Etienne

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Etienne.

DH says that all he can think of is The Ethiad but I don't think they're that similar.

What do you think?

For a boy I hope?

Adalind - I thought it was obvious...

As a middle name, if that makes a difference to anyone.

Beautiful. I thought it was a girl's name though.

Of course for a boy! I like it.

I like it - is there a French connection?

Only if you are actually French, imo.

My parents are French and I was born there (most of my family are still there), but I was bought up in England and the child would live here (UK).

I like it as a first name, but DH isn't so keen (as in first post )

Allez les verts!!!!

Love it! I wanted to give DS this name but we have no French links so felt wrong.

Love it!

It makes me think of Zola's Germinal

Love it. It's one of my favourite boys names.

I would use it in France but not in the UK - people here will think it’s a girl’s name. I think there are other French boys’ names that work better here.

What about Sebastien, Benjamin, Leopold, Thibault, Louis.

I thought it was a girl's name though

You see!

I know an English one age 10, but it’s spelt Etien.

Love it.

Go for it! You're French so it's nice to give him a French name, and it will hardly cause him too many 'isn't that a girl's name?' conversations if it's to be his middle name.

Plenty of English people have suggested it for girls!!

Love it.

I really love it, especially with French heritage. For what it’s worth, my first thought was the character from The Beach (novel and film) bit that’s probably WAY too specific a reference to think too much about!

I think it's fab! It's on my shortlist for a middle name if we have another DS.

As you're French then yes. I think it's nice. I also knew instantly it was a boys name and wouldn't have considered it a girls name.

I don't like it.

And though it's masculine, it does seem very feminine. It's the "enne" ending. You'd expect a masculine name to be Etien instead, for example (Emanuel vs Emanuelle, Ariel vs Arielle, Michel vs Michelle, Henri vs Henriette / Henrietta, Lucien vs Lucienne).

I know two Etienne's.
They both have French mothers. One is in his 20s and the other is a toddler. I think it is a great name. You have the French connection, it is a little different ( in the UK) but not outlandish. Perfect!