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Original poster

What do you think when you hear the name Emmanuelle?

73 replies

beanlet · 03/04/2010 18:28

My DH, who is 15 years older than me, won't allow it if we ever have a girl (currently working on no.1 who is a boy, phew). But I love it. Lots of nice nicknames too.

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domesticslattern · 05/04/2010 16:49

Porn. Lots and lots of it.

WeNeedToLeaveInFiveMinutes · 05/04/2010 16:21

I instantly think porn too. It was very famous at the time. How old are you OP? I'm 43 and have never seen the film. I think you'd have a long wait if you waited until everyone over forty died off!

DocBennett · 05/04/2010 16:18

Emmanuel for a boy is very popular among black and caribbean communities in London. I know an Emmanuel who is known as Manny.
I quite like Emmanuelle and hadn't heard of the associated porn!

LOOBYLOU2 · 05/04/2010 16:03

yes the soft porn films but .... I used to work for a French company and at the head office in Paris there were three women called Emmanuelle working there - I think it's (or was) quite a popular name in France

wuglet · 05/04/2010 16:00

Yep, porn here too - although would not have known title of film.

ThatVikRinA22 · 05/04/2010 15:49

tis a shame cos its a lovely name but instantly think of porn.

youd get the same with lolita. name seems forever sullied by dodgy connotations.

Fimbow · 05/04/2010 15:37

I know someone who spells it with an "a" on the end but she is known as Ellie.

funwithfondue · 05/04/2010 15:35

Only people of a 'certain age' (including mine) would think of porn. Like most associations, it will die off.

I know a 3-year-old Emmanuella (spelled right?) - so ending in 'ah'. It's a bit of a mouthful, but a pretty name for pretty half Italian half British girl.

I think it's not uncommon in Italy.

Weren't those porn films made about three decades ago anyway?

Octaviapink · 05/04/2010 13:16

Yep, porn.

TulipsInTheRain · 04/04/2010 12:56

Weird soft porn movies.

juneybean · 04/04/2010 12:47

poooooorn

Original poster
beanlet · 04/04/2010 12:46

Definitely a consensus -- I definitely don't think we can use it! Shame.

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posieparker · 04/04/2010 12:14

porn.

seeker · 04/04/2010 12:13

Porn

pixiestix · 04/04/2010 12:11

Porn
(Glad I'm not the only one!)

Rosa · 04/04/2010 08:21

THink of it as a boys name .....

SpiceWeasel · 04/04/2010 07:37

An apple unpeeling to reveal a bottom.

So, yeah, a rude book/film...

CoteDAzur · 03/04/2010 21:42

Porn.

cat64 · 03/04/2010 21:40

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Mongolia · 03/04/2010 21:37

porn. sorry

blueshoes · 03/04/2010 21:36

Emmanuelle Beart, too

Prinpo · 03/04/2010 21:34

Yep, porn. So sorry, it is a lovely name.

LaDiDaDi · 03/04/2010 21:29

Porn

hazeyjane · 03/04/2010 21:27

soft porn - sorry.

LadyOfTheFlowers · 03/04/2010 21:20

Emmanuelle in Space.

Dodgy soft porn I think.