Louis and Amelie - too French for siblings?

[Jim2024]

We are not French

If you like French culture, I don't think there's such a thing as 'too French' - go for it. I actually think it makes more sense to have two siblings with names of a similar cultural origin, than, say calling one of them Amelie and the other one Sven or something!

Such nice names.. I don't think it should be an issue. They are both reasonably popular names and well used in the UK. I wouldn't assume you were French necessarily...just that that your style

I think they sound good together - not too French to me.

It’s fine - you aren’t calling them Etienne and Lilou or something where people are going to be wondering about a French link. Louis and Amelie are popular both sides of the channel so no one will blink an eye, in fact I know a Louis and Amelie sibset personally (it’s probably a commonplace pairing tbh). Plenty of sibsets have names of a similar style - perhaps your style is just French chic, rather than Retro, Classical, Nicknames etc.

Lovely names!

I think the names are lovely. I don’t think it matters if you go for two French names or one French and one not French. Just pick what you like. 😊

Gorgeous nanes

why not if you like them. don't overthink

Prince William's DC have French names too (including Louis, of course!) Your chosen names have been popular in the UK for a generation now, so I don't think you'll be fending off questions about your French ancestry. (Have you traced your family tree, by the way? There must be a lot of Brits of French descent, maybe you're among them!)

Lovely names, used by both English and French so definitely use if you want.

However, I'm going against most people here....I do think that both are definitely French-sounding in origin (or at least sound it - not going to delve into actual name origins) and the average person will assume there is a French link somewhere in the family.

But it's not a big deal to correct if anyone asks - you just say that you liked the names! It's definitely not something that should put you off using them. "Too French" isn't a problem.

Nobody cares, OP. Call your children what you want! Lovely names.