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

85 replies

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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Whenigrowupiwanttobea · 04/09/2021 19:28

Amelie?

gigi556 · 04/09/2021 20:15

María?

BiscuitLover09876 · 04/09/2021 20:29

My first thought was Eliana

Givemethatknife · 04/09/2021 22:45

Sophia, Anna, Theodora, Katerina, Helena, Eva, Christina…

Quite a lot of names really - you’ll have to plump for a spelling/pronunciation that leans in a direction but if you go for a fairly international version you will be fine

underneaththeash · 04/09/2021 22:50

@ Jourdain11 I’d pronounce Marina -Marie-Na too and I’m English (but speak French too.

Babamamananarama · 05/09/2021 02:15

Lara?

Susannahmoody · 05/09/2021 02:21

Chardonnay?

allfurcoatnoknickers · 05/09/2021 04:23

Joanna! It's my name Grin. My Mum is English but spent years living in France and my dad is Greek.

Other names that work are Sophie/Sophia, Christina/Christine and Marie/Maria. I know the last two are a bit dated but I do love the French Marie-Christine.

Skinnytailedsquirrel · 05/09/2021 04:44

Elizabeth

LoveFall · 05/09/2021 05:10

Helene (with accents or not), Helen, Helena.

Would Christa work?

LoveFall · 05/09/2021 05:11

Adelia

mathanxiety · 05/09/2021 05:25

Theoni
Damaris
Daphne
Delphine

merrygorounds0 · 05/09/2021 05:30

Zena
Angelina
Melanie
Vilma

LanisHouseLot · 05/09/2021 05:34

Athena. I love the French pronunciation and it would obv work very well in Greek (and English)!

sashh · 05/09/2021 06:07

I wnr to school with an Anthula and a Savula, don't worry so much about it 'working' in English, so many children have names from other languages and cultures everyone adapts.

Have you looked at the Greek godesses and mythology? I went to uni with a Hebe, I think that's really pretty but I don't know how it goes in French.

Ariadne, Pandora, Phoebe, Selene...

Ohfudgeme · 05/09/2021 06:08

Bell

jozipozi31 · 05/09/2021 06:10

Melissa

lovelylimesoda · 05/09/2021 06:10

Athena! It’s my daughter’s name, we need it to work in French and English and it does. Not sure about Greek, would it sound too weird / presumptuous?

Flyingantday · 05/09/2021 16:03

I know A Greek person called Athina (it’s beautiful and really suits her)

MissMarion · 05/09/2021 16:34

So many ideas, thanks all. Smile
Just to answer some of you regarding pronunciation, of course it's unlikely we'll find a name that we both like and also has the exact same pronunciation in all 3 languages... that's not the goal. I just want something that doesn't sound super weird / has sounds that don't exist in one of the languages. Even the simple Anna is pronounced differently depending on the language and I'm ok with that.
Still there are so many options to choose from (well, a bit less when you remove all the relatives' names and names of people you don't like Grin).

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Thatsplentyjack · 05/09/2021 16:37

@Lucia23

Elena
That was going to be my suggestion. I have one, although spelt different as I knew people here would mispronounce as Elen-a.
SardineJam · 05/09/2021 16:42

Astrid

Changechangychange · 05/09/2021 16:46

Eirini is beautiful. It’s not “common” in the Uk but I know two greek girls called that and nobody struggled.

Kalliopi/Calliope is also fine if unusual. Angelique/Angeliki would work too.

DisplayPurposesOnly · 05/09/2021 16:48

Melissa
Nina
Serafina

Peach1886 · 05/09/2021 16:55

Athena is gorgeous...also how about Callista/Calista, in Greek I think it means most beautiful...

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