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Elouise?

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Pregapuss · 07/12/2008 21:46

What do you all think of Elouise for a girl?

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Juliette75 · 13/12/2008 18:14

Clumsy. Clunky. Eloise has natural flow. Elouise is wrong. It sounds nearly like a split name; E-Louise. Eloise is very nice as it is, albeit popular.

Turniphead1 · 13/12/2008 15:46

Hey Pregapuss there is a lady here whose first DD is called Elouise. She might be good to ask if she has any problem with Eloise/Elouise confusion or whether your preferred spelling is actually easier (despite what all us grumpy traditionalists felt ). Best of luck.

CoteDAzur · 11/12/2008 13:00

This French mum says she chose the name because she likes "Dr Sloan" in Grey's Anatomy

Anna8888 · 11/12/2008 09:08

Sloane is taken from a French comic character, btw. A vile name, I quite agree, but it isn't taken from English (as in Sloane Ranger).

crazyloon1 · 11/12/2008 09:08

Sorry, it isn't my cup of tea - but is better without the 'U'. Louise with a U always reads a bit like 'louse' to me. But i am not sane so ignore me.

Anna8888 · 11/12/2008 09:05

Well, Eloise is the anglicized version of Héloïse (as in the American children's books). So I think you are just confirming what I said .

CoteDAzur · 10/12/2008 20:05

Oh come on Anna

Chavvy in France is Anglophone names for French babies, especially when parents can't spell/pronounce them properly.

Kevin
Dylan
Jason (invariably pronounced "Je-zen")
Jenifer [sic]
etc

"I saw a name in a movie bla bla bla"

I met a girl who named her boy Sloane and pronounces it with three syllables fgs. Suh-low-on

Nancy66 · 10/12/2008 16:35

Pauline is also really popular in France !

CountessDracula · 10/12/2008 16:21

You can't possibly worry about whether a name sounds good in french or not unless you have french affiliations though. Otherwise you would have to take into consideration all other nationalities!

EG Kevin was very popular in France not so long ago...

pania · 10/12/2008 15:10

Is he French LilMatchGirl?

Eloise seems to my ears (and most people on here too, it seems) to be a very pretty name and not chavvy at all. Perhaps it's because the only Eloise I know of is Eloise who lives in the Plaza Hotel!

LilMatchGirlInVictorianSqualor · 10/12/2008 14:51

I love Eloise.
However DD mentioned a friend she has called Eloise yesterday and DP thought it was what on MN would be called 'Chavvy'.

pania · 10/12/2008 14:47

Ooh that's interesting, Anna.. what other names are less chic in France? Do they do kreativ spelling over there?

IllegallyBrunette · 10/12/2008 14:43

Oh FGS Eloise is not chavvy. Grow up.

FlirtyThirty · 10/12/2008 14:40

Oh, Anna, I had Eloise as a front-runner on my girls' names list...didn't know it was considered chavvy in France!

Anna8888 · 10/12/2008 09:05

If you look at the French birth stats, you will find plenty of modern day Héloïses.

Eloise is popular but chavvy slightly less chic .

CoteDAzur · 09/12/2008 20:15

Heloise is a name from the Middle Ages.

Eloise is the modern day version in France. Pronounced the same, but spelled without the H.

If you look in a French calendar, Eloise se fete le 15 Mars. (Just how do you say this in English? )

nkf · 09/12/2008 18:27

Baby books are no defence. They have to include anything and everything or they'd be slim volumes indeed.

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pregapuss · 09/12/2008 18:25

I only looked on the website because everybody else on here (other than a select few) seem to be thinking I am just making it up, randomly changing the name of a spelling

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nkf · 09/12/2008 18:25

To me, it looks like a slightly diferent name.
Eloise is said Ell oh eeze.
And Elouise looks as if it might be pronounced Ell oo eeze.
I don't like the Elouise version.

nooka · 09/12/2008 18:22

I think it is unwise to look at American baby name sites when naming an English baby. Some of those sites will tell you that any random combinations of letters are names (just "unknown origin").

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pregapuss · 09/12/2008 17:18

scaredoflove - that is what I thought when we first came across it.

It isn't just that baby name site that has it. No that doesn't make it "right" but then what does?

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NorthernLurkerwithastarontop · 09/12/2008 17:13

sorry pregapuss - some names are worse than others!

scaredoflove · 09/12/2008 17:13

We have an Eloise and not many people we have encountered can spell it or pronounce it. Forever correcting them and hearing el-oyse and it is normally very educated, articulate people who get it wrong. Mine is much older though, so maybe times have changed

bronze · 09/12/2008 17:12

Oddly that site has quite a few madeup spellings of names including mine. Just because its in a babyname book or on a site doesnt mean its correct. Just that if you then use one of these names you perpetuate the incorrect use.
When I saw it it made me think of my mum who is known as S. Barbara Surname (example) and I immediately wondered what the E stood for. Elizabeth maybe.
Call your child what you want. It'll be you and later the child explaining it to everyone.

Umlellala · 09/12/2008 17:09

Oi TARRRRRRKWIIIINNNN