Manon for our second daughter?

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After Anouk... Manon? Is it a nice name?

Lovely. Cool and elegant.

A lovely name. Very pretty. I know two Manon's, both in their 20's.

It’s the god/devil whatever that they chant to in The Craft so anyone who was a gothy teenager in the nineties will think of that when they hear it.

Plus it doesn’t really have a nice sound. Man on. Sounds like a football term.

Lovely!

I love it.

Manon.
I really don't like it.

Sorry I think it’s awful. It just doesn’t sound like a name- particularly for a girl.

Makes me think about the rapey tragic ballet.

Love it.

Always makes me think of the film Manon des Sources. I’d never have thought of using it, but it’s lovely.

I know 2 Manon's, they are both men and Indian, dont like it at all for a girl sorry.

Really don't like it. Sounds like saying Man On which is a bit grim

Nice if you have a French connection

I think it works very well in French/France but not so much if she's British/living in the U.K.

There are lots and lots of lovely French girls names that don't also mean something in English...

I love it, but have only ever come across it in deeply French contexts -- do English speakers pronounce it as 'Man on'? That would be my sole issue with it.

yippee exactly what l thought of! "Make them see Manon three times three*

I love Anouk but Manon doesn't sound like a nice name for a girl..

Anouk and Maris?
Anouk and Eden?
Anouk and Veda?
Anouk and Cosette?

Are you french? It’s a nice name, but if you’re in the uk, everyone will pronounce it man-on which is horrid.

Agree with the Man on PPs: you're setting her up for a lifetime of "jokes". Shame because it's a nice name.

In Wales there are loads of Manons.

I assumed Welsh, not French. Don’t think any of the Manons round here have been the butt of jokes.

I thought it was a male name. It's not very feminine.

'Man-on' is what you shout in football when another player is getting very close to your player with the ball!!!

How is it pronounced in French?

We are French. But we currently live in UK. Thank you for your reactions.

We also like...

Ninon/Nina (but it has same origin as Anouk)
Anaïs (same problem)
Inès (friends daughter 8 years old)
Esme
Esther
Alba/Albane
Cléo

“Man on!” is what you shout in football to a team mate if there’s someone behind trying to tackle him or her