Opinions on Colleen?

[ParisPreMom]

Hi,
I'm Canadian, DH is French, so we need a bilingual name. What do you think of Colleen?I think it sounds really cute in French, but want to make sure it's not too old-fashioned/dull in English.

Lovely name, i knew a few (young and adult) growing up in South Africa - nobody ever commented on its original meaning...which i've only recently found out about myself! Go for it if you like it :)

Nothing wrong with Colleen - never knew about it meaning 'girl' and anyway, you may not call your son 'boy' but 'Guy' for a boy is perfectly acceptable.. And to be honest i don't think there is anything wrong with Colleen Rooney anyway. Do prefer Collette but thats just my opinion :)

wife of Wayne Rooney. he plays for Man Utd. Penchant for prostitutes.

I like it, but I'm Irish so it's not a common name round our parts due to it being the Irish word for 'girl'

The name Guy doesn't mean 'boy'. It's French and not related to the word guy.

Math I think non-Irish don't have the same "urgh you're calling her Cailin!!" reaction to the name that we do.

Horrible.

What about Delphine or Sylvie...Ottilie, Annabel, Martha, Elodie, Serena....
Colleen not my favourite name, so many prettier ones out there,
Good luck choosing though x

Lovely name.

Fraid my first thought was Rooney too

Very Oirish. Not keen, sorry.

what about Amelie ? French sounding but still sounds good in English.

God no, a hideous name. You have loads of lovely French names to choose from, don't pick that. It sounds like a fat middle aged chambermaid.

As a name it sucks ass.

Note I used the north american spelling of 'arse'.

I am culturally aware.

MrsvWoolf Coleen is Wayne Rooney's wife .

I would agree that in the UK Colleen wouldn't be the best name choice (middle aged, Nolan, Rooney etc spring to mind) BUT I think if you are french speaking, living in Paris, it could be a great name. I bet it sounds so much better in a french accent too .