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I've been reading Arthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes for class. I've really started liking Chrétien (French form of Christian). WDYT?
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The first thing that came to mind when I saw it was cretin. Not a good association. It's a lovely name in French, but not for an English speaker.
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It's nice. I like the sound of it.
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Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien...
... and the whole pie-in-face fiasco, because I was young when Chrétien was in, and that's pretty much all I remember about him.
I find it a bit hard to say and spell, and displeasingly harsh. Christian, and my favorite, Cristian, are much nicer. As I've only ever known Chrétien as a surname, and I strongly dislike surnames-as-first-names, that's a double strike for me.
... and the whole pie-in-face fiasco, because I was young when Chrétien was in, and that's pretty much all I remember about him.
I find it a bit hard to say and spell, and displeasingly harsh. Christian, and my favorite, Cristian, are much nicer. As I've only ever known Chrétien as a surname, and I strongly dislike surnames-as-first-names, that's a double strike for me.
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Although legit, I'm with Schezar on this
All I think of is the former PM, who was kind of nuts in that I could never understand a word he said.
I can't think of a good comparison example to give what it would be like for Americans...maybe like calling a child Nixon, or Clinton?
But since I'm sure nobody in the States had any idea who Chretien was when he was in even IN office, I think it's a pretty safe choice, with some nice history behind it.
All I think of is the former PM, who was kind of nuts in that I could never understand a word he said.
I can't think of a good comparison example to give what it would be like for Americans...maybe like calling a child Nixon, or Clinton?
But since I'm sure nobody in the States had any idea who Chretien was when he was in even IN office, I think it's a pretty safe choice, with some nice history behind it.
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Definetly a legit French first name
It's an old form of Christian and was used 837 times as a first name in France between 1900 and 2003.
It's an old form of Christian and was used 837 times as a first name in France between 1900 and 2003.
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Yes... I know this.
Although my experience with it has been solely as a surname, I do realize it is a give name as well. I was just saying what I thought of it, and Jean is the first thing that jumps to my mind. I am from the English-seapking part of my country, I don't encounter such FRENCH names every day, so it's entirely acceptable for me to think of it as a surname before a given name.
Although my experience with it has been solely as a surname, I do realize it is a give name as well. I was just saying what I thought of it, and Jean is the first thing that jumps to my mind. I am from the English-seapking part of my country, I don't encounter such FRENCH names every day, so it's entirely acceptable for me to think of it as a surname before a given name.
This message was edited 2/28/2009, 12:44 AM
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