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Alouette?

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ReadySaltedandOJ · 09/04/2016 10:40

What are your thoughts on Alouette? It's a French name and means 'lark', which I think is lovely. Every time I say it out loud however, the song 'alouette, gentille alouette' pops into my head!
I'd love some opinions!
Also, what do you think the best nn would be?

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CheeseAndOnionWalkers · 09/04/2016 10:45

I think of the song too.

Somebody posted a translation of the lyrics and it's not pleasant so I'd steer clear personally.

cheapandcheerful · 09/04/2016 10:47

If it's pronounced the way I think it is, I would think that it sounded like a word for a small toilet.

GissASquizz · 09/04/2016 10:48

I thought this was the shit sausage.

NHKX2 · 09/04/2016 10:49

Not keen. The word is pretty but it's not good as a name. Are you French? If not, it's even more of a stretch and comes across as pretentious.

Ememem84 · 09/04/2016 11:01

I thought it was french for dove...?

But I do like it as a name. It's pretty.

However I either get the allouette gentile allouette song in my head (it's actually a horrible song about plucking the poor bird..) or the Cheryl Cole/Fernandez whatsit song "promise this" I think in my head.

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ReadySaltedandOJ · 09/04/2016 11:07

Hmm I know the song isn't actually the nicest but I wouldn't be choosing it because of that song, it's just unfortunate that it's the first thing that comes to mind!

Are there any other pretty French names that you know of? My nan is French so I think it would be a nice link!

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Itinerary · 09/04/2016 12:23

I thought of the song straight away.

GlowWine · 09/04/2016 12:29

Song here too. Our local ice cream van used to play it Grin I don't think it's used as a girl's name in France.

MoggieMaeEverso · 09/04/2016 12:39

Anouk
Lisette
Yvette
Mariette
Nadine

Branleuse · 09/04/2016 12:45

everyone will be trying to pluck her in the beak, then in the head, then in the neck. It could be pretty uncomfortable

wallywobbles · 09/04/2016 14:00

20 years in France as a teacher. Never had an Alouette.

SignoraStronza · 09/04/2016 14:04

My first thought was that it sounds rather like it could be a brand of contraceptive pill.
Sorry op.Blush

Ouriana · 09/04/2016 14:05

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ShowOfHands · 09/04/2016 14:06

I can't say it. I can only sing it. It's Pavlovian.

Aaaaaaalouette

That song has a lot to answer for.

2016namechangecomingalong · 09/04/2016 14:06

Antoinette
Colette
Sabine
Francoise
Nadine

GerundTheBehemoth · 09/04/2016 14:11

If you like the bird theme, Fauvette is (one of) the French word(s) for a warbler.

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ReadySaltedandOJ · 09/04/2016 14:43

Haha some of the comments are making me laugh!
I wonder if it could work as a middle name instead so it's not so 'out there'?

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DramaAlpaca · 09/04/2016 15:12

I started to sing the song in my head as soon as I saw the thread title.

It would probably work better as a middle name, tbh.

Theimpossiblegirl · 09/04/2016 15:24

The song is all about plucking the poor bird apart ready to put it in a pie. It's a shame, it's a pretty name, but the song does spoil it for me.

What's the shit sausage called GissaSquizz ? I can't remember and I'm scared to google.

xalyssx · 09/04/2016 15:26

Andouillette is the intestinal sausage I think

tellmemore1982 · 09/04/2016 15:30

It's not my cup of tea at all, especially as the relationship to French connection will be quite distant as great grandmother. What was your Nan's name and could you use that as it is at least a real link?

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 09/04/2016 17:20

Sounds like a toilet cleaner to me, sorry

AutumnRose1988 · 09/04/2016 17:51

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Branleuse · 09/04/2016 17:55

it wouldnt have a tay at the end?

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 09/04/2016 17:57

No. Just no.