Do you think this is teasable?

[Jooni]

Manon (for a girl)

It's very popular in France and familiar in Wales (slightly different pronunciations obviously), but we live in England so not sure how it would be received.

I am a teacher in a very tough school-mumsnetters are far crueler than most kids!! There is such a diversity of names nowadays kids generally don't bat an eyelid when something unusual comes about-and Manon isn't even that unusual. Go for it-it's lovely x

How do you mean, sexual OP? Sorry that's gone right over my head

I have had more than one student (university) called Manon. It's a beautiful name.

Like I want a 'Man on' me, I have a 'man on' me etc I'm guessing

Ah ok that didn't cross my mind.

It just reminds me of the film The Craft. But really, anything is teasable and I've read a lot worse suggestions on here.

man on is a pretty niche footballing term

Well, everyone who has ever played football will know it. So not that niche. Almost every boy at a secondary school and a fair few of the girls too.

Anyway, it's not exactly a harsh insult, is it? Lots of names sound slightly like other things. If a kid is going to get teased, they will do regardless of their name. Personally I just couldn't use it for my own child because I'd be thinking of the football connection every time I said her name.

Oh god I must have a really dirty mind then Well I'm glad that didn't occur to anyone else! I agree that if it's just the footballing term some people are going think if then that's not a huge deal. Thanks for all the responses.

I suppose children were meaner in my time (or at my school). I went to secondary school with a poor girl called Maryanne who was always getting called 'Hairy Man' just because it rhymed so I think my peers would have jumped right on a name like Manon.

Perhaps the greater diversity of names these days has made children more accepting. I'm certainly very pleased if that's the case!

I know one, she's 31. Lovely name. As far as I'm aware she's never been teased for it.

I know it from Manon des Sources. Lovely lovely name. Very classy.

Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory have a daughter called Manon.

I think it's fine.

If you pronounce it like the French do Maa Nom it's is lovely and doesn't sound at all like Man On.

I like it

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It's fine. I had a French student working for me last year called Manon. The other two were both called Fanny, which is also a very popular French name

I have a daughter called Manon - we live in France, husband is Welsh. We spend a lot of time in England during the holidays and not once in her 13 years has anyone ever said 'Man on'. Even when regularly staying with 3 football-obsessed teenage boys in London.....

I used to work with a girl called Manon, I think she was Dutch! I really like the name and for what's it worth she was a very pleasant young lady

Damian Lewis (actor) has a daughter called Manon.

I hear man on.
Sorry.