Celeste?

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Thought I had definitely decided on a name, but am now thinking that Celeste is really lovely and unusual. And I like the fact that it's Barbar's wife... But is it too girly/pretentiously French sounding? (We are not French...)

Love it

Reminds me of Babar the elephant.

Reminds me of Babar the elephant.

it's currently on my and dh's shortlist should we ever have a dd as it is very pretty but not too cutesy - can imagine a grown up celeste, whereas lots of girls names just seem to be little girly. we're a bit nervous about it sounding a bit too french - we aren't really into names like amelie and luca which are obvious imports, but we do love celeste so might make an exception.

I think it's a great name but is it not also a contraceptive pill?

Reminds me of the pill as well

Yikes no. Cileste !! was on it for years!

I really like it in theory, but I knew someone with an aunt called Celeste. Because of the local accent here, it came out as 'antie slest' which I always found a little off-putting... About as far away from glamorous Paris as you can get!

Too close to cileste for me, too - grateful as I am for many years of effective contraception & all...

Love it. It's a really great name because you can imagine a baby and an adult called this, unlike a lot of 'cutesy' names. Never heard of the pill with similar name, so that doesn't bother me. Go for it! It's gorgeous.

It was on my short list for DC3 who turned out to be a boy. I also liked Camille and Cecily.

My parents live in France so may have got away with a very tenuous link to France.

Love it. Celeste and Colette are our favourite names for a future DD.

I love it, feminine but not cutesy - perfect!

Reminds me of Babar. Lovely name and very underused. It has grown on me a lot.
I don't think it would be pretentious if not French. Although the only person I know of who does have a Celeste is French

Aww lovely. Latin for medicinal protector iirc.

Very nice. Suggest Celine also?

I love Celeste. It's beautiful and works well at any age.

reminds me of the contraceptive pill cileste.....prefer Cecily

reminds me of the pill.

reminds me of daphne and celeste (a band)
the pill
and a malaysian girl i went to school with-she had a sister called Mirielle and they were both beautiful AND really clever.