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Alizée is also the name of a French pop singer of the same vintage as Avril Lavigne. I'm imagining that French folks have heard of her (and of Alizé Cornet, a French tennis player I just discovered by googling) about as much as we have heard of Lavigne ... it also has a word meaning in French that I assume makes it namier there. I personally know a woman who is French - born and raised in France, moved here after her daughter was born - who named her daughter Alizée in 2006. She is not "ratchet" or anything like that, either; she's very much a professional.

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I've barely heard of Alizé the beverage, and I'm only vaguely aware of the cultural associations it carries. I guess it matters that people think of that, if you live in the US and want to use the name Alizée - but if that matters, then surely Avril Lavigne's image might taint Avril as much. Because unfortunately that's what I personally think of first when I see the name Avril - her eye makeup. I don't know if ratchet describes it, but wretched might. =( These kinds of associations are dismaying, because I think both these names should just be nifty.

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- mirfak

This message was edited 12/29/2014, 3:31 PM