Laurent?

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Can't use Laurence as it clashes with surname but love the name. Is Laurent an option?

Are you French? If not, no.

Sorry just makes me think of perfume. YSL.

No.

Loren is a unisex name but not common for a boy nowadays.

With a silent 't'? And with a French-style 'r'?

People would call them 'Lorrent', to rhyme with warrant - do you like the sound of that? Plus they'll probably end up saying to people "It's like Laurence, but with a 't' in place of the 'ce'"

As PP, I wouldn't unless you are French or have French heritage.

Geraint is the closest British equivalent I can think of for a boy, but even that will be regularly mispronounced if you don't live in Wales!

I actually think that people will in general recognise the name and pronounce it correctly. I like it

No... awful

No I don’t think so, sorry

Love it.

It sounds like a surname to me, and like you literally named after YSL which is as cringeworthy as calling your child Gucci

It will sound silly if pronounced incorrectly and pretentious if correct. Which means you've reduced your child's social circle to the very posh or French people.

Emily in Paris.

If you’re not French then I wouldn’t.

How would you pronounce it? I go straight to the YSL pronunciation which is very French but I'm guessing that's not how you want it said.

No it's awful. Would get mispronounced.

Reminds me of character from Twilight. Nothing against the name though, rather hear that than yet another Charlie😂

I love it. I would pronounce it Laurent, because I doubt anyone would pronounce it English way. I also like how it looks.

Awful

Hmm a mixed bag of opinions! I agree the pronunciation could be a problem even though we do have some french background

What’s your French background? If one or both parents are french then you could get away with it - if one of your grandparents or great grandparents were then not so much.

I agree that the pronunciation would be problematic and the link YSL is a bit off putting

I have a relative called Lawrence, but everyone calls him Lance. Would that work for you?

My friend has a Loren pronounced Lor-en, as in Sofia Loren but it's always being mispronounced as Lauren. He's 20 now and goes by Lol !

I knew a Laurent, nobody had a problem pronouncing it, ever.

@HeadacheEarthquake , did they say Lorrent or Laure-ohn (my attemptat a french accent)?

French speakers (me, his family, some of our friends)

Lau (rhyme with now) uan (with a gutteral) like - Laow-uan

English - Laurr-ON with a mostly silent T. Stress on the second syllable

I think it's okay, but I do think you will get a lot of people pronouncing it like Lauren with a T.

@HeadacheEarthquake are you a native French speaker? The French speakers I know would pronounce Laurent with an audible gutteral R, and the first vowel sounding more like "low" than "now", though maybe there are accent differences.