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Claire or similar... French names for girls

109 replies

shubiedoo · 19/09/2008 17:29

I like the name Claire but am wondering if it's too popular. Any other ideas?

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kalo12 · 19/09/2008 21:16

nicole

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peacelily · 19/09/2008 21:17

Just list a few! I like Anouk, Elouise, Elodie and Isabelle.

Really don't like Christelle though

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Anna8888 · 19/09/2008 21:18

Nat(h)alie and Isabelle are the names of the mid-1960s. A bit dated now. Nicole also dated.

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JiminyCricket · 19/09/2008 21:19

I know a Marie-Claire from france. I suppose it is a magazine tho.

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ChacunaSonGout · 19/09/2008 21:19

i recently named ds a french name but got so sick of mispronounciation that i have changed it round to give his middle name first

( he was born on Bastille day !)

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Anna8888 · 19/09/2008 21:20

What was it chacun?

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zebedee1 · 19/09/2008 21:24

How about these names, I really like:
Odette, Odile
Claudette, Claudine
Ines
Camille (we have a Camille at nursery, Mimi for short, gorgeous)
Otillie

Belen(d) and Fl(eur)ange are just terrible!

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Louplet · 19/09/2008 21:25

I like

Aurelie
Aurelien
Delphine
Gabrielle
Laure
Oriele
Sophie

I also work with a Benedicte which is quite unusual.

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ChacunaSonGout · 19/09/2008 21:25

Dominique

Anna do you have CAT?

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Janni · 19/09/2008 21:30

Marianne
Anne-Marie
Marie-Laure
Mariella
Joelle

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FrockHorror · 19/09/2008 21:32

DD's name is actually Natalie Clare, so two quite dated names

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jellybeans · 19/09/2008 21:39

I like

Joelle
Elodie
Leonie (lay-oh-nee with the accent)
Sabina

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CaptainNancy · 19/09/2008 22:22

Was it Benoyyt?

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Grumpalina · 19/09/2008 22:39

Christiane

Celine

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ggglimpopo · 19/09/2008 22:47

I love Hortense!

The French calendar marks a saint's name for each day here

There are some great names, and some truly wacky ones.

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pointydog · 19/09/2008 23:00

I liked Celine

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ggglimpopo · 19/09/2008 23:03

Celine = Dion.....

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ggglimpopo · 19/09/2008 23:05

Oh, and Laurence is a girl's name in France. One of my very favourite women is called Laurence.

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pointydog · 19/09/2008 23:09

Laurence was popular years agio - is it stil lpopular? Is Magali stil popular?

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ggglimpopo · 19/09/2008 23:10

I know two Magalies. I don't know any Laurences under thirty.

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Sazisi · 19/09/2008 23:12

I also like Emile. And Estelle too..
I knew an (Irish) woman called Noelle; might go with surname? But maybe a bit Christmassy

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branflake81 · 20/09/2008 08:00

A lot of the names suggested on here are quite middle aged in France. I was a teacher in France until recently, some of hte kids I taught were:

Megane
Jennifer
Emma
Marie
Morgane
Alicia
Oceane

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branflake81 · 20/09/2008 08:00

A lot of the names suggested on here are quite middle aged in France. I was a teacher in France until recently, some of hte kids I taught were:

Megane
Jennifer
Emma
Marie
Morgane
Alicia
Oceane

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Anna8888 · 20/09/2008 09:08

Yes I have CAT.

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Anna8888 · 20/09/2008 09:08

Laurence and Magali are middle-aged names.

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