Miriam, Marion or Manon?

[Mammina]

or none of the above?

Miriam, lovely
Manon, lovely (if you have French links, otherwise might seem a little random)
Marion, no

Next!

Manon

thanks! DH has French links & me being welsh it's a fairly commonly used name in wales too

Sarah Jessica Parker has just named her daughter Marion if that's of interest ?

migola - sounds perfect then I have a friend with a French wife and their Manon is a little darling.

Miriam fabulous
Manon fabulous
Marion? middle aged.

How is Manon pronouced?

If you have French links then Mireille is very nice.

Not that keen on Miriam, seems quite plain.

Marion is a bit dated, though now SJP daughter is named this it will have a revival. Personally I think Marianne or Marianna are classier versions.

ok so Marion is now off the list!

what is Manon likely to be shortened to though? Man?!

ondine, Manon is pronounced MA NON. I actually prefer the way the French pronounce it (i.e. they sort of drop the last 'n') but I would feel so pretentious doing that!

I like Miriam. And Miri as a NN is very sweet.

Thanks migola, was wondering if the last n was voiced.

To my non French / Welsh ears the ?man? part of the name does make it sound quite masculine. The French pronunciation is prettier, but I agree would feel a bit pretentious using it too.

Not keen on Marion or Miriam, but Manon is nice if you have French connections. I don't think you'd need to shorten it - it rolls off nicely off the tongue.

Manon is lovley IMO. The Manon I know is called Nonnie for short - very sweet.

Marianne or Marian look nicer than Marion.

I think they are all nice though.

Manon is lovely, but there was a girl of that name in my childrens school in france, and I am ashamed to say that the dss went around mindlessly repeating Manon Is a Man the whole time, which would have been pretty annoying for her if she had understood it.

ahem,there could be non middle aged Marions reading this thread, go easy on them

al lovely, also like marianne. do like non or nonnie for a shortening for manon.

ahem,there could be non middle aged Marions reading this thread, go easy on them

oops, i clearly feel strongly about this

my fave is Miriam

Manon

Manon - gorgeous

Miriam is gorgeously stylish.

Mirren

I have a friend who is Welsh who's DD is Manon and her nn is minnie which is very cute.

I don't personally like it as she has had problems even living in Wales with it. The children at school have teased her, calling her man or man on women! (A boy!!)