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Violette, Juliette or Vivienne?

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madeleinedupont · 29/07/2022 14:14

Hello everyone! We are having a daughter and we need advice on the names Violette, Juliette and Vivienne, because we cannot choose. I'm open to other name suggestions as well. I'm French but I live in London so all names should preferably be French! DD1 is called Mathilde Pénélope and DS is called Théodore Louis. Middle name suggestions would also be helpful!

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CeeceeBloomingdale · 31/07/2022 02:46

I love them all, French names are beautiful. Violette is my favourite. I also love Cecile, Clementine, Rosalie, Coralie, Celeste, Eloise, Sylvie.

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CeeceeBloomingdale · 31/07/2022 02:48

Oh and Camille. I have a particular fondness for names starting with a C.

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madeleinedupont · 31/07/2022 18:36

@CeeceeBloomingdale I love Eloise, Céleste, Camille and Clémentine! (though imo I prefer the french pronunciation of it). Sylvie would be great but it’s rather dated in France-along the lines of Karen and Linda but it’s gorgeous if you don’t live in France. The rest are all lovely names, thank you for the suggestions!

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SecretSnake · 31/07/2022 18:40

Vivienne is beautiful. I love French names. My daughter is Amelie Noelle.

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madeleinedupont · 01/08/2022 10:24

@SecretSnake Thats a beautiful name!

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blameitonthecaffeine · 01/08/2022 23:03

I love Juliette and like Vivienne.

Not sure about Violette. I don't like Violet because it sounds too like violent to me. But it Violette more like 'Vy-oh-let' with the stress on the last syllable rather than 'Vy-uh-lut'. I like the former better but still prefer the other two.

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madeleinedupont · 02/08/2022 12:02

Violette is pronounced in French like VYAW-LEHT but I am rethinking it since many people will pronounce it like Violet which I don’t really like

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madeleinedupont · 06/08/2022 12:16

Thank you everyone for the opinions! We decided to go for Vivienne Charlotte as it honours people in our family

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MumofSpud · 06/08/2022 12:23

For my DD we couldn't decide between Esme and Violet - went with Violet as a middle name.
My (imaginary) DD2 is Vivienne (NN Vivi)

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Rapidtango · 06/08/2022 12:24

Lovely name op.

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xyzzyx · 06/08/2022 12:40

I love Vivienne but I also like Vivianna!
French names I like: (apologies haven't put the accents on)
Aurelie
Felecite
Amelie
Coralie
Adelaide
Delphine
Elise

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angieloumc · 06/08/2022 12:51

Vivienne is beautiful, what about Vivienne Ophelia?

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angieloumc · 06/08/2022 12:52

Sorry, saw you had decided on Vivienne Charlotte, that's really pretty.

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BiscuitLover3678 · 06/08/2022 13:56

Juliette Vivienne

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BiscuitLover3678 · 06/08/2022 13:57

madeleinedupont · 06/08/2022 12:16

Thank you everyone for the opinions! We decided to go for Vivienne Charlotte as it honours people in our family

Beautiful

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madeleinedupont · 08/08/2022 16:37

Thank you!

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