Manon - teasing potential

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for a girl. I was sometimes asked when I was little if I was a boy or a girl - to do with my horrible boys haircut and clothes I think. But do you think if my daughter was to get similar questions, the name Manon might turn into "man" and become distressing? Weird q, I know!

Oh, don;t be silly! If you have any doubts about it, choose something else. There are thousands of names!

Manon is a Welsh name as well as French. Perfectly mainstream in Wales and it was on my short list, I love it. But, in the UK it would be said "Man-on" and I can see teasing potential.

it's a beautiful name, i know a manon and as far as i know she's never suffered any name teasing.

btw the welsh pronunciation isn't any different to the english...

I love it, it is very popular in Wales. DS2 would have been called Manon Fflur if he had been a girl.

And I know a 5 year old Manon here in London. Pn the Uk way, "Man-onn". It's lovely.

Gorgeous name, was on my short list for DD.

My sister would have had a Manon had she had a girl. Lovely name.

PS: Didn't know it was Welsh! She lives in France and her husband is French but they wanted a fusion name. Her second child, who would have been Manon, was Merlin instead, which is still very Welsh!

Well its the same spelling but completely different pronounciation,so they are two different names in fact.The Welsh is Manon with the last N clearly sounded,the French name has the N barely sounded,so its closer to Mano.

I know of a gorgeous little Manon, known as Nonni.

Spiderlight do I know you in rl?

I don't particularly like the pronounciation Man-onn. It just doesn't sound very feminine to my ears.