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Sorrel or Manon

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RoseApp · 28/08/2026 19:10

Wondered if anyone knew anyone with these names and what they think of them

Sorrel, Elowen, Manon (pronounced Welsh way.

Two syllable surname.

Also what goes well as a middle name. Family names don’t really suit and have been used apart from Mai (pronounced My)

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Helenbelena · 29/08/2026 07:25

Love all three, but would probably choose Manon.

user1492757084 · 29/08/2026 06:50

All are sweet names.

Elowen Mai
Manon Fairlie
Sorrel Mai

Second names ..
Claire
Fleur
Scarlett
Alice
Jacqueline
Xanthe
Aurelia

OtterlyAstounding · 29/08/2026 05:08

Sorrel sounds too much like 'sorrow' and 'Manon' just makes me think of 'man on' - but Elowen is very pretty and elegant.

Itsbeenalongtimeincoming · 29/08/2026 04:50

Offherrockingchair · 28/08/2026 20:12

Manon makes me think of football training - Man on!!!!

I like the other two.

Funny - every time I hear that name I think mais non (but no) in French.

EmailsaysOOO · 29/08/2026 04:48

Sorry,neither sounds good to me, either...good luck

roshi42 · 29/08/2026 04:27

I’ve always loved Sorrel - since seeing Noel Coward’s Hay Fever

LivingTheDreamish · 29/08/2026 04:00

I really like Elowen (Elowen Mai?).

Manon is hard to say (for me) and Sorrel is a bit hippy.

CatsAreBetterThanPeeps · 29/08/2026 03:44

Elowen is lovely, I imagine a strong, capable sort of woman having that name.

I’ve never got on board with Manon probably because I’m a footballer and as a PP pointed out we use this a lot on the pitch.

Sorrel is nice but I always read it in my head with a scouse accent for some reason, think I must’ve known a Liverpudlian Sorrel at some point or maybe a character in something.

Pieceofpurplesky · 29/08/2026 00:52

HudALledrith · 29/08/2026 00:08

No.

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Like to expand on the no? I have a French relative and she pronounces her name Mah-Nuhn (that's the best way I can think to phonetically write it - emphasis on nuhn/noh). The last n is almost silent!

Ruthietuthie · 29/08/2026 00:22

I LOVE them all. Gorgeous names.

Imisscoffee2021 · 29/08/2026 00:20

Lived in an affluent area if Surrey for 15 years and heard Sorrel and Manon, quite like Sorrel in A Surrey accent but really depends as I'm northern and in a geordie accent its be ghastly eg. Manon is a little grand and fairytalish to me but its each to their own.

LemonCurdHotCrossBun · 29/08/2026 00:17

I love Sorrel

k1233 · 29/08/2026 00:17

Sorrel is a horse colour...

HudALledrith · 29/08/2026 00:08

Pieceofpurplesky · 29/08/2026 00:00

I would pronounce Mah-NUHN in French MA-non in English - is this correct?

No.

HudALledrith · 29/08/2026 00:07

See what I mean about the spelling.

I'd expect an Eirian to be 60-ish plus it's got 2 diphthongs.
The Ei doesn't have an exact transcription in English, but the ia is ya like in yap.
The r is in the first syllable and people will struggle with it.
Nearest transcription would be EYR-yann.
Eira has the same issue.

DancingFerret · 29/08/2026 00:03

Manon (After the ballet?)

Pieceofpurplesky · 29/08/2026 00:00

I would pronounce Mah-NUHN in French MA-non in English - is this correct?

NuffSaidSam · 28/08/2026 23:57

I always think Sorrel sounds like a root vegetable.

I like Manon, but I've only heard it pronounced the French way.

Elowen is too eleven adjacent for me.

SnowFrogJelly · 28/08/2026 23:50

Elowen

BakersKitchen · 28/08/2026 23:42

Sorrel is okay - don’t like Manon, I think it’s quite stern sounding and the only Manon I have ever known has been so. Elowyn I think is a bit of a mouthful

Pieceofpurplesky · 28/08/2026 23:38

Love all three names.
I also love Eirian, Seren, Mali, Alys and Eira.

Becuriousnotjudgemental1980 · 28/08/2026 23:15

Sorrel makes me think of soil. Also there was a really obnoxious girl at my school called sorrel.. not that that’s your problem. Manon makes me think about Amandaland… Manus!

Giraffehaver · 28/08/2026 23:15

I love Sorrel Mai. Very woodland sprite

narcASD · 28/08/2026 22:49

Love Sorrel

TallagallaPenguin · 28/08/2026 22:48

ChuisEpuisee · 28/08/2026 21:57

I also had a book with a family of pigs, including a Sorrel! I don't remember a wolf in an ice cream van though 😁 I think there were some shenanigans with lots of younger little piglet siblings

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These are the Garth Pig books - there are lots of siblings and you’re right, I think one of the older sisters is called Sorrel.
I don’t know the ice cream van one but I remember Mrs Pig’s Bulk Buy, where they all had to have ketchup for every meal till they got fed up of it; and Mr and Mrs Pig’s Evening Out, where there was a wolf babysitter but she was outwitted.

Still think Sorrel is primarily a lovely child actress from the Noel streatfield book curtain up though.

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