Names for a girl

[flyingcloud]

Right, seriously, seriously struggling for name for DC2 (am 38 weeks tomorrow). We have a boy's name.

Our favourite name, number 1 choice, has been used by close acquaintances in the last week and we are hesitating about using it - probably won't.

DH is French, I am a native English speaker. The name has to be easily pronounced in French and English. It can't be too French, but preferably with a European twist (we want DCs' names to reflect their mixed identity and not be). We live in France. DH doesn't like many French girls' names anyway.

Names that we are considering are: Flora, Athena (we both love this name, but both pronounce it differently which means it's a bit silly to choose it, in French the 'th' is a 't' sound), Felicity, Camilla, Stella (and we are considering all variations of those as well)

No names beginning with G or V.

Have trawled and trawled and trawled the baby name sites and we can't agree on anything. Please help!

Emmeline/Emeline?

Louise
Claire
Adelle
Amy
Angelique
Celestine
Madeline
Fleur
Fabienne
Desiree
Jacqueline
Janine
Liane
Simone
Sidonie
Roxanne
Marie
Rosemarie
Oriel
Natalie
Michelle
Mirabelle
Minna
Manon
Mignon
Millicent
Maude
Marvel

Oohh - very close to our discarded first choice! But I don't love either of them.

Thanks Telsa.

Keep em coming!

Elodie
Cecily

My Anglo French niece is Stella.

Alice
Anna
Rose
Ella
Isabel/le
Zoe

Evangeline or Madeleine

Why do I always lose my posts?

Elodie - we know too many of them and it's just too French
Cecily - not sure, a bit too Beatrix Potter for me, sounds like the name of a pet bunny.
Alice - we know too many of them (but love the name)
Anna - love this name
Rose - It's so common in France right now, we love it though, but it's everywhere
Ella - family usage
Isabelle and variations - I love, DH hates
Zoe - not me
Evangeline - hate the sound of this in English
Madeleine - Not a fan

I love Felicity and like Camilla and Flora.

Aimee, Amelie, Adrienne, Ariana, Ayla, Belle, Brielle, Claudette, Camille, Claudia, Cecile, Cora, Coral, Dominique, Demi, Emilie, Emilia, Eloise, Elodie, Elin, Estelle, Elise, Esme, Felicia, Francine, Francesca, Faye, Fleur, Halle, Isabelle, Juliette, Jeanette, Karina, Lucille, Leona, Leah, Lyla, Lyra, Marie, Madeleine, Michelle, Maryam, Macie, Mirabelle, Melinda, Monique, Nicole, Nadine, Nadia, Nina, Natalie, Natalia, Ophelia, Peronelle, Rachelle, Roxanne, Romilly, Seren, Selina, Sasha, Scarlett, Sara, Stefanie, Sophie, Teresa, Xanthe, Yolande.

Sorry X post with a lot of your rejections!

Aimee - no

Amelie - we know so many Amelies

Adrienne - Family usage

Ariana - I like this
Ayla - Nice
Belle - Nice
Brielle Never heard of this
Claudette - Too French / Know too many
Camille - Too French / Know too many
Claudia - Too close to Claude, which is out
Cecile - Possible
Cora - The name of a supermarket in France
Coral - Possible
Dominique - Unfortunate DSK connotations
Demi - NO! Demi Moore
Emilie - Quite like
Emilia Our first choice, sob, love, love, love this name.
Eloise Possible
Elodie - Know too many, too French
Elin, Estelle, Elise, Esme, Felicia,
Francine The name of a brand of flour
Francesca I like, DH doesn't
Faye
Fleur - Quite like

Halle, Isabelle, Juliette, Jeanette, Karina, Lucille, Leona, Leah, Lyla, Lyra, Marie, Madeleine, Michelle, Maryam, Macie, Mirabelle, Melinda, Monique, Nicole, Nadine, Nadia, Nina, Natalie, Natalia, Ophelia, Peronelle, Rachelle, Roxanne, Romilly, Seren, Selina, Sasha, Scarlett, Sara, Stefanie, Sophie, Teresa, Xanthe, Yolande.

All either discarded for various reasons or I just don't like them

Thanks, don't want to be rude about anyone's choices, I like most of these, but just don't LOVE them.

I really do appreciate your suggestions.

DD's name was DH's choice, and while I like it now, I never LOVED it, it was just a suitable name (using above criteria). Having found the name I LOVED (see above again!) I am really struggling to make anything else fit, so I hope I don't seem ungrateful or disparaging of your suggestions or choices.

Sylvie
Celine

Isabelle

Corine
Elsa
Alexandra
Maya
Agnes
Cassandra
Anne

How often do you see the friend and is it really going to be a problem if you use the same name?