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Mirabelle- poncey or not?

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spotty26 · 18/08/2008 09:44

Expecting DC2 in January and my DH and I love Mirabelle but are concerned it could sound a bit poncey, especially when you tell your Nan the name...

Thoughts anyone?

Our DS is called Hugh/Hughie if that assists!

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cremolafoam · 19/08/2008 10:17

no Cassis was the brother i think.Framboise was the narrator. just forgot the coma

LongLiveCuckoo · 18/08/2008 16:19

Oh I read that book. It was definitely her best. REALLY lovely book. I had forgotten there was a Mirabelle.. Was Cassis called Framboise?

LongLiveCuckoo · 18/08/2008 16:18

Mirabel is nicer, spelt that way. I really like that. I don't know why the spelling makes a difference but it does. I love Vivien but not Vivienne, and Annabel but not Annabelle and Juliet but not Juliette.

Mirabel is actually really lovely. It just took me a minute to get used to it. But only a minute.
Go for it.

cremolafoam · 18/08/2008 11:32

mirabelles
i love it
have you read Joanne Harris's Five Quarters of the Orange?
There are characters called Mirabelle, Cassis Framboise and Reine Claude

LuLuBai · 18/08/2008 11:31

Ha ha ha - Longlivecuckoo - my cat has the same name as my ex. He's a rescue cat and came with that name - but does my ex believe that? Of course not.

raindropsonroses · 18/08/2008 11:31

If you have someone you call Nan it's probably too poncey for you .
I prefer Harriet from your list.

findtheriver · 18/08/2008 11:24

I like it and prefer the spelling Mirabel.

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spotty26 · 18/08/2008 11:17

On the variation of the spelling to Mirabel, I thought people may find it more difficult to pronounce/spell...maybe they would say to rhyme with 'orrible if you get me?

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spotty26 · 18/08/2008 11:15

I do love it and so does my other half. I am getting less "poncey" comments than I thought so that is good.

Other girl's names we like are Harriet, Gabriella and Sophia but Mirabelle is definitely the joint fave!

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LongLiveCuckoo · 18/08/2008 11:14

ha ha, laughing at the x girlfriend situation. My friend's x was William and now she lives in USA. she thought she'd NEVER bump into x again, but she did!!!! She said she nearly dropped the baby it was so embarrassing. He just shrugged in a 'women never forget me' way.

LongLiveCuckoo · 18/08/2008 11:13

I love Maribel.

But not Mirabelle. They are quite similar, but one is the frothed up version with a flake and hundreds and thousands on it. Prefer simpler Maribel.

mrswoolf · 18/08/2008 11:07

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branflake81 · 18/08/2008 11:06

sounds like a ski resort.

snowleopard · 18/08/2008 11:04

It's lovely. I know a very kindly and wise older Mirabelle (knew her pre the telly series) so I think of her. But Mama Mirabelle is also kinda cool herself (she is Floella Benjamin you know! )

You could shorten into Belle, Bella or Miri - I knew a funky Miri at college.

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PuppyMonkey · 18/08/2008 10:56

Yes.

Poncey, that is.

LuLuBai · 18/08/2008 10:54

'Mira' in Spanish means 'look'. Mirabelle would loosely translate as nice to look at or nice view (although 'belle' is more French rather than Spanish).

I think it's a really pretty name. Goes well with Hugh.

LadyThompson · 18/08/2008 10:26

I prefer the anglicised version, which is Mirabel. Nice name though. Not particularly poncy imo, but that's not saying much coming from me as I am the Duchess Poncetastic of Ponce.

nailpolish · 18/08/2008 10:05

Belinda can be shortened to Belle

if you want to shorten it, why not just name her Belle? thats what my parents did to me, and i like it

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spotty26 · 18/08/2008 09:57

We were thinking shortenings could be Mirrie/Belle/Bella. Will have to check out what Dora is saying.

Re Marco Pierre White, we also have fond memories of meals at Mirabelle but couldn't cite naming the poor child after a restaurant! Could yet be having a boy (scan next week) so all academic yet but thanks for thoughts. Fave boy name is Alfred incidentally.

How exciting the name game is.

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MaloryDontDiveItsShallow · 18/08/2008 09:56

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Lemontart · 18/08/2008 09:54

"Mira!" - isn?t that something Dora the Explorer frequently shouts. Must mean something in Spanish.. might be worth checking first

otherwise I guess it is quite pretty and different. You will be asked endlessly how to spell it though - but this shouldn?t necessarily put you off. Nice to be a little different sometimes and love the way it sounds with Hugh.

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spotty26 · 18/08/2008 09:53

I like Annabel but that is one of DH's ex girlfriend's names and I think that could be weird too. Expecially if we bumped into her and Hubbie said yes "this is Annabel, Annabel". She'd think stalker...

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