Euro-trashy names that would suit a Jilly Cooper character

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Can you help us find Euro-trashy names that would suit a Jilly Cooper character (the smouldering European type boy or girl)

It seems a silly request but we quite like European names and I just thought giving a few more descriptives would help (or you could imagine the head of the ECB or IMF to give you a few more European type names!)

DH and I just can't seem to agree on names. DH is French and we live in France. I am anglophone.

The following boys are out for various reasons, friends, family or chronic overuse!:
Alexandre
Theo
Charles
Clement
Adrien
Henry
Louis
Arthur
William
Richard

(we like Max and Sacha as boys' names)

Girls names that are out are:
Virginie
Charlotte
Rose
Stephanie
Alexandra
Sophie
Amelie

(We like Emilia and Scarlett as girls' names)

the first name that came to mind was Pascal not sure why and Ive never read any Jilly cooper books.

Laurent
Arnaud
Matthieu

Gabrielle
Juliette
Sylvie

Quentin
Sebastian

Charlotte
Sophia

Thanks, none of those really take my fancy - either because we have friends or friends' children with those names. Pascal is a fairly bleurgh name (sorry!) We also have a female relative called Pascale.

Gabrielle doesn't go with our surname.

More exotic please!!

Have lovely Eurotrash friend called Laurence which works in both languages?
(has been on my list for DS1 and 2 but DH vetoed )
HTH

Cherise

Jean Paul

Boys:

Cuthbert
Sidney
Ricardo
Elliot
Teodor

Girls:

Aurelia
Emmeline
Evangeline
Jordana
Celine

Sorry I read name for Jilly Cooper novel, without reading rest of it.

I have a lovely friend called:

Joelle

She has a french father, and is awesome.

I have another friend of a friend, with a french mother and he is called Max.

Joelle has a brother called Nick.

Jolie
Octavie
Jana
Isabella
Bianca
Mathilde

Enzo
Jago
Felix
Lysandre
Xavier
Nico

Loving the work here. I have friends with a son called Enzo, DH would love it (petrolhead).

I can just see our relatives snorting at some of these - makes me want to use them even more.

Glad no one has suggested Dominique. That would be a straight veto from DH and I

and with an election next year in France no Segolenes, Martines, Nicholas, etc!

Olivia - Laurence is a girl's name in France - Laurent is the male equivalent. I like Laurent but we know too many sadly.

Alexi (s)
Xavier
Bianca
Mercedes

Rocco
Julien
Fabien
Serge
Cedric
Jean-Marie
Marie-Ange (this is actually a boy's name, believe it or not)
Jean-Charles
Benoit
Cassien
Frédéric
Guillaume
Lilian
Olivier
Pierre

(Most of these are actually the names of FB friends :))

I'd really like to help but can someone please explain to me what a Eurotrash name is? I'm clueless....

Eurotrash is a bit of a English snob term used to describe aristocratic Europeans (thereby denigrating their lesser value titles). It's not really what I think by the way! I just want vaguely exotic European names like

Oohh I'm on a roll here

Conrad
Augustin
Constantin
Anatole

And for girls
Constanza
Felicia

etc

Here's a good source

www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f75/

Silvana
Marcella
Clotilde
Odette
Valentine

Remi
Antoine
Benoit
Luca

Love that link - people are even suggesting names for forthcoming royal babies! Bingo.

Seriously, I'm not looking to use any of these names (and most of them would annoy DH no end - they are good ammunition to make my existing suggestions look better).

Mind you - Claudine is pretty...

Great source of amusement on that site - thanks Percy.

chandellina's suggestions are lovely.

Constantine/o knew a real playboy type with the name in Florence
Maxim
Aurelien
Lysander
Manuele
Samuele

Lilou
Fiamma/ Fiammetta (trad in Tuscany)
Seraphine
Delphine

actually he was Costantino - anyone else know him

...ooh I love this thread:

Felice/ Felix
Lorenzo

Ines
Beatrice

I think my name (Giselle) fits the bill...

I also like Angelin, Camille, Claudine, Carmen, Mathilde, Nico...

Great work. I love Ines and Beatrice - again DH won't do either of them. Giselle is lovely too - but we know one and it wouldn't be appropriate to use it!

Sebastian and Dominic
Arthur
Lysander
Paris
Dora
Alexander
Hector
Perdita
Valent (short for valentine)
Rupert
Billy
Georgie
Roberto
Phoebe
Woody
Carrie