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What do you think of these French names? The last name in each is a surname. Also, which one would you absolutely keep and which one would you immediately delete? I think it is important to mention that this would be used on a character and not a child and the character is from a long time ago. (I am sorry if they don't have the correct accents)
Agnes
Alexandrine
Amelie
Beatrice
Carine
Cecile
Celeste
Charlotte
Corinne
Cosette
Delphine
Eleonore
Elise
Elodie
Eloise
Emilie
Esme
Helene
Heloise
Honorine
Ines
Irene
Isabel
Josephine
Lea
Leonie
Lisette
Louise
Lydie
Margot
Maximilienne
Mathilde
Mireille
Oceane
Sebastienne
Severine
Therese
Vienne
Zephyrine
Also, what do you think of these last names to go with the names I have listed? Are they too cheesy or over the top?
de Sainte
Descoteaux
de Émile
Lécuyer
Lémieux
Proulx
de Romilly
Séverin
Sauvage
de Victoire
Toussaint
Thirdly, the character will have a brother/brothers(I haven't decided how many). What do you think of these names:
Etienne
Axel
Achille
Bastien
Elie
Emile
Fiacre
Gaspard
Gilles
Guillaume
Jeremie
Leopold
Lucas
Lucien
Maxime
Maximilien
Remy
Sebastian
Serge
Sorry, this post ended up being longer than expected but I didn't want to plug up the board with multiple posts.
Agnes
Alexandrine
Amelie
Beatrice
Carine
Cecile
Celeste
Charlotte
Corinne
Cosette
Delphine
Eleonore
Elise
Elodie
Eloise
Emilie
Esme
Helene
Heloise
Honorine
Ines
Irene
Isabel
Josephine
Lea
Leonie
Lisette
Louise
Lydie
Margot
Maximilienne
Mathilde
Mireille
Oceane
Sebastienne
Severine
Therese
Vienne
Zephyrine
Also, what do you think of these last names to go with the names I have listed? Are they too cheesy or over the top?
de Sainte
Descoteaux
de Émile
Lécuyer
Lémieux
Proulx
de Romilly
Séverin
Sauvage
de Victoire
Toussaint
Thirdly, the character will have a brother/brothers(I haven't decided how many). What do you think of these names:
Etienne
Axel
Achille
Bastien
Elie
Emile
Fiacre
Gaspard
Gilles
Guillaume
Jeremie
Leopold
Lucas
Lucien
Maxime
Maximilien
Remy
Sebastian
Serge
Sorry, this post ended up being longer than expected but I didn't want to plug up the board with multiple posts.
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The only names I would take issue with are:
Amelie - It's too associated with the movie.
Celeste - Just sounds ugly and tacky to me.
Cosette - No way. This can pretty much only ever be Cosette from Les Miserables.
Esme - Esmée! The incorrectly gendered version bothers me enough on a modern American, but on a French character from a while ago, it makes no sense.
Oceane - I believe it's only recently gotten popular in France.
Vienne - I just personally think it's ugly.
Also, check them all for appropriate accents. I'm not sure whether you left off the accents so the links would work, but if you're unsure, make sure you're using the right ones. Helene and Hélène are different names.
As for the surnames, is your character upperclass? Are you hoping for her to sound pretentious? That might be a good reason to use de* and le* surnames. Otherwise, cut them. They sound more like a parody of French names than real French names. (Oh, and de Émile should be d'Émile.)
Amelie - It's too associated with the movie.
Celeste - Just sounds ugly and tacky to me.
Cosette - No way. This can pretty much only ever be Cosette from Les Miserables.
Esme - Esmée! The incorrectly gendered version bothers me enough on a modern American, but on a French character from a while ago, it makes no sense.
Oceane - I believe it's only recently gotten popular in France.
Vienne - I just personally think it's ugly.
Also, check them all for appropriate accents. I'm not sure whether you left off the accents so the links would work, but if you're unsure, make sure you're using the right ones. Helene and Hélène are different names.
As for the surnames, is your character upperclass? Are you hoping for her to sound pretentious? That might be a good reason to use de* and le* surnames. Otherwise, cut them. They sound more like a parody of French names than real French names. (Oh, and de Émile should be d'Émile.)
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Yes, I was meaning to have them with the accents and I am not sure but I believe I wrote something stating that I just left them off but that they were in fact all supposed to be the French versions of the names. I do in fact understand that French names are different from Americanized versions or English versions.
I am trying to make the names sound very upperclass, but not cheesy.
I am trying to make the names sound very upperclass, but not cheesy.
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I'd have to know more about the character to chose correctly, because all of these names have a distinctly different feeling to them for me.
I like: Agnes, Cecile, Delphine, Eleonore, Helene*, Mathilde, & Therese.
Last names:
Keep: Lemieux
Leave: any de + ... it sounds very pretentious... unless that is what you are going for.
I like: Etienne, Emile, Guillaume, & Lucien.
I like: Agnes, Cecile, Delphine, Eleonore, Helene*, Mathilde, & Therese.
Last names:
Keep: Lemieux
Leave: any de + ... it sounds very pretentious... unless that is what you are going for.
I like: Etienne, Emile, Guillaume, & Lucien.
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Agnes- not very French imo
Alexandrine- like it
Amelie- too much association with the movie
Beatrice- ok
Carine- ok
Cecile- like it
Celeste- dislike the whole heaven association
Charlotte- beutiful but if you want something really French I don't think Charlotte is the name
Corinne- dislike
Cosette- dislike a lot
Delphine- very French imo
Eleonore- ok
Elise- ok
Elodie- yes, very French!
Eloise- ok
Emilie- like it
Esme- dislike a lot
Helene- should be Hélène if you want it to be French
Heloise- Heloïse is the correct French spelling. I like it
Honorine-ok
Ines- ok
Irene- dislike
Isabel- not French imo
Josephine- love
Lea- not French at all (is it?)
Leonie- beautiful
Lisette- ok but dislike -ette names
Louise- nice
Lydie- looks more like a nn
Margot- no!
Maximilienne- yes, I like it a lot
Mathilde- this one as well
Mireille- Oh! It's getting better and better! Wonderful!
Oceane- no and it's Océane
Sebastienne- ok
Severine- yes, like a lot
Therese- Thérèse (Am I getting on your nerves yet? LOL)
Alexandrine- like it
Amelie- too much association with the movie
Beatrice- ok
Carine- ok
Cecile- like it
Celeste- dislike the whole heaven association
Charlotte- beutiful but if you want something really French I don't think Charlotte is the name
Corinne- dislike
Cosette- dislike a lot
Delphine- very French imo
Eleonore- ok
Elise- ok
Elodie- yes, very French!
Eloise- ok
Emilie- like it
Esme- dislike a lot
Helene- should be Hélène if you want it to be French
Heloise- Heloïse is the correct French spelling. I like it
Honorine-ok
Ines- ok
Irene- dislike
Isabel- not French imo
Josephine- love
Lea- not French at all (is it?)
Leonie- beautiful
Lisette- ok but dislike -ette names
Louise- nice
Lydie- looks more like a nn
Margot- no!
Maximilienne- yes, I like it a lot
Mathilde- this one as well
Mireille- Oh! It's getting better and better! Wonderful!
Oceane- no and it's Océane
Sebastienne- ok
Severine- yes, like a lot
Therese- Thérèse (Am I getting on your nerves yet? LOL)
This message was edited 9/25/2007, 4:02 AM
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Léa is indeed French. Lea (no accent) is German, though.
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