What do you think of Ariane for a girl

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We are trying to think of possible name for dc2. A boy's name is not a prob but we are struggling with a girl's name. My husband (who is French) has proposed Ariane. I like it but have some reservations.

Will people in the UK think it is a made-up name (my pet-hate )? Are we condemning her to a life of having to spell her name for people. Our surname is french and no one here can spell it so she would have to spell out both names. DD1 has got a v "boring" name which works equally in french and english.

Opinions please

it reminds me of the arian race that hitler wanted to breed

Well Ariadne is a Borrower's name and is lovely!

How do you pronounce Ariane - is it like it sounds? I think it's pretty.

Arianne might be easier as they would say ann rather than ayyyyne

I love Ariadne!

Thought it was Arrietty in The Borrowers? I quite like the name Ariane, was thinking of Ariana too.

Oh it is, you're right! Ariadne is the girl that helped Theseus!

Is pronounced Arianne. Its origins are from the greek Ariadne. Hadn't thought of the pronunciation issues if spelt Ariane instead of Arianne. The french spell it Ariane though so would be taking the name then changing the spelling to appeal to british pronunciation.

I wouldn't change the spelling; it's lovely. As is Ariadne!

i really love it!

its different, definately not made up.

(in my head i'm saying it like marianne without the a...is that right?)

Very pretty but I prefer Arianna

Many years ago I knew an Ariane, she was French. Lovely name.

Good choice. It's familiar to me and I expect most people will pronounce it correctly.

I like it, we were considering Arianwen (welsh!) if we have a girl, but Ariane is less of a mouthfull and very pretty.

I like it. I do not think many people in the UK will think it is made up, I have heard it many times before. Even if they have never heard it, if it goes with a French surname they will assume it is French. It is also not too hard to spell. Call her Catherine/Kathryn/Katherine and she will spend more time explaining how to spell it even though it is very popular.

I considered Ariana for our DD.

Thank you for the comments. Am feeling much happier about it now. Strange how the views of total strangers can set your mind at ease.

Good job really as dh other suggestions were Armelle for a girl which to me conjures up a 60 year old chain smoker and Kevin for a boy - to which i accidently snorted water through my nose

Ariane is a lovely name

Lol at Kevin. Although the only Kevin I know is actually lovely.

Lovely name - I like the spelling and wouldn't change it. No-one says Di-ayyyn for Diane for example, so it shouldn't be a problem spelling it the original way, (but I'm sure there'll always be one or two who get it wrong from time to time).

Ariana also nice, but prefer Ariane.

If he is French then what about Fabian? You could shorten it to Fab.

I would have loved to have called ds this but as we are English I personally think it would have been pretentious

I like the name Kevin. There will be a huge revival of it one day, I bet ya.

The English spelling is Arianne. One of my best friends has a dd with this name.

It's also the name of a hit song by Tasmin Archer from around 1992ish iirc.

Ah, Tasmin Archer's was spelled Arienne.

I like it but isn't it the name of a space project?

Well I used to know an Argentinean girl called Arianne, so I knew it wasn't made up.

I think I prefer the spelling Arianne. It looks more French.

I like it. Don't love it. Arianna sounds madeuppy-anna and I don't like that. But Arianne sounds like a proper name. Elegant rather than girly.

Somebody suggested Fabienne, I love that.