does this sound like the name of a prostitute?

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Giselle. i want it as a middle name if it's a girl as it's my grandmothers name. we have a family tradition that middle names be great grandmothers names if baby is a girl. the other option is patricia which i'm not keen on (sorry gran). but my boyfriend says that giselle sounds like a prostitute. or should i be more worried that he knows what names are likely in ladies of the night? [hmmm]

Giselle is fine, but Patrica is definitely a stripper.

Gisele is lovely.

A friend of mine's DH reacted thusly to the suggestion of Anna as a name for their DD:

WHAT? Why would I name my daughter after ANNA NICOLE SMITH????

...men occasionally come up with extremely random sexual associations when it comes to names. i would take no notice

I know a Gisele, she is lovely and definitely not a stripper! I like it!

It's the name of a ballet, for heaven's sake! And very pretty - though the heroine of the ballet comes to a sticky end... I know a very cool, interesting teenage Giselle.

lovely name but it can't really be shortened can it?

Depends of course on the type of company your husband keeps....

Giselle and Patricia are perfectly commonal garden names in Europe.

Elly (or Gizz) and Patty (or Trish/Tish) would be the shortened versions.

For that matter, know a French Patricia who is called Patou - lovely!

Jizz for short?

Definitely not. Makes me think of ballet- lovely.

But with a soft G is is Gizz (like gis a kiss). I know a Giz, she is German.

I think your thread title and OP are offensive. Prostitutes are not a different breed ffs...

Have to say, I think the same thing as Belle...

definitely not a hooker :)

Yes but, Merchant, I think they tend not to use their own names... So prostitute names are a different breed, as they are names specially chosen for a specific connotation.

Reminds me of an elderly German woman. Not a prostitute.

Jizz...

Any woman working as a prostitute who happened to be called Brenda would probably change it, but more likely to Emanuelle than Giselle!

Definitely more of a pony club/ballet type name than prostitute to me.

Agreed that prostitutes are not a different breed - obviously. But there are certain names that prostitutes, strippers, lapdancers seem to change their names to to make themselves appear "sexier". So why would you deliberately choose a name for your DD that was one of those names?

Although Giselle is not one of those names. Now Jizz...

i would like to apologise if i have offended anyone. it wasn't my intention. but as i understand it sex workers adopt a professionnal name to make them seem sexier or more exotic. i was wondering if giselle was one of those names as i wouldn't want to give my daughter a name with those connotations. nothing against sex workers, whatever goes on between consenting adults is up to them imo.

That model, how do you pronounce her name? Because her surname is German I automatically read it as Ghee-za-la, rather than the French Jee-zelle. The German version flows better, as well as being more logical with the surname.