Philomena

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DH likes Phili/Phily/Phil for a girl
I like Mena

And I think it goes with a french surname.

So what do you think?

squoosh, I'm not Irish and can't therefore share your associations, funny as they may be .

I love Philomena, there's a school near where I grew up call St Philomenas (or Phillys), horrid skirts but I still love the name!! DP hates it :( but I think go with it, especially with a French surname.

You never know, you could call her Ivy Blue and she could become an overactive church spinster. My aunt Rosi is a nun and I knew a Sister Sara but they're not nun names! Point is, don't let the fact that nuns have been called it put you off!

I think it would come off as more exotic in France than in Ireland. It is definitely not exotic in Ireland...

Squoosh that's so funny! I know three ladies at church like that but they are all called Maureen. I still like Philomena though, probably because I know a nice young nonspinsterlike Philomena - also because it means 'daughter of light' and Saint Philomena suffered torture rather than renounce her Christian faith and marry the horrible Roman emporer of the time.

I know one (must be turning 4 just about now, spelt with the ph). I cringed when I first heard it (sorry). No hint of nn.
Other people seem to like it ok.

old Irish granny in my world, but quite sweet!

I like it but it's a bit long.