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Claire or similar... French names for girls

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shubiedoo · 19/09/2008 17:29

I like the name Claire but am wondering if it's too popular. Any other ideas?

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brimfull · 19/09/2008 20:17

Paulette

CapnGooberSparrow · 19/09/2008 20:17

Danielle.

expatinscotland · 19/09/2008 20:17

the Spanish name Belen (can't do accents on this laptop) sparks similar reaction in me.

expatinscotland · 19/09/2008 20:16

I knew a girl called Yvette in Strasbourg and she was such a cow.

Put me off the name forever, the man-scamming little trollop she was.

shivermetimbers · 19/09/2008 20:16

carlotta
adrianna
francine
audra

watsthestory · 19/09/2008 20:16

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MmeJaffaB · 19/09/2008 20:15

Marine
Océane
Clementine
Camille
Chloé
Léna
Amelié
Mathilde
Lorna
Laurrine
Angéle
Lucié
Casandra

These are the girls I can remember in dc's classes.

Anna8888 · 19/09/2008 20:14

It was fine back then but it is no longer fine.

My grandmother was called Brenda. She was a lovely, lovely woman. But I would never call, or recommend anyone do anything but avoid, the name Brenda today.

expatinscotland · 19/09/2008 20:12

Well, this Martine was born in 1941, but she's not vile. I think the name was actually chosen because Mama's papa was Mexican-American and they all spoke Spanish and French in the home so they needed something that would work in both languages.

My papa usually calls her Martina in Spanish because that is his native language but she doesn't mind.

We call her Mamacita when we want to wind her up .

Anna8888 · 19/09/2008 20:09

My MOL (b. 1938) is called Martine. It is a vile name. Please please please don't use it on some innocent baby

notnowbernard · 19/09/2008 20:08

I like Martine as well

expatinscotland · 19/09/2008 20:07

My mother's mother was French.

My mama is called Martine and her sister is Lucie.

notnowbernard · 19/09/2008 20:07

LOVE LOVE LOVE Sylvie - is gorgeous!

Went to school with a Pascale - think that is very sweet too

Colette - wasn't she a well-known French writer? A bit risque?

Anna8888 · 19/09/2008 20:05

My niece (4) is called Lucie. It's sweet and very popular right now.

NoblesseOblige · 19/09/2008 20:04

my cousin is French and is called Lucie - is prounounced ever so slightly differently than in English and i think it is lovely too

CoolYourJets · 19/09/2008 20:04

Fleur

NoblesseOblige · 19/09/2008 20:03

i like Camille

my sister is Clare and she is 21. i know one other Clare younger than her (so not an "old" name) and really like it.

were my sis not named it I would call a dd Clare

Anna8888 · 19/09/2008 20:03

Claudine, Yvette, Sylvie, Mireille, Simone, Dominique, Pascale, Colette are all unacceptably deeply retro - think children born in 1930s/40s.

brimfull · 19/09/2008 20:02

I love the name Claire

isn't popular for little girls at the moment is it?

notnowbernard · 19/09/2008 20:01

I have always thought Claudine a lovely name

Don't know how popular it is in France, though

brimfull · 19/09/2008 20:01

Sabine
Oceane

Anna8888 · 19/09/2008 19:59

Lucie
Constance
Clementine
Beatrice
Emma
Nina
Roxanne
Annabelle
Anna
Isabelle

dobbins · 19/09/2008 19:57

Elodie, Amelie, Elise (variant of Elisabeth), Camille, Delphine?

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shubiedoo · 19/09/2008 18:29

Amelie is very pretty, love that one. I only know one Claire here, at ds2's library group. Maybe I just think it's popular because I'm tired of having it as my choice for a girl... if I'd had girls the first two times one of them would have been Claire!
I love Colette, but that's dh's cousin whom no one likes...

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pramspotter · 19/09/2008 18:13

Esme
Amelie