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If you had to give your child a purely French name, which would you choose?
One per gender.For me, it would be:Luc-Pascal
Genevieve Louise(I guess I could still use Félix Benjamin in this case--maybe)
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Amelie Corinne Marguerite and Alexandre Pierre Sebastien
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Genevieve Adrienne
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Luc Antoine
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almost the same as me
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Arlette SylvieDenis LucienI also love Flavie and Bernadette, but I couldn't think of combos for those, while Arlette Sylvie just came to me pretty quickly. :)
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My top picks: Amélie Juliette or Sébastien Alexandre
Closely followed by:
Véronique Eugénie
Audrey GenevièveAdrien Olivier
Henri Étienne

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We have VERY similar tastes in French names. Amelie, Sebastien and Alexandre made my two combos and I toyed with Adrien, Olivier, Henri and Etienne!
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Damien Léopold Corentin Esmée Brigitte Maximilienne
..I had abowling ball with a french name once. It was really long, he had about 7 middle names. I just called him JP (Jean-Pierre)
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With accents, which I don't know how to do:
Elodie Delphine
Etienne Felix
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Esme Renee (Renee after my sister, Renae)
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Esmee Genevieve and Nicolas Armand
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Celandine Manon + Étienne GirardI love French names but they sound so weird with American pronunciation =(
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Celandine Manon is positively dreamy!
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I like Jean-Julien Remy and Lea Charlotte.
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Lydie Josephine for a girl.Frédéric Gustave for a boy.
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Nice. Lydie is cute and very underused.
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Esmee Alice Edith and Josue Olivier Raphael
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Ophélie Madeleine or Jean-Luc Alexandre.
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Love it!
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Both are so beautiful!
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Mathilde Océane and Richard AurélienDoes Richard count? It could be pronounced the French way. Aurélien is just a name I really like and Richard is a long time favorite. I love Mathilde and Océane equally. I guess I'd call her Océane, though. I also love Delphine and Amandine.
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Yes Richard counts.
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G: Eugenie Delphine
G: Anais Amandine
B: Emeric Felix

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Ah, there's Eugenie in her rightful place. Eugenie Delphine is delightful. :-)And Emeric -- yay! Anais is haunting, isn't she?
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Corin Rene orJolie Danielle
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JolieWith the risk of coming across like a know-it-all, I just wanted to point out the fact that Jolie is not a French name. It's the French word for "cute" and it is, as far as I know, not used as a name. (I looked it up on some French name sites and it's not even in the database).
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Oh, okay :). I just went through the list on here, I would probably use Joelle Nicole then
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It's the French word for "pretty", "mignon/ne" is the French word for "cute". Sure, it can also be used to describe a cute/pretty girl, but the usual translation is "pretty".Yes, you're right, it's not used as a name in France at all. At least I've never met one (my mom is French). Danielle is also really really dated in France.
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Laure Pomeline and Edmond FélixETA: I'm currently enamored of Laure; under normal circumstances, I would choose Eugenie Corisande, Eugenie Melisande, or Eugenie Rosemonde.

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A pox on Laure. She's crowding out Eugenie? She has some nerve.
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If I only get to pick one per gender...it would be Amélie Estelle for a girl and Raphael Théodore for a boy. But there are so many more that I love!
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Aurelie Catherine
Jean Felix
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Loooove Aurelie. Aurelie Catherine is lovely.

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Hard, because I love French names. But I think they would beThierry NicolasandElodie MireilleAlthough for a girl I also love Maelys Eleonore. Hard choice!
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Elodie Mireille is absolutely stunning!
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Thierry Nicolas is magnifique. :-)
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Ooh, I adore French names.
My favorite French boy names are Étienne and Guillaume. I really like Guy too but it would probably be mispronounced all the time. Guillaume is just so handsome and masculine but it's very French. I don't think I could get away with it. My choice is thus Étienne for a boy. Girl names are harder. Maybe Joséphine or Ophélie.
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I love Étienne!And Ophélie is adorable.
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Genevieve ColetteI can't really think of one for a boy... ^^;
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Girl: Coralie Paulette VictoireBoy: Sebastien Emeric Aurelien

