Names for a Franglais baby

[Steoh1]

Hi All

we are a French/ English couple living in the uk and expecting a boy.

my wife likes the name Sacha (amongst others) which is more popular in France.

at first I didn’t like it (reminds me of Sacha baron cohen and Borat) but now it’s growing on me.

It quite unusual but wondering if we may grow to dislike it over time.

any thoughts?

thanks

Fabrice

My next door neighbour ( who spoke not a word of English) was Kevin.

Bruno ( great guy) on the other side

Beau is the most ridiculous name for an English child, let alone a French one.

I’d definitely go for something that’s pronounced more or less the same in both lanuages.

Off the top of my head: Marc, Paul, Alfred, Christian, Eric, Elliott, Louis, Raphael, André, Gregory, Xavier, Cedric, Bruno, Marcel, Florian, Raoul, Victor, Adam.

Francois/e?

Didier is a strong but cute boys name I think

I like Etienne but no idea if it is dated in France?
From the link provided upthread I like Matheo

Reuben
Jude

I love Sacha though.

Elias is one I haven’t heard before. Thanks will add that to list

We’re in France. Boys that my son knows that come from French or French/anglophone families include: Samuel, Théo(dore), Alexis (silent s), Stefan, Félix, Arthur, Louis, Max, Thomas. I also really like Luc, Ludovic, Frédéric. Son also knows a Sacha, whose real name is Alexandre, and three Matteo / Mateos.

MN excelling again at suggesting ridiculous names. Most of these are like calling a kid Brian or Roger or Trevor.

Yes Matteo/mateos/matthieu is super popular.

I know Sacha is the nickname for Alexandre but still not sure how that one came about!

Frédéric is one I hadn’t considered that I like

Oh la la

I like Benoit. Not sure how dated it is en France, but it's a good name.

Frédéric and Benoît peaked in about 1970. Wildly off trend.

They’d become Ben (timeless in uk) and Freddie which is really popular now.

assuming you are French what’s your perspective on the original name I mentioned- sacha? Seems to being going down between with my French contacts that the Uk based folk

We are the same. French English couple. Can I ask your girls names you loved because we always get stuck there!

For boys we loved:
Samuel
Xavier
Theodore
Sébastien
Matteo

I love Sacha (as I loved Sacha Distel and both Alexandre and Sebastien. However, my favourite name is Loïc - though I know lots of people wouldn’t know how to pronounce it.

Sure. this was the long list. I know some are dated in France but still sound nice in English. And some aren’t French at all.

Faye
Emilia
Aida
Annïse
Leila
Charlotte
Alice
Gisele
Eloise
Eloide
Amelie
Esmee
Delphine
Aurolie
Indigo
Maia
Louella
Layla
Amilie
Lilly
Ruby
Ada
Ines
Scarlett
Jasmine
Robin
Isla
Hazel
Evie
Imogen
Aurelie
Ellie
Fern
Amber

@CurledUpLikeADog I like Loïc too but all the British people I used to work with pronounced it "Lock", it was cringeworthy. Even after being corrected, people still persisted to call the guy Lock.

Tom

Sacha wouldn't be my choice but it is OK in a French context. Not so much in the UK.

I think Sacha is fine in the UK. I’ve known a couple of male Sachas.

Nicolas
Pierre

I love Sacha