Gavroche or Fantine

[capucine]

What do you think about :
Fantine for a girl
Gavroche for a boy

[Yfronts]

Not keen but love Florice

[thewhistler]

Why would you call a boy after a restaurant?

[sunnyday123]

Threads years old!!!!,

got to be a joke!

[PurpleStorm]

I would think that you'd gone to see Les Mis just before giving birth, and that you'd temporarily lost your head.

I love Les Miserables, but I really wouldn't do this to a baby. Fantine's a terribly tragic and unfortunate character, as well.

[crkm]

lol - looked at these names for my babies - loved Eponine - but decided not to!

[Narked]

Really?

[Viviennemary]

They are awful but I agree a little bit gloriously awful instead of just plain awful.

[hawkmcqueen]

DessieLou I love Atticus!

[Anonymumous]

Fantine will get called Fanny for short. Or Fanta.

Gavroche sounds like a special chocolate for ambassadors with heartburn.

[showtunesgirl]

Doh, meant to say begging not being.

[DessieLou]

I love the name Eponine! Is it really that bad?! Maybe I should add it to the future pets list along with Atticus & Calpurnia! :-)

[hawkmcqueen]

Gavroche, as in 'le Gavroche' restaurant? I know conception destinations are popular as names (Brooklyn being one) but don't you think you're taking it a bit far? Sorry, prob not funny but it was in my little head :-)

[showtunesgirl]

I'm being you, please, no. And this is ME saying this.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Fantine wasn't her real name though was it? Or indeed anybody's real name. I read somewhere it came from infantine...never studied French but that would be young/childish wouldn't it?

[Jux]

However, you could use Legumes for a boy and Oubliette for a girl. They're OK

[Jux]

Neither. Seriously, neither. Unless you're French, live in France and they're family names.

Otherwise, utterly pretentious.

[bishboschone]

I have been a massive les mis fan for years ( forever) and I wanted to call my dd ( 9 ) Eponine. Dh vetoed it though which in hindsight is probably best . There are going to be loads and loads now.. I love ' ponine ' too

[noblegiraffe]

Fantine nn Fanny? Big nope.

[NettoSuperstar]

We call her Epi for short, she's a gorgeous cat.

[ALittleScatterOfRain]

Eponine and Azelma were named after characters in the romantic novels the mother read (Victor was slightly...condescending about that). It's like naming your children after Mills and Boon characters I suppose

Eponine is very sweet for a cat though. I like it when they call her 'Ponine, I think it's quite a cute-sounding shortening.

[NettoSuperstar]

Zombie thread, but I see I posted on it as Muggglewump.
I have the cat called Eponine now!

[sugarapplelane]

I think Fantine is really pretty, but pronouned in the correct (French) way. If pronounced fantine, as in fanta, it sounds horrific...

[DoNotFeedMeBiscuits]

gladioli - there is implied gang rape of Anita in west side story IIRC.

sorry, as you were.

[LittleSilver]

Please no, just no.

[catherinewho]

Fantine had friends in the book called Favourite (yuck!), Dahlia and Zephine (short for Josephine).

Cosette's real name was Euphrasie and she had a doll called Catherine.

Eponine had a sister called Azelma.

I can't think of any other girls names from the book to be honest (that aren't really horrible anyway).