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Boy's name - work in French and English

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LeBFG · 19/10/2012 17:45

My mum can't pronounce anything vaguely French but we live in France. So, we're looking for boys names that work in both languages and are pronounced vaguely the same for ease of switching.

Problem is, last time round, we struggled like hell and finally settled on Leon just after DS's birth - very last minute. Found out a few weeks ago we're expecting another boy. A girl's name would be soooo much easier Hmm....

Any help appreciated.

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BikeRunSki · 23/10/2012 19:15

Marco?

Milo?
Louis?
Martin?
Patrick?
Just running though all the Anglo-French males I know.

BikeRunSki · 23/10/2012 19:15

Raymond

AGeeksWife · 23/10/2012 19:55

I properly love the name Etienne, it makes me want another boy just to call him that.
I also like Yohan recently, easy to pronounce in English and its the name of a French footballer (not sure of its origins) so pronounceable there too, not sure if its popular in France.

Yika · 23/10/2012 21:16

Here are my offerings: Vincent, Adrian, Charly, Oscar. Timothy, bizarrely, is v popular in Belgium at the mo.

raynecld · 23/10/2012 21:55

Raphael
Luc
David

Yika · 23/10/2012 22:41

Jonathan

Tommy · 23/10/2012 22:46

Daniel

iheartmycat · 24/10/2012 01:36

Xavier (Zav)...LOVE this
Maxime (Max)
Andre
Eliot
Joel

LeBFG · 24/10/2012 08:15

THanks for all these suggestions. They fit our criteria and fwiw I love loads of them too. But DH is, as he was for DS1, proving very difficult and dismisses names quickly.

Our current short short list is Jake (still there), Hugo (goes well with Leon) and Jude (newly entered...French know 'Hey Jude' so friends' reactions have been quite positive).

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Gwennan · 24/10/2012 09:28

I don't know how these names would be perceived in France but how about:
Adam
Christophe
Émile
Evan
Francis
Gabriel
Joseph
Jules
Julien
Justin
Léo
Lucas
Nicolas
Raphael
Victor
Xavier
Zachary

ProbationProbationProbation · 25/10/2012 14:33

Etienne. Such a beautiful boys name.

NapOfTheDamned · 25/10/2012 14:59

Max? Short and sweet and works in both languages I think?

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