Any name ideas for a english baby living in France.....?

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Ok it's not ' needed ' until october but the debate has already started....we know it's a boy, we want a name that will sound good in french and english...and we're fresh out of ' favourites ' as we already have 3 DSs and they each have x3 names each...We have a short,( english ), surname and our other children all have fairly traditional if slightly old fashioned names...Can't bear the baby name books as just too much choice !

Try this!

french baby names search site

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I knew it was right. no idea why since I haven't the first clue what your others are called

glad to be of service

long time no see, canadianpeahead! are you taking credit for my excellent website suggestion?

hola sauce!
absolutely not nicking credit madam

I have a french friend who is married to an english woman and they named their son tristan so it would work in both places

it is one of those quite rare completely english yet very french names IYKWIM

We had this issue as ds was born in France but we knew we'd come back to England at some point.

We knew loads of expats there who called their sons William as it's very trendy in France too. We also knew some little Davids and Benjamins and Roberts too as obviously same in both languages. If we'd had another ds in France would have plimped for Joseph, Thomas or Louis.
Sebastian always popular
xavier and Tristan - both trendy in London now too
Luc/Luca/Luke
Laurence not so good as confused with girls' names
I also had work colleagues who'd named their sons Antoine and Pierre - loved these names but we have a boring English surname so thought it may sound too pretentious.
Agree with other posters that Arthur and Vincemt are very popular in France.

meant plumped for Joseph not plimped obviously!

I think Olivier is gorgeous.

Theo
Rufus
Hugo

Tell us what you like so far.

Is Rufus French? I like it.

Tristan is still tops !!! I don't know why but it sound so right,( 'matches' sibs names and our surnames too..),and DH and I love it...it's the front runner atm..

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Raphael

Nice footwork PPH

napoleoon.. that would go down very well!!!

Nicholas / Nicolas sounds good in both. Or Dominic / Dominique. Also Sébastien, Zachary (I love Zac), Olivier, Guy, Louis, Christian, Etienne (but maybe doesn't work in English), Louis-Edouard, Charles-Henri, Jean-Batiste...

if you don't have french in your family then I'd stick with calling your lo a name that works in your language and culture.

Fabian

I am half french actually ! Though dp is english....we are likely to come back to France in the future too...I think. Tristan still in front pph !

I named Aloha's daughter too you know
You would be in primo class A company
My children also have fabuloso names, obviously

I think you'd better change your name to princessbaloonhead!

Not to rain on your parade, so to speak, I think that Tristan sounds a bit "triste" and maybe slightly effeminate. Also that critic A.A. Gill in the Sunday Times is always banging on about "Tristrams" in a very derogatory way. Not that it's the same but still...

Lummox - Old Testament names are generally typically Jewish names in France - the ones that you give all are.

Lummox !! surely not Anna....that's horrible..no,heard lots of lovely names but we ALL love Tristan....

Patrick