Albertine

[lavenderpekins]

I really love this name for dc4 but I know through searching previous threads on here its very disliked... 🤔

Still the case?

I can't see how it's 'uglier' than Aurora or something like that..

Just wondered your thoughts?

😀

Thanks x

Albertine was on my shortlist for DC2- after Viv Albertine of The Slits. I really like it, don't think it's an ugly name at all, or weird.

That was my mother's excuse for calling me Petunia, lavender.

If you wanted to call your child after Viv Albertine, wouldn't you call them Viv?

I assume it's a girl's name?! I don't like it at all, all I hear is "Albert" which is fusty sounding IMO. I like Aurora on the other hand...

I think it is very ugly indeed.

It sounds like you wanted to call a boy Albert, had a girl and just stuck a bit on the end. Of course if I actually met someone with the name I'd get used to it after saying it a few times.

It just sounds clunky on first impression.

WTF?

WTF?

I prefer it to aurora.
i cant say aurora. My face contorts like im speaking a new and very difficult language

Mag - many people can't say Aurora!

Alba is far nicer then Albertine.

That is one concern I have lunar1 except I wouldn't use Albert if I was having a boy.. 😁

If it's a boy I like;

Gabriel
Monty
Willoughby

And my favourite: Cassius. But I already have one of those 😊

Albertine is a brilliant name!

(Not a fan of Viv Albertine's music, though. What a rotten guitarist!)

I love Albertine! And Amandine!

I know a little Leooldine but find that a little long and clumsy.

To the poster who suggested we only choose names already popular, now that would be really dull! And a pain as we'd need surname initials to identify them all...

Sorry Leopoldine

Love it. Also reminds me of the lovely climbing rose. I think Bertie as a nn is sweet too!

I think it's ugly and clunky sounding. I have the same feelings towards Albert.

I think it is an exquisite name - but likely to be shortened to something not so nice like 'Bertie' or 'Tina' or 'Al'. It would make sense if there is an Albert to be named after.

depends to an extent on the names of DC's 1, 2 & 3.
If you have a Hugo, Penelope and a Beatrice already, then yes I guess Albertine fits.

if on the other hand you have a Poppy a Daisy and a Scarlett it doesn't.

I might be wrong but wasn't the mother of Our Lady of the Flowers called Albertine? Maybe it was Ernestine. Its forty years since I read Genet. But that was what came to mind. There's nothing wrong with referencing French homosexual literature in your children's names. In fact, you could make it a theme. First Communion might make a nice name for another girl.

I had a pupil named Faustine. That's a nice name.

I love it. Also love Leontine

I MUCH prefer Alberta. I know a little one nn Bertie 😍

I like it. Promiscuous bisexual in Proust.

I know of one Albertine, and I always thought it was a little odd but interesting. I can't really imagine saying it out loud - it sounds weird coming out of my mouth. I do really like Alba as a nn though!

An unsubtle feminisation of the dowdiest boys' name I can think of. A firm no from me.

I like it and considered it, I love to hear an unusual, pretty name and it reminds me of the roses that grew around my house. The - ine ending is very feminine.