Quirky or classic?

[ozzyfroggy]

I'm looking for reactions to the names Daphne and Rosanna.

My husband and entourage are keen on Daphne but I can't help hearing daft knee... It does go well with our surname and I do find it quite charming though.

I like Rosanna but my husband says it's a gypsy name. I think it's strong and feminine though...

Rebecca is lovely and goes well with Oscar and Juliette.

I like Rebecca. Actually I really love Oscar and Juliette - they both work well in French and English.

More suggestions:
Elise
Imogen
Laura
Aurelie
Francesca
Alice?

I love Daphne as a name, but the associations with the Scottish comic character Daphne Broon would put me off (she’s the chubby sister who’s the object of a lot of jokes). But if you have no Scottish family who’d go “ooh like Daphne Broon haha” I’d go for it!

Poor Frumpy Daphne was my first association too @Cyberworrier, that and Scooby Doo!

Daphne du Maurier was my first thought.

Both good names.

Gloria is my all time favourite girls name

Prefer Rosanna to daphne

How about Alexandra, Georgia or Elise. Just trying to think of names that work in French and English.

Manon
Capucine
Romane
Maelys
Sigolene

I like them both, and they're in the same sort of "camp" to me - instantly recognisable as names, not very common or popular but not "weird", a little bit boho but classy boho, IYSWIM.

How about Rosina?

Rebecca will be beck or becks, daphne is lovely and underrated IMO.

I really don't like Rebecca.

Why not another Shakespearean name? Would he go for Rosaline instead? I think Imogen is a lovely name. Or Hermione, Perdita, Cordelia.

I don't really like Rebecca, but it's a million times better than the first two.

I think Nathalie is the nicest so far with Amelie in second place.

I don't think anyone's mentioned Elodie or Matilda have they?

How about India, to keep with the phonetic alphabet theme of your other two children?!

(And if you have another in the future, there’s still Charlie and Mike!)

I totally prefer Nathalie to Rebecca but for the OH it's like the french Karen or Sue.

I love Marianne but for him it's a fuddy name.

Also with Daphne, they say it dafnay. Nez being nose in french... And big noses do run in the family...

Isabeau?

Yes, it's funny the different associations with names that should work in both languages. It does make it tricky. A lot of the French names used for babies in the UK are slightly dated in France and vice versa.

I think Rebecca is nice because it's a pretty name and although you don't come across many baby Rebeccas now in the UK, it isn't cheesy at all and it sounds fresh in France.

Or what do you/he think about using something like Natalia instead of Nathalie? I've always thought it was very pretty!