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Beau or Gabriel, Poppy or Juliet

30 replies

mummabug · 09/08/2012 08:42

Have a DD called Amelie Lola..pregnant with my second and we don't know the sex yet. Was thinking of continuing the French theme with Juliet for a girl and Gabriel for a boy. But OH is not keen. He likes Beau for a boy and Poppy for a girl. I like them but think Beau could be taken the p* out of at school (B.O?!) and Poppy is lovely but maybe too common.
Every other name I mention he doesn't like!!

Any opinions on these names..or suggestions to go with sibling Amelie?

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AndWhenYouGetThere · 09/08/2012 23:11

Vivienne or Gabriel are both lovely.

sostressedsostressed · 10/08/2012 01:10

I am not really feeling any of them but if I had to choose (struggling here) I would go for Julia but not Juliet.

Kaekae · 12/08/2012 11:10

Poppy too popular...like the other names apart from Beau.

MagdalenaAlec · 12/08/2012 14:42

Gabriel - Love it!
Juliet - not keen on Juliet but it is a timeless elegant name, I can see the appeal. French spelling is Juliette
Beau - really do not like it. Being French, I find it v weird.
Poppy- like it

Other ideas:

  • A French flower name ending like Juliet: Violette! (trying to make everyone happy :o )
  • Other French flower names: Capucine, Iris, Eglantine, Hortense, Veronique, Lilas (pronounced Lee-lah - no "s" sound), Angelique, Marjolaine, Anemone, Garance (a bit posh in France), Valeriane...
  • Similar to Juliette (ie, v feminine and timeless): Mariette, Marielle, Charlotte, Justine, Camille, Noemie, Valentine ("vah-lahn-teen"), Cecile, Marianne, Heloise/Eloise, Elise..
  • Similar to Gabriel: Raphael, Baptiste, Clement, Bastien, Florian, Gregoire, Matheo, Mathis, Nathan, Paul, Julien, Julian, Remi..
MerryCosIWonaGold · 12/08/2012 14:47

Gabriel and Juliet. Don't like Poppy or Beau

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