Manon - for a little girl?

[sunshinemummy2012]

Thoughts?

it is lovely and I wish I had called my dd this. Really pretty. That might have something to do with the movie 'Manon des Sources' ofc but I also live in Wales where it is used.

It's pretty and quite popular in France - there are several at DD's school.

Love it. My niece's name.

Not great for UK based baby to my ear. Great teasing potential for a teen? And I would have assumed it was a male name

well that is strange as it is a name from the Yookay. what 'teasing potential'?

Loads of Manons here in Wales. Lovely name.

Sunny Man on - as in "there's a man on you..."

I don't like it. Sorry. I've never heard of it before and it doesn't conjure up any kind of image or picture.

I have a friend called Manon. She's from Wales but now lives in England. It's a beautiful name, fairly uncommon and she's never ever had anyone say anything negative about it.

Don't get the 'tease' thing either.

Love it. The Manon I know is really lovely and sweet too, which helps. We are in neither Wales nor France and no one seems to have trouble with it.

Ok, maybe fairly uncommon in my part of England.

I grew up in Wales though in the 70's and 80's. It wasn't really heard in our school. Maybe it's more recently used?

well as teases go it is not terrible!
Really lovely name IMO

Plus, like other Welsh names ending in 'non' it can be shortened to Nonny or Non, which is very cute.

I know a couple of Manons. It's a French girls' name. Don't see any potential for teasing myself.

I think it is really nice :) might be hard for some people to pronounce here though?

Other suggestions (just in case!): Margot and Anouk (I love them both.... But especially the latter!) :)

Sounds gorgeous in a French voice, significantly less gorgeous in a non French voice.

No one would ever pronounce it correctly.

it is pronounced Ma-non round here!
not to hard even for English people!!

I know a really lovely welsh Manon, she's late 20's. The association means I really like it

But it doesn't sound half as nice in an English accent.

The French pronunciation is more like mah-noh

maybe not squoosh - or the English might try to 'schwa' the O and it would become 'Man'n'

I like it in a French, Welsh and English accent

I love it.

Manon is really nice but the nn suggested above of Nonny sounds awful to my (English) ears!

I know a lovely little French Manon, such a pretty name.

Manon? As in man on?