Baby girl names to suit different British and French naming styles

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Hi all, so my husband and I are expecting our first child together, we both have children from our first marriages and my husband is French.

We have very very different naming styles.

My children are Pippa Jane and Leo Mark, family names for middle names. His children each have 3 middle names! And quite formal to me anyway first names, their names are Arthur Louis Marc Gaspard and Estelle Inès Pascale Aliénor.

We are expecting a little girl

My husband loves

Blanche, Victoire, Apolline and Eugénie
I think these are all far too heavy and I don’t like them.

I love Clara, Phoebe, Alice, Juliette, he doesn’t like any of these!

Can anyone help us find a name we both like?

I am slightly bored to tears with Isabelle, but in this instance I think it's a good suggestion.

@minipoodlemumhow do you pronounce Laure please? Is it like Laura?

Yes, like Laura without the a. It’s pretty.

Tina or Val aren't really great in English though?

Equally, Elisabeth/Catherine aren't brilliant in France.

Capucine

I love this name and recommend it too. It’s so pretty

I think Capucine is beautiful too and know some cute little Capicines at my daughters maternelle but I can imagine it would get butchered in English.
I like Ambre also which is quite current in France but I imagine that would be mistaken for Amber in English.

The dad will think Ambre is chavvy

I have to admit it immediately gives me Ambre Solaire sunscreen.

I love this actually. But I'm not sure it works in English? Kappa-sin!

I usually work in Paris so I hear some pretty names.

Vivienne
Daphne
Valerie
Fleur
Cecily
Helene
Alexandra

I've also worked with Fanny,
Hermes and Chanel!

My Mil and Dil are both called Catherine/Kathryn.

If I had had another daughter she would have been Angharad (but that's Welsh).

How so? The dad is French and ambre is the third most popular French baby girl name

Elodie

But popularity doesn’t mean someone isn’t going to find a name unfortunate, for whatever reason.

But it’s a completely normal name in France and the dad is French I’m just curious why it would be chavvy in France? google isn’t bringing anything up either

We are a British/French family too.
I definitely lean more towards your taste than your DH's.
I love the name Leo and I know a couple of Leos with a French parent.
The only name I like out of his kids' 8 (!) names is Inès.
He needs to be realistic about the fact that your daughter is going to born and raised in the UK, so her name needs to work here.

How about:
Adèle
Céleste
Clémence or Clémentine
Daphné / Daphne (although the French and English pronunciations are very different)
Luna

Also, Amelie and Elodie are popular names that work well in both languages.

Lots of simple/classic names in the French top 100 atm but I expect he won't go for those.

Celine
Elodie
Elise
Eloise
Louisa

I know a little anglo-french girl called Sybille, pronounced more the French way See-bill than Fawlty Towers version. Seems to work fine in uk.

Social connotations. His tastes run posh and conservative, while Ambre is popular verging on faddy. If he likes Blanche and Victoire, he will find Ambre chavvy.