · 30/07/2022 17:45

Violette is beautiful? MN Josephine or is that too much?

timeisnotaline · 30/07/2022 17:43

Vivienne but they are all nice. Elodie, Genevieve, Garance, Clementine?

OneCup · 30/07/2022 17:38

These are three lovely names. I may have avoided Violette on the basis that it is spelt differently in English and French. What if it annoys your daughter?
Are you thinking ever going back to live in France? Vivienne is more old fashioned....in case that bothers you?

Crikeyalmighty · 30/07/2022 16:54

@madeleinedupont Ha, shows I have good taste-

How about Mimi ? Someone I know has Margot and Mimi

My granddaughter is called Zara - quite French I think

QuimReaper · 30/07/2022 16:52

Vivienne without a doubt!

Vivienne Genevieve would be delightful. Or Vivienne Ottillie.

Divebar2021 · 30/07/2022 16:45

They’re all lovely but I like Vivienne as a preference. No one younger than about 48 is going to associate it with a TV character from the 80’s.
I also like Eloise, or Delphine as a middle name.

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madeleinedupont · 30/07/2022 16:39

Love that name but unfortunately it’s also my sisters name

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Crikeyalmighty · 29/07/2022 22:47

How about Margot?

UsernameIsHarderThanBabyName · 29/07/2022 22:27

Definitely Vivienne

Luredbyapomegranate · 29/07/2022 19:46

Vivienne - it’s so vivacious, and it’s the one people will say closest to theFrench pronunciations

Juliette is pretty, getting quite popular.

Violet is overdone, and people will say it the English way always

Forconfessingonly · 29/07/2022 18:08

Vivienne. I like Viv as a nickname.

Titsflyingsouth · 29/07/2022 17:31

Violette is my favourite.

obsessedwithsleep · 29/07/2022 17:26

This thread makes me want to be French so I can call my children these beautiful names!

IsThePopeCatholic · 29/07/2022 17:20

Violette and Vivien ne are lovely.
also, Apolline, Solene.

Aquaticshark11 · 29/07/2022 17:18

All 3 names go nicely with Mathilde and Théodore so you can't go wrong really. I would choose Violette as it's the most unusual and the nicest in my opinion.

Madeleine would be a nice middle name option.

PoundPill · 29/07/2022 17:13

I like them all but if I had to choose then Juliette as seems more positive in some way to me

WaltzingWaters · 29/07/2022 17:01

Personally don’t like Vivienne, sounds very stuck up to me, sorry 😬 but I love Juliette. Violette is nice too.

greatblueheron · 29/07/2022 16:57

Love all the names, especially Vivienne.

Also like Emmeline, Delphine, Joelle and Genevieve.

RedWingBoots · 29/07/2022 16:47

IrisVersicolor · 29/07/2022 15:10

Violette by miles. It goes much better with your other names

Vivienne in the U.K. is very Essex. Juliette is dull.

I actually know a Violette and a Vivienne in rl - neither of them are Essex.

midsomermurderess · 29/07/2022 16:22

Vivienne. The others are a bit, I don’t know, simpering.

Staynow · 29/07/2022 16:19

Violette by miles. The name Vivienne always makes me think of Vyvyan Basterd, Ade Edmonson's character from the Young One's - obviously showing my age there!

darlingdodo · 29/07/2022 15:17

Middle names
Claire
Elaine
Jeanne
Manon
Margot

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