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Baby girl names that work in English, French and Greek...

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MissMarion · 04/09/2021 12:07

Tough one... I'm French, my partner is Greek and we live in the UK and expect a baby girl for the end of the month. We've really been struggling to find names that work in all 3 languages... but I really want to as I don't want her name to be mispronounced by anyone. Any suggestions?

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TyneTeas · 04/09/2021 12:09

Zoe?

MrsWooster · 04/09/2021 12:11

Some version of Helene, Eleni, Eleanor?

Ozanj · 04/09/2021 12:12

Turkish, Egyptian, or Arabic names usually work in all three languages. Some greek girl names do too eg Daphne, Rhea, Angelina Maia Iris work well too.

AlexaShutUp · 04/09/2021 12:12

Zoe or Sophia were the first ones that came to my mind. I'm sure that there are loads, actually!

TweedePrik · 04/09/2021 12:13

Thea?

Councilworker · 04/09/2021 12:17

Rosa. Sophia. Stephanie. Nicole. Chloe.

MrsDThaskala · 04/09/2021 12:20

I would say Zoe and Sophia too. What do you think of them? Chloe?

AuntieStella · 04/09/2021 12:22

Eleni, Penelope, Delphine, Nicole, Chloe, Irene

Havaword · 04/09/2021 12:23

Anastasia?

AntiHop · 04/09/2021 12:25

Anna or Maria.

dementedma · 04/09/2021 12:28

Anna

MoiraNotRuby · 04/09/2021 12:31

Sofia

Elleni

Pelagia

Mia

Emily

Jourdain11 · 04/09/2021 12:36

Daphne?

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MissMarion · 04/09/2021 13:28

Wow, so many answers! Thank you.
Sophia and Anna are definitely on the short list. They're just a bit too common, but we're running out of options...
Sadly I can't go with variations of Helen as it's too close to her cousin's name, same with Zoey and Chloe (the curse of having children after everybody else).

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MySerenity · 04/09/2021 13:30

Clara

SprayedWithDettol · 04/09/2021 13:30

Catherine/Katherine

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine

dirtyfries · 04/09/2021 13:33

Francesca, Ava, Evangeline/Eva, Larissa

CaptainMyCaptain · 04/09/2021 13:35

Melissa

User5827372728 · 04/09/2021 13:51

Elodie

MrsBertBibby · 04/09/2021 13:52

Nina? Estelle?

Anna is a fantastic name.

ozzyfroggy · 04/09/2021 17:34

Julia, Juliette, Rebecca, Cléo, Mona, Jessica

Lucia23 · 04/09/2021 17:36

Elena

JassyRadlett · 04/09/2021 17:38

Would Leda work in French?

(Penelope definitely doesn’t work in French if you’re looking for the same-ish pronunciation across all three languages.)

daisypond · 04/09/2021 17:38

Marina.

Palavah · 04/09/2021 17:38

Christina
Phoebe