What name would you go for? Need for native English speakers please :)

[flo0412]

Hi everyone, I am French, my partner is German and Slovak, and we live in the U.K.

It is therefore hard to find a name that we both can relate to, pronounce, spell, and that would be a nice name to live here :)

Our little boy (2yo) is called Oskar.

We are expecting a little girl very soon and have made this list:

Maé
Léna
Fleur
Nora
Margaux

Do you think that any of these names are a nightmare to pronounce/write/live with because of some references I may not be aware of?

Thank you very much :)

xx

Maé
Léna
Fleur
Nora
Margaux

They are all fine, I would probably just spell Margot Margot (which is the usual French spelling isn’t it?) or it will be a pain for her.

Fleur can sound pretty bad in UK accents, so think about that.

People won’t use the accents so don’t use those names if that will bother you.

I think all of those names are fairly ok to pronounce.

They all work great! I like Lena

@OP, what did you think of the comments that people gave you?

I’m intrigued by Maé, is it pronounced Ma-ay, or May?
Nora has that old lady chic that a lot of people like (similar to Ada, Betty, Elsie). There was a famous character in a comedy series called Nora Batty, who was a bit of a dragon, but that association will be less and less known these days. Norah Jones is a nice example of a younger person with the name.
Margaux is nice, but people will want to spell it Margo or Margot. I saw a documentary the other week about the comedian Matt Lucas and he said his German Grandmother was called Margot and in German the “t” is sounded- did you suggest the aux spelling to avoid your DH’s German relatives doing that?

Fleur East is a very well known singer/presenter at the moment, she is pretty cool and not a bad association.

Oh and Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall have a daughter Lena, don’t know if that is Lay-na or Lee-na.

There’s a Fleur in Harry Potter. That’s likely to be more influential. 🤣

Thanks everyone, super super useful :)
I’ll definitely get rid of all the accents, you are right.
The pronunciation I was thinking of were Leh-na (not lee-na nor ley-na) and mah-“é” , with the “é” pronounced like the “e” is “hey” if that makes sense…
anyway, based on your comments we have decided to go for the simplest in terms of spelling / pronunciation - likely Nora or Fleur :)
thanks again everyone!

Fleur and Nora are both lovely. If you're undecided between the two, can I suggest Flora , as an easily pronounced, spelt and well known and very pretty alternative x