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Names for a Franglais baby

58 replies

Steoh1 · 08/11/2024 13:31

Hi All

we are a French/ English couple living in the uk and expecting a boy.

my wife likes the name Sacha (amongst others) which is more popular in France.

at first I didn’t like it (reminds me of Sacha baron cohen and Borat) but now it’s growing on me.

It quite unusual but wondering if we may grow to dislike it over time.

any thoughts?

thanks

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Namaqua · 08/11/2024 15:12

Pascal
Elias
Louis

Jasmin71 · 08/11/2024 14:49

Martin
Noel

NameChange30 · 08/11/2024 14:35

Assume you're English and your wife is French? DH and I are the other way around.

If I were you I'd look at the French baby name lists and pick names you like that will work in English. Personally I avoided names beginning with H and names with "th" in them, for obvious pronunciation reasons!

My favourites are:
Clément (Clem)
Leo
Maxime (Max)
Noah
Oscar
Robin
Ruben

I'm not a fan of Sacha tbh, as a native English speaker living in the UK, it sounds too feminine to me.

BootballJoy · 08/11/2024 14:09

Gabriel, Raphael, Leo, Lucas, Noah, Arthur all in top 10 in france. Loads of crossover in top 100. I'm sure you'll find a name you both like rather than one that has to grow on you. I know a half French half English Elias (e lee as) and a Luke.

Roaminginthegloaming · 08/11/2024 13:43

Joel ?

(You could even put the two accent dots above the e but I don’t know how to do it on my phone! It’s unnecessary for the English spelling of Joel though).

Grimgrump · 08/11/2024 13:35

Don’t like it much, tbh.
Laurent?
Timothee?
Jean-Luc? (sorry, couldn’t resist a Star Trek reference)

295bkq · 08/11/2024 13:32

I wouldn't use it for the reason you mention.

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