Anglo-French girl's name

[Dru6]

We're really struggling to decide on a name for our DD2 due in October. My DH is French so we need to choose a name that works well in both languages - with the spelling and pronunciation the same. Our DD1 is called Sylvie.

Our short list is Alice, Elodie, Fleur, Florence (Flo for short), Olive.

I think we're going to go for Alice or Fleur. I didn't originally want to go for Fleur but it's growing on me and it's the only name where the pronunciation is exactly the same.

What do you think? x

[sunnyday123]

martha? Elsa?

sorry but hate Elodie - sound like you missed the 'm off melody!

[DigOfTheStump]

Naomi
Florence
Lucie

[choux]

French friends of mine have a daughter called Charlotte. Other suggestions - no idea if these are v dated in French:

Marielle
Christelle
Danielle
Geraldine
Chloe
Vanessa
Chantal

[meala]

How about Simone? It's pretty and unusual.

[patindahat]

Noanie

[margerykemp]

I like chantal and francoice (sp?).

[oohlaalaa]

All great names. I have French/English friends called Celine and Joelle. I think these names work well too.

[Dru6]

I've just checked back on this thread - got my c-sec booked in for next Weds and still undecided! Lol Scylla! Certainly won't be going for that one!

[EduStudent]

Interesting. I know two French Alexis-es and both are girls.


Unless they're not telling me something

[Primafacie]

Alexis is a boy's name in French.

[EduStudent]

I don't think anyone has suggested Lysette or Alexis, bth of which I love.

[hellymelly]

Fleur.Love it.

[Quenelle]

Oh! It's too late for the people I know. They've already called her it.

[Booboostoo]

We went with Lily because we needed a name that worked well in French, English and Greek!

Please not Scyla! Scyla along with Charibdys are monsters from Greek mythology (the story is about having two chose between two evils, so as malinois says the expresion is still used in modern Greek to mean caught between two evil choices and can be used in English as well). In modern Greek Skyla also means bitch, as in female dog, so again not very appealing!

[MirandaGoshawk]

Camille (although English people might struggle)
Mirabelle
Anabelle?

I love Elodie from your list. Friends whose dad is French are called Manon and Fleur.

Please, not Celeste. Am I the only one who thinks of Mrs Babar the Elephant?

[malinois]

Quenelle Scylla and Charybdis were the two sea monsters that guarded the straits of Messina in Greek mythology.

Pretentious people (like me) say "between Scylla and Charybdis", where the less affected might say "between a rock and a hard place."

[Quenelle]

Ha! Is that what a scylla is???

It just made me think of Cilla Black.

Not sure which is worse.

[malinois]

Nathalie is lovely. Not really in fashion at the moment though.

Quenelle - Scylla???? Really???? Naming your kid after six-headed sea monster is a bit, ermm, odd.

[Blu]

Celeste

[Quenelle]

French acquaintances of ours have just named their DD Scylla.

I like Fleur and Florence.

Sybille is lovely but agree to similar to Sylvie.

[RedHotPokers]

DS would have been Alice if he hadn't been a DS!
LOVE Elodie, but I'm afraid Fleur makes me thinks of 'Urgh'. Sorry.

[Zone2mum]

You have chose nice name, but also I suggest Catherine or Delphine?

[chaya5738]

What about Charlotte?

[Ilikepinkwine]

I love Manon and Aurore.