Is Capucine just too French?

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Im expecting dd2. Married to a French man and currently living in France....

I really like the the name Capucine but Im Not sure how it will be received in England. We don't have any plans to move back but you never know...

Do you think people will pronounce it like Capuccino minus the o?
Do you think it's just too French?

Agnes?

I really like Manon, also like Solange but that's not very popular in France ATM.

I think it's beautiful but perhaps too French for the UK (though not London/other more cosmopolitan areas). We have a Sylvie and people in the UK even seem to think even that's a strange name

This is what sprang to my mind.

Josephine?

Honestly, if you have no real intention of moving back, (and why would you?!- I'm always banging on about moving to France but haven't got the cojones) then go with Capucine. It's purdy.

Framboise?

"something that will sound more or less the same in both languages"

What about Myriam?

Father I really like Vivienne but husband doesn't.... He doesn't like Agnes either Shirley which has its own pronunciation problems plus, as I have a Margot people might think we are huge Despicable Me fans!

Ive got quite a long to time left to mull this over so will keep it on the maybes list for now!

Clementine was in the running for dd1 and i've loved it ever since - this may be the safest option as I don't really trust my pregnant brain and although I LOVE Manon it may be a bit twee with Margot, plus it is trés popular here at the moment.

Thanks for all the opinions/suggestions :)

That cat video has made my night - thanks!

(Also loving the cat vid, sorry no ideas for names...)

I love Ines and Manon.

Capucine says monkey, to me, and apparently to my autocorrect, as well!

There's one in DD's class (her mother is definitely French).

I assumed it was like Cappuccino without the 'o' but now I've heard it pronounced properly I know better.

I think it's a really beautiful name :)

Anouk
Audrey
Odette

Just read Capucine means nasturtium in French, how pretty, definitely go with it. Not a hard name to pronounce by English rellies

Florianne
Clemence (with a / accent over the first e, I don't know how to change my keyboard to French!)

Both are names of lovely French girls that I know and easily pronounced in English.

Sounds ultra Catholic to me. I have an aunt whose hobby is collecting Capuchin Annuals which were produced by the Capuchin order.

I can't really imagine it as a person's name.

Not too French. Possibly too frothy?

It's a lovely name but I can't think beyond milk foam. Love French names though. I wanted Mireille but couldn't get away with it as I am just not in any way French.

With a French dh I think it's fine

It's a lovely name and it's easy to pronounce although people in the UK will probably have to be told how to. I don't think that's a problem: I have an unusual english name that I had to tell lots of people how to pronounce when I was younger.

I know a friend of a friend who lives in the US and her dd is called Capucine. No probs. they also call her Capu for short which I think it sweet.

If you love the name, go for it.

It wouldn't sound "ultra-Catholic" in France because it's a flower name. It would be no different from calling a child Iris or Jasmine in the UK. It's just that in this case the English word isn't very pretty, so it hasn't been adopted as a personal name.

Aw, Margot and Manon sound gorgeous together!

Fair point FatWalda, I had no idea it was a flower name. My only association was with the order and their publications.

Fabienne?

Im another that thinks Monkey

I thought of monkey first. How is it pronounced?

Doesn't anyone think of the beautiful French actress, Capucine? She was in 'The Pink Panther'. Just put 'capucine' into Google Images and that's who you'll see.