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?

um, it's the name of a hoover

I soooooooooo can see 'dyson' (for a boy of course) being de riguer in 10 years time (gag)

Why do people choose foreign names/words without looking them up first???? Any dictionary would have ensured that they got the spelling right... On a bit of a similar vein, I asked a proud mother of a small baby girl what she had decided to call her - Beau. As in handsome. I was remarkably restrained!

rofl at a boy and girl named smeg and miele

If you like this how about Merle? Tis an actual name

I used to work with an Italian guy and his surname was Miele

He always pronounced it Me-EL so thats always how I've pronounced it (in the white goods world anyway)

ROFL I glanced at this thinking it was a Products thread and did a double take when I realised it was in Baby names.

ditto TheBolter

Tartyhighheels Beko get 4 stars our of 5 for reliability on Which?. So maybe not such a poor quality name

Just to clarify, I was NOT thinking of calling my child this! I merely saw it elsewhere, smirked, and left it to the discerning mumsnet panel to see what they made of it... which is to say, not much

IT'S ITALIAN FOR HONEY
Pronounced Mee-ell-eh
(but only a dog's name in Italy!)

rofl

Great hoovers though....

As in the vacuum cleaner?

I suppose Jane is a make of buggy, although pronounced Ha-nay, I believe.

Does anyone think this is the bounty Huns getting their own back?

Grimmer, I bought my dishwasher BECAUSE it had Smeg written on it, and it makes me smirk!

Miel is a gorgeous name. I have love that word since i first started wearing l'occitanes Miel&Citron perfume and only wish i would be brave enough to use it.....maybe i will be?!? altho the miele connection is pretty 'orrible for a child.....

My husband works with a lady called Miele (meelie.) She is Estonian and it is a widley used name there.