Girl's name Tristane?

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I really like this name -- what do you think?

I would assume the father (Tristan) was one of these arrogant types who insists on his child being named after himself, even if she's female. Like Nigella Lawson.

Sorry.

LOL! Maybe.

p.s. It never happens the other way round does it? I.e. baby Denis after arrogant mum Denise.

it doesnt have a good sound to it - triste means sad doesn't it?

It's made up and it sounds like a shampoo

Years ago I worked with a girl called Tristan O'

She pulled it off because she was attractve and confident. But I thnk a lot of people thought 'huh'. and even after it was explained to them that yeah, she has a boys name, get over it, they were still a bit 'huh' . but this was a while back. I thnk names have got more unusual since then.

Yes ok I guess it's a bit too weird. I met a very nice woman called it you see.

I think of Tristan Herriot , Male Vet, in All Creatures Great and Small.

I think it's quite pretty and just a bit unusual in a good way, not weird at all. Apparently the masculine form, Tristan, means something like "the noise of battle swords clashing" in Welsh. There is a famous Tristane: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristane_Banon

I don't really like it, sorry!

Nigella Lawson was named after Nigella plants - I think it's another name fir African Violet. Her grandma (Nigel's mum) cultivated them and wanted a girl to call her Nigella. But she had a boy and had to make do with Nigel.

Is it pronounced like Tristan (to sound a bit like Brisbane) or Trist-ayn (to sound a bit like urbane)?

I imagine it would be "Trist - Anne"

yes, Trist-anne

I like it. Trist-ahn with the emphasis on the ahn.

I would read it tris-stain. Which doesn't sound nice, nobody likes stains. And if it was trist-ann I think that sounds like a name (ann) with an adjective in front (triste). :(

It's a French feminine version of Tristan, so pronounced Trist - anne, but maybe the scope for confusion about the pronunciation means it is not such a good choice for the UK?