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Please help me find a girls name - 37 wks pg and not getting anywhere!

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cantseemtohaveitall · 29/08/2014 00:20

So the criteria are - preferably a name that works in French as well as English (I'm half French and my own name is French and currently v popular in UK, but not when I was growing up in 80s!)

I like the 'old' circa 1920s names that are now trending.
Don't like fussy, overly girly, or flower names (with of course one or two exceptions, but as a general rule!)

Don't really want a top 10 name if can help it, although struggling so much that popularity is becoming less and less of a big deal...

My current (long) list is here:
Celeste
Gigi
Cosette
Colette
Clara
Ruby
Cora
Maude
Sybil
Mimi
Mabel
Audrey

What else might I like?

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Choc88 · 29/08/2014 12:58

How about :
Nell
Connie
Martha
Florence /Florrie
Bessie
Mary

tethersend · 29/08/2014 12:58

Marion.

I love Marion.

eatingforonemore · 29/08/2014 13:18

I went to school with a girl called Monét. I think it's a lovely pretty name.

BackspaceEnter · 29/08/2014 16:02

Maude is quite an ugly name. Your others are good though.

What about Vivienne?

Celestine.

ArsenicyOldFace · 29/08/2014 16:53

Maude is not at all ugly. It is compact and elegant and evocative of 'mauve'.

BackspaceEnter · 29/08/2014 18:47

To me it's evocative of drab, grey, wet, old lady. Each to to their own.

ArsenicyOldFace · 29/08/2014 18:48

Smelling faintly of cabbage? That's the other Maude Grin

BackspaceEnter · 29/08/2014 18:53

Grin Yes. On par with Mildred for me.

Merel · 29/08/2014 19:11

Another vote for Sylvie.

Or how about:

Violet
Adelle
Evelyn
Fleur
Lacey
Flori
Mallory
Mariska (would this work in French?)
Noella

Icedfinger · 29/08/2014 19:16

Aimee
Olive
Anne
Claire
Clara
Hannah
Beatrice
Katherine

eatyourveg · 29/08/2014 19:33

from your list
celeste
maud
mabel

not on the list
eloise
sylvie
helena (hel-ayna rather then he-lena)

cantseemtohaveitall · 29/08/2014 21:16

Thanks all for new suggestions and thoughts on current list
Eatingforonemore - Loving Monet - not sure I'd be brave enough to use though...
And also liking Claudette...
Sadly, as I had a good friend at school called Esme this one doesn't work for me - although a great name

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JellySnakesLadderedTights · 19/09/2014 23:59

What did you pick in the end, op?

charlieheather · 23/09/2014 22:32

Elea is a lovely French name :)

looki · 23/09/2014 22:47

Celeste or Gigi win hands down for me.

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 23/09/2014 22:49

Olive?

baskingseals · 24/09/2014 07:26

What about Gisele?

Dowser · 24/09/2014 08:21

I think of olive as the lady from on the buses and it's an elderly aunts name.

I love Elodie
Elise
Yvette
Sylvie
suzette or Suzanne
Satine
Annabelle
Sophie
Emillie
Celestine
Mathilde

I love French names full stop!

guineapig1 · 24/09/2014 09:45

Sylvie
Seraphine/a
Manon

WowserBowser · 24/09/2014 09:49

I loooooooove Audrey! I find it so elegant.

Desertrunner · 24/09/2014 09:53

Camille?

moxon · 24/09/2014 10:47

Celeste
Clementine
Marcelle
Brigitte
Sylvie
Sophie
Mignon
Veronica
???

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