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Girl's name, three syllables, ending in ie/y that works in French ....

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olatt · 17/07/2009 09:40

any ideas?! Not keen on Elodie and, although I like them, Amelie and Emilie no good either ...

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Wallace · 17/07/2009 22:08

I know a Meggily

pureeandpearls · 17/07/2009 21:57

My daughter is called Cecily, and Orelie was on the shortlist.

thedolly · 17/07/2009 21:48

Mercedes? (I've just seen it on another thread - it's pretty much the right sound at the end)

myjobismum · 17/07/2009 21:33

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BonsoirAnna · 17/07/2009 21:27

Coralie

sayanything · 17/07/2009 21:24

I think Magali, a variation of Margeurite, is gorgeous.

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BarnMummy · 17/07/2009 21:11

Doesn't end in "ie" I know, but depending on why you want that sound, Dominique or Veronique could work.

Also maybe Seraphine. Or Camille if you are prepared to go down to 2 syllables, or Anastasie if you can do 4!!

Oh dear, don't seem to have done very well on keeping to the brief, have I?

margotandjerry · 17/07/2009 20:57

Seraphie is beautiful,

sockmonster · 17/07/2009 18:28

Aurelie, Stephanie, Noemie are my favs

TheWorstWitch · 17/07/2009 17:56

Noellie

Jux · 17/07/2009 17:44

Eugenie

jellybeans · 17/07/2009 17:37

Leonie

Othersideofthechannel · 17/07/2009 16:56

There are sisters called Noémie and Typhanie at our school.

Reginamygina · 17/07/2009 13:19

Ophelie?

LunarSea · 17/07/2009 13:17

Noémie
Coralie

Othersideofthechannel · 17/07/2009 10:59

Philonie

Deemented · 17/07/2009 10:48

Bethany?

Dalrymps · 17/07/2009 10:47

Amelie?

BonsoirAnna · 17/07/2009 10:45

Cécile and Cecily are not on the same register. They are not equivalent names in French and English. So a bit hard.

hf128219 · 17/07/2009 10:43

And what's wrong with that? No different than being in UK and calling a girl Margaret.

BonsoirAnna · 17/07/2009 10:32

Cécile is a very traditional Catholic bourgeois name that is not on the up in France.

sophiesmummie · 17/07/2009 10:31

Cecile/Cecilia means 'blind' so not a very nice meaning .

MoChan · 17/07/2009 10:29

The reason I asked was because I was interested to know if Cecile was a generally reviled name in France, or something, because of some sort of connotation attached to it, or if it's just your opinion that it's horrible.

Prosecco · 17/07/2009 10:29

Natalie
Melanie
Sylvie
Virginie

Others

Caroline
Delphine
Eloise
Geraldine
Jacqueline
Lorraine
Pauline

BonsoirAnna · 17/07/2009 10:28

Céleste is not a shortened version of Célestine, though.