Vianney as a boy's name ?!?!

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Exactly as my title says

I love the name Vianney but am unsure how it will be received in England (I am French).

Honest opinions needed

I assumed it was made up, sorry.

It’s unusual. It depends on how you would pronounce it?

In french like ve-Annie

Or vy-annie (just makes me think of viagra sorry)

Never heard of it as a first name , only as in the St. John vianney but I would assume it was a girls name if I didn’t know about that. It also rhymes with some derogatory English and Scottish terms. I wouldn’t go for it.

I wouldn’t know how to pronounce it, to be honest.
Is it Vee or Vi?
The Anney ending sounds more like a girls name in English.
Is it a popular boys name in France?

Pronounced Vee-Annie

There is a famous singer in France called Vianney but the name is not too popular .

I think you are right maybe it is too weird

There’s a St. John Vianney’s school near me. I’ve never heard it as a first name before and I think it would be very unusual in the UK. I think I would presume it was a girl’s name if I saw it.

@Kanaloa are you in Blackpool?

I would have thought Vianni would work better? I've never heard of it though - sorry

Would nickname Vinny work?

I know a man called Viant if thats any good.

I only know the saint, and only because I was taught in primary school by a nun with a particular devotion to him — all I remember was that when he was a deserter from Napoleon’s army, he hid in decomposing haystacks, and got chucked out of the seminary for being thick.

It’s quite a pleasant name, but not sure it translates terribly well to England, where I imagine the main association would be Vianne from Joanne Harris’s novel Chocolat.

It feels like it rhymes a bit too easily with fanny to send a boy out into the world with.

We have a Sister Vianney in our local convent so I’m familiar with the name. That’s the only association I have with it though, a lovely, elderly nun.

@LouiseTrees

Yes! I didn’t think that would be so outing, thought there would be more than one

Sounds just too feminine— Annie is all that people would hear.
So many lovely French names to choose from that I’m sure you’ll find something you like that is suitable for use here.

C'est vraiment moche. Même en France , ça ferait tellement beauf. Après tu fais comme tu veux , si tu kiffes , fonces!

For people asking , it would be pronounced VEE-AH-NAY. Very "FRENCH REALITY TV".

I’ve only heard of it as a girls’ name, and only in very devout Catholic families.

However, it’s uncommon enough that I don’t suppose most people would have that association.

I’m really sorry to say, but I suspect he will end up with the nickname Fanny by the cruel kids at school.

Too girly for me.

@Jaimeles
Ouais peut-etre que tu as raison :) . Je kiffe grave le chanteur Vianney mais j'ai vraiment très peur de donner mon fils un prenom aussi «out there» que Vianney. Je veux pas que mon fils soit harcelé à cause de son prénom

Thank you everyone else for you honest opinions . They are all so helpful for me :)

I wouldn't say it was beauf at all, très Neuilly-Auteuil-Passy for me, archi-catho, genre Jean-Eudes.