View Message

[Opinions] French names
Here are some French names I have seen on the meilleurs-prenoms boardA nice sibset; Charlotte, Vincent, Joséphine et Grégoire Boys: Milo, Bastien, Malec, Micah, Grégoire, Constant, Florent, Corentin, Elodian, Cyprien, Emile, Hippolyte, Célestin, Eloi, Thibault, Serge, Aurelien, Lilian, Tanguy, Sofiane, Gauthier et ThibaudGirls: Opaline, Philomene, Flavie, Octavie, Ariane, Ninon, Ludivine, Annabelle, Lou-Anna, Elodie, Sulia, Fanny, Fleurette, Marie-Amélie, Mailys / Maelys et Anaelle And likes? Dislikes? (note some of these are 'kre8tif' :D)Alice x


Proud big sister to Sophie and Isabel Favourite names are: Anouk, Audrey, Iris, Atticus, Henry and Starling
Archived Thread - replies disabled
vote up1

Replies

Charlotte
Vincent
JoséphineBoys:
Bastien
Malec
SergeGirls:
Ariane
Sulia
Marie-Amélie
Mailys / Maelys
vote up1
I like:Charlotte, Vincent, JoséphineBoys: Milo, Bastien, MicahGirls: Elodie, Fleurette, Marie-Amélie

"If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot long than you'd like." - Garden StateHannah
vote up1
These names aren't French: Malec, Micah, Sofiane (on a boy??), Lou-Anna, Sula (??), Mailys/Maelys are NOT French, sorry but I don't like it when people just say "it's French" because it's exotic or something.Apart from that, these names are never used (some used to, others are unheard of): Elodian, Eloi, Lilian, Opaline, Philomene, Fleurette.
I like:
A nice sibset; Charlotte, VincentBoys: Milo, Bastien, Micah, Florent, ThibaultGirls: Flavie, Octavie, Anaelle
~~ Claire ~~

This message was edited 4/8/2005, 10:54 AM

vote up1
Sorry, these were just names I saw on the board there, I copied and pasted the list from my journal (naughty) and forgot to take off Micah and the others These ones: Elodian, Eloi, Lilian, Opaline, Philomene, Fleurette - I found on the boards (and the top 100 lists) so obviously someone likes them! I have a tendency to like very-old or very-new (i.e. creative) French names that most people wouldn't have heard ofI haven't a clue where they got Sofiane from I just took the ending (-fiane) and presumed it was a French 'kre8tif' name as I can't find it anywhere Alice x
Proud big sister to Sophie and Isabel Favourite names are: Anouk, Audrey, Iris, Atticus, Henry and Starling
vote up1
SofianeSofiane is number 92. in "Most Popular Names for Births in France 2001" -list. As a male name.
vote up1
My first reaction was: Oh no! The French are now trying too hard. . . . It's those *&#%!)^ Mcdonalds in Paris. I suppose these could be family names that were popular 100 years ago. I do have a secret warm feeling for Hippolyte. It seems every other minor character in a 19th century French or Russian novel was named Hippolyte. Ah, to be a teenage bookworm once again. . . .Ludovine could grow on me. I do like Philomene, Annabelle, Octavie, and Milo. My tastes run to the obscure (English names), particularly medieval saint names, so who am I to judge?
vote up1
"My tastes run to the obscure (English names), particularly medieval saint names, so who am I to judge? "Could you give me examples? I love medieval names!
~~ Claire ~~
vote up1
Patron Saints IndexI'm a die-hard atheist, but I adore this site for the names on it: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/indexsnt.htm.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry PratchettProud adopter of 15 punctuation marks. Check my profile for their names.
vote up1
Igraine is not a saint. She's King Arthur's mother in the medieval tales. That's why I put the disclaimer at the bottom -- that I consider the list as a whole as medieval, more than saint names.
vote up1
I love Opaline, Philomene, Elodie, Fanny, Marie-Amelie, Charlotte, Micah, Sebastian, Emile, Hippolyte, and Eloi
vote up1