Girl's name that works in French..?

[CSLewis]

My husband is half-French, so we need a girl's name that works in both English and French, or at least can be said nicely with a French accent, IYSWIM ...

We already have an Anna Therese and a Sophie Marie. I like Marianne, but is that too similar to the names we already have?

I also like Noemie (vetoed by DH), Vivienne, Beatrice, Elisabeth (DH doesn't like), Helene (pronounced without the 'H', and I can't make my computer do the accents). DH likes Amelie (which is nice), but my niece is Emily...

Please help!

I know a French/English couple who have called their DD Juliet which I think is v pretty.

Estelle
Camille
Amie
Fleur
Gabrielle
Monique

(racks brains for any more names from Tricolor high school text book - immediately discounts all versions of Chantal/Chantelle thanks to Big Brother)

HTH

eloise

Maryse
Louise
Lucie
Elodie
Elsa
Julie
Sylvie

Charlotte
Angele
Adele
Adeline
Laetitia
Cecile

Giselle!

I love the name Sabine.

Elise
Lea (pronounced Lay-a)
Thea
Elena
Maya
Charlotte
Felicity (seems popular in France at the moment..)
Isabelle
Clara
Laura/Lara
Eva/Ava
Mathilda/mathilde
Melody/Melodie
Rebecca/Rebekah
Sacha/Natasha
Florence

Leonie (lay-oh-nee or lee-oh-nee)
Sabina

Love Sabine, Eloise, and Colette.

Juliette

Eleanor

lauren

I love Vivien and Juliet, but I'd spell them the English way. They still work in France.

Delphine

Celeste

alice

chloe

Jacqueline

Elodie

There was a French family at dd's previous school who called one of their daughters Maximiliane. It really suited her.

Zoe

Emma, Charlotte, Alice, Louise, Clara, Eva are popular and classic here in France at the moment and easily work in both countries.

Try these websites for more ideas:

www.quelprenom.com/
www.bebe-prenoms.com/

Just be aware that some French names that sound lovely to anglo saxon ears are really dated and old fashioned (not in a good way). Also some popular French names are a bit naff (Oceane, Jade etc.).

Samarche