Is Thibaut pretentious?

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Hello, I'm having baby number 1 in September. I'm from t'north of England and so is dh... but I love French names. I'd appreciate honest opinions of Thibaut (pronounced Tibo). Of course you'll all give me loads of feedback and then I'll have a girl (Agnes, Elise or Elodie...)

If you like french boy's names, Laurent, Marcel, Arnaud and Antonin are all nicer.

It sounds like a type of fish.

I inadvertently named my dd2 after a type of fish.

Thurbot?

Erm - I think it doesn't work without French links, sorry. On the other hand, I absolutely adore the name Thaddeus.

Reminds me of Tchibo or however it was spelled. Sold a range of houseware items in my local Somerfield.

just spell it Tibo and then you'll have the name you love but none of the nightmares over spelling and mispronunciation, not to mention bullying, with the other spelling!

Thibout is only OK if you're French, sorry.

a life of mispronunciation,and how do you spell it. people saying tie-bott. god no no

Yes.Only ok if french.
Tis name o niece's boyfriend but both are french so ok. But only just.

Yes. Sorry.

I like Elise and Elodie though. Really not sure about Agnes.

Beyond pretentious...he will divorce you by the time he is 11.

Cripes!!! My first posting, I didn't expect such a response. Thanks for all of the comments - it's been very helpful if painfully honest.... Thanks everyone

Welcome to MN then, Tubbilicious- a baptism of fire

I am aka BitOfFun, currently in a posho namechange disguise- nice to meet you, you brave woman!

I've only seen it spelled as Thibault although I see the L is optional. I thought Brits didn't like using surnames as first names? As in too American?

"I agree with MagalyZz more obscure saints have amazing names and are ideal if you want a name with a bit of history.My husband has a great uncle called Benignus.Ireland is full of elderly men with astonishing names."

I am irish and I can categorically tell you that there is no Irish version of Thibault. Thibault is 100% French.

And totally pretentious to boot, unless you have french somewhere in the family.

My grandad's middle name was Ignatius. In the unlikely event I ever have another baby, that is definitely my boy's name. Iggy. Very cool.

Ignatius was quite popular way back in Ireland. I could see it coming back into fashion, it is pretty cool.

Iggy is very cool. Well, thanks for the honest welcome. I'm glad I asked, when I ask face to face people coo and say "oooh lovely" but I can see something else in their eyes... No, no French in the family, I lived and worked there for 2 years so I think I have a vague romantic idea of being a bit French by some sort of nationality osmosis. I like cheese, pastries and stripey breton maternity tops but that doesn't really count.

What about Tybalt, as in Romeo and Juliet? Presumably the same name, with fewer pronunciation problems. (I don't particularly like it.)

Sounds nice but a kid growing up in the North would suffer constant mispelling and possibly teasing. I'd just call him Tibo!!

What if he works on the drains or suchlike?

One of my nephew is called Thibault but he is French !! In the other hand, you can call your whatever you want !

when i first read it i thought someone was trying to spell Tybalt....

i like how it sounds but really don't like how it looks.....

Nikita09 this is the post I was agreeing with - there is no doubt Thibault is French.

I think Tibaut (with an L though maybe??) was used in Ireland about 80 years ago, along with Thaddeus. Is it a saint's name?! I can see those obscure saints' names coming back. Cornelius is another one! some old Irish men in flat caps have some really interesting names!