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Inspired suggestions for French-ish sounding boys names please!

53 replies

jenpet · 10/07/2008 18:30

Have only got Samuel, Luc and Felix on our list so far, none of which seem quite right. Don't want anything TOO French in case we (or he!) ever move back to the UK! Have got about 6 weeks left (hopefully)Thanks!

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spicemonster · 11/07/2008 16:00

Hugo is worst in Dutch.

Anyway, my vote goes for Xavier. Or you could go for Hippolyte (it's my BIL's brother's name )

Anna8888 · 11/07/2008 15:20

I'm the other way round - I like Hugo much better in French than in English

Walkthedinosaur · 11/07/2008 15:20

Doesn't matter what you call him, he'll always be Bernard to me!

ggglimpopo · 11/07/2008 15:19

I don't like Hugo in french - think tis lovely in English. Hugo great, Ugo ugh.

Anna8888 · 11/07/2008 15:16

Joseph
Elliot
Paul

DisplacementActivity · 11/07/2008 15:13

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Anna8888 · 11/07/2008 15:12

Personally I would go for a name that has identical spelling in French and English.

So:

Hugo
Thomas
Eric
Guy
Theo
David

are all fine.

Julien
Alexandre
Guillaume

are not.

CharlotteYork · 11/07/2008 15:06

Hugo

LuLuBai · 11/07/2008 13:04

Anton - kind of generally Euro (although Antoine would be more French)

branflake81 · 11/07/2008 12:05

Emeric?

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Botbot · 11/07/2008 10:04

I know a Loïc. The name is from Brittany. I think it's lovely.

dreamymum · 11/07/2008 09:55

Isidore
Octave
Emile is also beautiful

EffiePerine · 11/07/2008 06:36

Jerome is lovely and works in English too

Othersideofthechannel · 11/07/2008 06:13

Jenpet, if you are concerned about how it works when you go back to the UK, don't choose Sylvain.

I know a Sylvain who works in the UK and he switched to his middle name at work because although his colleagues got used to it they pronounced it atrociously and whenever he got sent business mail, everyone sent it to Sylvia and assumed he was a woman.

Tinker · 10/07/2008 22:16

God, French names are gorgeous aren't they?

Love Emile, Etienne, Pascal and Sylvain.

magicfarawaytree · 10/07/2008 22:13

xavier

fin42 · 10/07/2008 22:10

Didier?
Patric?
Herve?(sorry haven't got an acute accent on my keyboard)

emskaboo · 10/07/2008 21:44

Benoit, think it is lovely

MmeBovary · 10/07/2008 21:34

Christophe?
Christian?
David (as in Ginola)
Ooh - Thierry (now I have attractive footballers in mind)

littlemisssplendid · 10/07/2008 21:13

Lucien

saggyhairyarse · 10/07/2008 20:53

Sylvain
Laurent
Emille

Dozymare · 10/07/2008 20:43

Maxim (shortened to max)
Jacques...erm Jack
Ludo
Tristan
Guy
Pascal
Jon
Alex
Bruno
Joseph
Henri
Louis

any good????

ggglimpopo · 10/07/2008 20:36

Luc
Zacharie
Henri
Adrian
Edouard
Guillaume
Maxence
Georges
Claude
Fred (lots of Freds!)
Calixte
Alexis
or look here

goldryder · 10/07/2008 19:39

batiste? antoine?

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