Roux (French)- boy

[Eleanore42]

I'm looking for thoughts on the name Roux ---pronounced row. My great uncle has this middle name and we are looking for something that shows our French Heritage.

Do people just think of roux sauce? Like it/hate it?

go for Xavier, then you can have the X in the alphabet

Roux sauce. Instant first thought.
Pick something else. There are heaps of super French names, don't go for food.

People will get used to it very quickly, even if there dirst thought is “sauce”, they'll get over it. It’s meaningful, and a family name; I’d go for it Get the pronunciation ironed out, though.

Are you saying it row to rhyme with “Low” or row to rhyme with “now”? Do you think family pronunciation has corrupted it from “roo”?

Honestly, I think if you can’t pronounce it then you are probably a bit far removed from your French heritage to go for a French first name. Especially one that everyone knows is a sauce. Sorry!

I've only ever heard it pronounced Roo too, and that would be consistent with the usual French pronunciation rules. I thought of the guy in Chocolat too, but I think it's a nickname in his case. He plays a very small part in one of JH's other books, in which I'm almost sure it's mentioned that his real name is actually Michel!

First thought sauce.

I know of a 1 year old little boy named Roux

Wouldn't suggest you name your child that have a look on jolis prenoms

I must admit I find it strange (and I am French...). As a family surname, yes, but it’s not a first name.

It is roo for sure.

Rue is an alternative.

^^

Rue means street.

Mire poix is nice though....

Why on earth would you pronounce it 'row'?

As well as the start of a white sauce "roux" is French for red head (masculine). But it is pronounced Roo for both meanings.

If you were French you might get away with it but I don't think your child would thank you for it. Given you're not French I'd think again.

😂 Is his brother Choux?

Roux is definitely a sauce

Maybe if he has red hair it could be a cute nick name..

Given that you can't even pronounce it properly, you shouldn't use it as a name for your child.

HTH

My first thought was a base sauce. Pronounced "roo" or possibly "roe". Dislike both as a name.

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Rupaul's name is spelt Rupaul, not Ru Paul!

I think Roux looks a bit faux French even if it isn't.

If you can’t pronounce it, you shouldn’t use it.

Ah, you've just hit my threshold for silly names, and it's a high bar!

Balonz?

Maybe Cosmoa but according to wikipedia He was named by his mother, Ernestine "Toni" Charles, a Louisiana native; the "Ru" came from roux, which is the term for the base of gumbo and other creole stews and soups !

I agree, definitely it's a surname, and it's not like calling your child Taylor or something, it doesn't work ever as a first name, it's like naming your child Baker or something. It's not even really pronounced Roo, the way French people pronounce ou isn't really a sound we can say easily in English. So I would say don't use it. There are lots of nice French boys names out there.

Also, in French it means ginger, the hair colour not the root.