What’s the most beautiful name you’ve ever heard?

[Renenma]

Just that really

What’s the most unique and beautiful name you’ve ever heard?

Aisha (Life is Aisha)
Saoirse (sp)
Aurora

Neither are my dd's names but I wish I had gone with the first

Anastasia
Manon

I like some of the religion inspired ones:
Praise
Cherish
Harmony
Grace
Joy
Angel
Honour
Seraphina

I also love the Shakespearean(ish) ones:

Tatiana
Ursula
Imogen
Sebastian
Benedict

Aeolus

Is it a soft ‘g’, like Giselle?

I know a Ghislaine, and she goes by Gigi, which is an excellent nickname.

I made a long list!

i wanted to call my daughter Minna but husband said no, which I was anticipating. She is Rose, which is my favourite name and perfect for her. Her nicknames are Peach, Posy and Ren (her initials). We liked but rejected Aira/Eira (Welsh for snow) due to it being a bad match with our surname.

I’d have chosen Eirlys for my son if he was a girl (Welsh for snowdrop, as his birthday is when they start appearing) but my husband simply responded ‘thank goodness he’s a boy’ when I mentioned this.

Emmeline
Emelia
Phoebe
Nancy
Polly
Posy
Rose
Rosa
Rosalind/Rosamund
Natasha
Juliet
Delilah
Dinah
Beatrice
Carina
Cara
Isabella
Nora
Nell
Miranda
Edie
Hester
Ruby
Etta
Alba
Pia
Nia
Cleo
Clea
Anya
Anita
Talia
Thea

They're probably not so unique and unusual anymore because some of the people I am thinking of are in their twenties but I've noticed that the trend towards Irish or Welsh names has sort of crossed the channel in that traditionally Breton/Provençal/Corsican/Slightly Germanic Alsace names are more popular now in France.

Breton:

Brieuc (m)
Soizic (f)

Provençal:

Magali or Magalie (f)

Corsican. I live here so I know lots but they kind of merge into Italian, apart from slightly different spelling but the most unique one is probably:

Restituda or Restituta. Who's a local 3rd century beheaded virgin saint. For girls, obviously. If you're into that sort of thing.

Batting for Alsace:

Edwige.

(I think it's from Alsace.)

I'm just taking examples from people I've met IRL and whom I also like, so their name hasn't got bad associations for me.

There’s also names that are a bit Catalan and Basque but that's all I can think of for now.

I wanted Brieuc but hard to pronounce for UK family.

Anoushka

Raphael

I love the name Danica. I think it’s polish.

Florian for a boy, love this.

I don't find any names beautiful, they are j just names. I like some more than others, I dislike some, but none are beautiful.

Frankly, a lot of French people get it wrong too. Bit of a headache but it really suits him. I think.

Vonnie for a girl. Short for Veronica

Ghislaine - pronounced gil-len (sadly unlikely to be used)

Gilbert - only if pronounced Jill-bare

Well as I've just had one I'm going to say that the most beautiful is Jemima

Oh, I once worked waitressing with a young woman called Lorelei. That's quite a different name. Some kind of German river rhine mermaid legend attached to its origins, I believe.

We just always called her Lori until she told us. She was a bit embarrased by her name but I thought it was beautiful.

Kyrie is pronounced "Kee-ree-ay" in the Bible where it means "Lord". We sang the "Kyrie Eleison...." meaning "Lord Have Mercy... etc." refrain at school. Some band called Mr. Mister also had a song with the title way back in '85.

It's the letter Ghain, and it's almost like a guttural 'r'.

very subjective, but I think

seraphina
Clementine
aurelia
rosalie

sound beautiful to me

V well known due to Gilmore Girls!

And Some Like it Hot.

Really? I'm out of the loop with popular culture. I live in the Corsican sticks. As mentioned in my previous post, naming your baby after a 3rd century beheaded virgin saint is considered cutting edge round these parts.

And I really hope that this comment makes its way onto Tattle Life.