How would you pronounce Bleu?

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Ok, friend of a friend had a little boy a few days ago and announced name of fb. I ended up seeing the announcement because friend of a friend commented on it.

They've named their baby Bleu. Am I going mad? That's pronounced like Bl-er isn't it? Like Corden Bleu?

All comments are saying how lovely it is and how he is their 'little boy blue.'

I didn't say anything and then our my friend mentioned that her friend had had a little boy and named him Blue. I said "oh like the colour?" and she said "yes, but they've spelt it the french way, think it's Bleu"

I said that Bleu isn't pronounced Blue but Bl-er and she looked at me like this -->

Isn't this baby going to go through life with 'Bl-er' as a name or have I got it really wrong?

Love her name isn't Animal but it's an animal, don't really want to say as it's pretty unusual! Also the animal is misspelled... Think Ellyfahnt-bleu!

(how do you pronounce Anais then?)

(how do you pronounce Anais then?)

An-ah-eess.

'Bluh' definitely. If they had a daughter named Fleur would they pronounce it 'Flu'?

Is the animal tiger?

Ha! I think they're confusing pronunciation with translation....

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gumy8_kKYh0#

Im in France and Anaïs is pronounced anne-aye-ees (the s at the end is pronounced). The Bleu thing is just barking though.

"Bler" eh??

Intrigued to find out the name of the child with the animal name:

Rayven-Bleu?
Kitti-Bleu?
Tyga-Bleu?

You don't have to say, Tip. I know you don't want to identify the child.

I would bet a lot of money that it's Tyga/Taiga.

Tyga-Bleu I know her, and her sister Betee

I have a relative who named their son Mathieu, declaring it the 'French spelling' of Matthew.

I said, "but it isn't a French spelling of Matthew, it's a French form of Matthew, and is pronounced mat-YEU."

Relative said they weren't bothered by that, and they were pronouncing it 'the English way'. Well fucking spell it the English way then.

I think they must have been to Fountainbleu Hilton in Miami.

Wally How else would it be pronounced?? Oh actually I have heard people pronounce the brand Aden & Anais as 'Aden and ANAY'! WTF.

Soz Wally, just saw that someone above asked and your statement wasn't just random and standalone

You will find several threads in this very topic where people state that it's pronounced Anay, apparently this is quite common understanding in the UK. I wanted to use the name for my DD but this put me off.

when the Anais Anais perfume was first on sale the TV ads said

Anay Anay perfume

I hope the parents are chilled out types otherwise they're going to get very annoyed with people assuming the child is called 'Bleugh'.

Love the Bloo suggestion. Isn't that a toilet cleaner?!

No, the adverts have always said it correctly, steppemum. I think this has been discussed (and debunked) before on MN.

That's very confusing. I knew a child called "blue" and they spelt it "b-l-e-u" I'd correct their spelling, as I'd think they'd gotten the u and e the wrong way round. 'Blu', 'Blue' or 'Bloo' are ok.

If I came across a child called Bleu, I'd pronounce it as in French. And if the parents said "It's pronounced Blue" I'd have to say "No, blue is spelled B-L-U-E".

It's not even obscure - it's one of the first words you learn if you go to French club in primary school, for heaven's sake, never mind do French in secondary.

I pronounce it Bluh