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How odd. I was just thinking it was strange that no one has listed coralie yet. And here it is. :-)Coralie Paulette Victoire is very pretty. Victoire is especially elegant, to me.Yay, Emeric!
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Well these are my top 5 for each gender:
Adéle
Delphine
Esmée
Rosalie
YseultAnatole
Armand
Olivier
Rainier
YvesToday I'd probably choose Armand Olivier Yves and Esmée Delphine Adéle
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Not a huge fan of French names, but I'll take a whack at it.Rosalie Delphine and Remy Mathis

This message was edited 5/27/2009, 11:08 AM

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Loving Remy Mathis
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Excellent choices!:)
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Score. :-)
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All of my favorites are French, Ondine, Eponine, Pomeline, Valentine.
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It's hard to narrow it down for the girls. I'd probably go with:Aurelien Gerard
Isabelle Helene
Edited for a typo.

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Anouk Camille
Rémy MattéoAnouk is my rabbits name, even though he's a boy :)
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Rémy Mattéo is incredibly sexy!
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I love you for putting the accent in Remy. I would too, when I suggest it, but I don't know how. The best I can do is provide a pronunciation guide.Looooove Remy. And Anouk.
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Ctrl + Alt + 'E' works for me.

This message was edited 5/27/2009, 12:51 PM

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Thanks.I'm trying, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. But I'll keep trying.
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It'sé = ALT + 0 2 3 3 Hold alt, then type the numbers using the keypad.
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Argh. It's still not working for me. :-( But thanks loads for offering!
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I always forget that they use France as a name. I'm adding it to my long list now. Thanks for reminding me. Great combo.
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Today I'll go with Marie Bernadette and Georges Alexis.
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Hooray for overlooked Bernadette. :-)
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Nicolas Gerard
Anouk Leonie

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love Anouk
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Easy peasy [m]Oh, how I love French names.André Pascal
Antonin Ignace
Claude Joseph
Sébastien Lionel
Roger Emmanuel
Paul Elouan (well, I like how this looks, unfortunately the names run together)
Marcel Titouan
Eugène LucienLou Valentine
Laure Agnès
Alix Augustine
Noémie Thérèse
Magali Carole
Esther Clementine
Cécile Marie-Nine
Naïs Chantal
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Narrow that list down :-Pit says one per gender

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Hmm, if I had to...André Pascal and Lou Valentine.
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Eléonore VictoireNicolas Maximilien
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Nicolas Maximilien is gorgeous!
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Hmm. We were asked this in the past, and if I remember correctly my sibling set was: Bernard, Anne, Francoise and Georges. (I could sit around all day saying "zhorzh" and be serenely happy.) I still like the set, but I'm not sure if Anne qualifies as "purely French." Going with these, combos (do the French make combos? -- I learned in school that they only have fns) would be:Bernard Maxime
Anne Colombe
Francoise Germaine
Georges EmericSo many gorgeous names left out. Oh, the humanity! Ah well, que sera sera. ;-)
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Yup, French people generally have mns--often more than one. [m]Your combos are beautiful, too! Bernard Maxime and Anne Colombe are killing me.
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Danke schoen :-)
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Leonie Josephine
Louis Andre(ETA: I was torn between Leonie and Mireille for a girl.)

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Hooray for Leonie! Could you see yourself using Leonie Josephine in real life? Just hoping. . . .
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If my DH had no say ;)
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Jean-Baptiste and Mathilde.
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*swoons*
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Hmm... I'll go with Marguerite Rosalie for a girl. And Benjamin Nicholas for a boy. ;) I know I cheated, but I haven't gone through French boy's names to make a list and don't have the time to do it right now.
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You can't use Nicholas... has to be Nicolas :>
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Oh, alright. :P
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Hmmm...Renaud Armand
Cosette Claire
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So hard for girls!I have so many French girl names that I adore. I suppose mine would be (at the moment):Genevieve Aurelie / Aurore
Jean-Pierre (honoring)
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Genevieve Aurelie is fantastic!
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