Message: "Looking for French and Swedish names to go with Lyra."

[Opinions] Looking for French and Swedish names to go with Lyra.

by Siri (guest)

3/17/2005, 10:16 AM

My sister-in-law and brother have decided on Lyra for their baby girl. Lyra is from the book The Golden Compass. (Their other children, Isaac Aloysha and Mary Miranda, are also named after books) Right now they want to give her the middle name Grace, which is completely over-done to me. So I've thought about giving them a list of French and Swedish names, since she's French and he's Swedish. (Mostly, anyway)

Right now I'm in love with Lyra Sophie, Sophie being pronuced the French way.

Siri

#French #Swedish

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- lanka (guest)

3/18/2005, 2:59 AM

Swedish names to go with Lyra

what about

Lyra Elin
Lyra Emelie
Lyra Malin
Lyra Lisbet
Lyra Liv
Lyra Lovisa
(Lyra Rebecka; -ra Re- is bit strange though)
Lyra Sofie

- delaney04 (guest)

3/17/2005, 2:36 PM

I think Lyra Sophie is MUCH better than Lyra Grace.

Lyra Gisele
Lyra Manon
Lyra Simone

I'm afraid I don't know enough about Swedish names to give you any input.

- alice (alice17) +8

3/17/2005, 11:21 AM

I love Lyra Sophie :)

Hows about ... Lyra Amelie, Lyra Madeleine, Lyra Charlotte, Lyra Brigitte, Lyra Juliet, Lyra Tatienne, Lyra Coralie?

I love HDM ... what character is Isaac from?

alice x
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Proud big sister to Sophie and Isabel

- Miss Claire +5

3/17/2005, 11:53 AM

Tatienne is unheard of in French, we just use Tatiana...

~~ Claire ~~

- alice (alice17)

3/18/2005, 3:23 AM

Lol I know my mothers French ... I think it was my great x3 grandmothers name or something, at least it will be uncommon! :)

alice x
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Proud big sister to Sophie and Isabel

- Siri (guest) +3

3/17/2005, 12:04 PM

Just because a name may be unheard of in France

Doesn't make it any less French.

I still remember when you posted a message about "American" names, and I told you they were not. You more or less said that because it was in a "French" as such, they were.

A bit of a double standard?

Siri

- Miss Claire

3/17/2005, 1:12 PM

I'm not sure I understand what you mean about "a French as such", I just said it's unheard of in France.

~~ Claire ~~

- Siri (guest) +1

3/17/2005, 12:45 PM

IN a French magazine, sorry.

- Miss Claire

3/17/2005, 1:13 PM

Ah ok now I get it.

~~ Claire ~~

- Siri (guest) +1

3/17/2005, 11:32 AM

Isaac isn't from a book. :-)

Aloysha is. Tis from The Brothers Karamazov.

Siri

- alice (alice17)

3/17/2005, 11:38 AM

Ah right, never heard of it lol :-)

alice x
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Proud big sister to Sophie and Isabel

- Bear (guest) +4

3/17/2005, 11:20 AM

French:

Lyra Celeste
Lyra Sylvie
Lyra Ines (ee-nezz)
Lyra Martine
Lyra Margot
Lyra Isabelle
Lyra Josephine
Lyra Seraphine
Lyra Noel (if a Christmas baby)
Lyra Gisele
Lyra Fleur
Lyra Eugenie
Lyra Anais
Lyra Pascale
Lyra Esme(e)
Lyra Eloise
Lyra Delphine
Lyra Cosette/Colette
Lyra Clemence
Lyra Colombe
Lyra Mathilde

Swedish/Scandinavian:

Lyra Ingrid
Lyra Astrid
Lyra Britt
Lyra Kristen
Lyra Freja (fray-a)
Lyra Frieda
Lyra Dagmar
Lyra Julie
Lyra Kari
Lyra Mai (mie)
Lyra Maia
Lyra Maren

- Miss Claire +3

3/17/2005, 11:54 AM

Just to say that Ines is ee-nes in French, and that Esme / Esmee don't exist, and Cosette is not used... Oh, and Noel is male... sorry lol

~~ Claire ~~

- Mikah (guest)

3/18/2005, 6:38 AM

The french culture in Canada uses these names.

- Isla +1

3/18/2005, 4:40 AM

I agree with you on Noel, but as for the others: A name can still be French (click the links) even though it's not widely used in France or at least in your area.

- Siri (guest)

3/18/2005, 8:34 AM

Don't bother.

Claire is sure that she's completely correct in thinking she knows everything there is to know about Jewish and French names. She's even postive that Asherah, an ancient goddess, is a feminine form of Asher!

Siri

- Elinor (Elly747)

3/17/2005, 10:43 AM

A French mn would complement Lyra well, but I'd avoid Sophie. People would never get the French pronunciation right since Sophie's such a common name in English. I'm not sure what you mean by the French pronunciation ... Like us, the French say "soh-fee", though they balance their stress across both syllables rather than stressing the first. Not soe-FEE which is not French and always makes me cringe lol.

I like:
Lyra Madeleine (mad-eh-len)
Lyra Fabienne
Lyra Marcelle
Lyra Georgine
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