Miele

[UnrequitedSkink]

Just seen that someone I used to know now has a little girl and has called her Miele (French for honey). I think it LOOKS beautiful, but how would you pronounce it? Mi-EL or Mee-lay?

Miel is french for honey I believe.

Miele produce white goods

isn't it also a brand of fridge / washing machine?

Sounds pretty though.

I think is sounds nice, but it is the name of my hoover!

Oh FGS

Miel - French for honey, pronounced Mee-ell

Miele - Producer of white goods.

You can't possibly name your dd Miele. You would be setting her up for a life in domestic slavery - washing clothes, dishwashing, vacuum cleaning...

miel is French, miele is Italian.
But ROFL at naming your kid after the fridge.

What pointy said. And what niggle said.

But 'Miele' is probably a German variation of the French, for the brand name (it's not German for 'honey'). They'd prob pronounce it 'Mee-el-uh'.

Ditto Name of my hoover but spelt the french way would be fine and I like the meaning.

bwaaaaahaaahaaa

tis an 'oover

Mine too. Miele is a nice name (German?) but perhaps too associated with quality household appliances.

Miele the white goods manufacturer is pronounced to rhyme with Sheila.

or dyson?

Of course! Miel is actually honey!

Wonder where little Miele was conceived then? Currys?

My neighbour's dog was called Miel. I quite like it! But it's masculine in French (I think) so how about Mielle? That ought to help people with the pronounciation: Mi-elle. I haven't heard of the fridge brand so tat wouldn't bother me -but obvoiusly lots of people have! Still, it sounds nice to me,and it's not eaxctly like you're calling her Hotpoint

Isn't this like calling your child Hoover?

If you like the sound/look of the French for honey (miel) or the italian (miele - pronounced mi-el-ay), how about the french name Mireille. I have a v good friend with this name (she is only a quarter french) and it is pronounced mir-aye (ie the "ll" is silent).... I think its pretty.

At least it is a quality brand - it could be beko .....

I just snorted juice at the screen there MrsV!

It would be exactly like calling them hotpoint or dyson or hoover!

What a bloody stupid name for a kid.

I have said this on a daft name thread before - people who cannot be trusted to name thier own children sensible names (not after fridges e.g.) should be forcibly made by the registrar to call them Bernard or Brenda.

Why? WHY?

I don't know why anyone would do this.

If you want to call you kid after honey, call it Honey, or Melissa (which means honey in I think Greek). Or Asali which is Swahili for honey. Or bloody look at all the other languages in the world and find out what means honey in some remote language of south american tribes, if that is what floats your boat.

Don't don't name it after a brand of frciking fridges or hoovers you bloody mentalist.

Yes,Mrs V, I was about to say 'Here's my daughter Miele and my boys Bosch and Smeg.'

It has occurred to me before now that the group of people buying the latter-named white goods and viewers of Red Dwarf must certainly be non-intersecting sets!

I'm going to call my next one Crunchy-Peanut-Butter.
I find the hypens make is seem even classier.

white goods. i can just see it on a blender.

Miel is Tara Newley's daughter's name. (Joan Collin's daughter)

lol at siblings bosch and smeg. smeg for a boy I do hope.

Bump to see if anyone else shares my thoights on this madness