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It looks a bit odd to me, but I know it's not unheard of in France.

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I remembered well, that there's a French actress known by Capucine, just that, no surname (and not her real fn either anyway).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capucine

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My favourite "quirky" French flower name has got to be Garance.

I love the name Capucine (it's my favorite French name) but unfortunately I feel that I don't say it quite right to be ever able to use it.

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Congrats on your new grand-niece.

I like it. It's so sweet. But that's also the reason, why I wouldn't use it. It's just too cute and doesn't fit a grown woman I think.

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If you don't live in a total english speaking area, the 'cappuccino' thing is no problem, IMO.

This message was edited 10/14/2015, 4:52 AM

We had a Capucine at the daycare I used to work at. She had an older sister named Madeleine, and they were also a French family. I think it would work well in France, but over here in the US it reminded too many people of cappuccino.

It is a rather nice meaning and likely okay in French. Makes me think of monks and coffee thought
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I love it!

I think it's OK in France, but in English it sounds too much like Cappuccino or Capuchin monkeys!

I like the nasturtium meaning. I agree it should be a nice alternative flower name.

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But I don't like the way it makes reference to the stagey mononym of a woman who was mainly famous just for being good-looking ... it's like Coco, it's like it says "oo la, retro fashion image!!" and not much else, if you don't know French. And I don't like the puce sound, and I do think of cappuccino although that alone need not ruin it.

All I see is Cappucino or Capucin monkey...

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The sound is nice though.

All I see is "cappuccino" so it seems silly.

I think it's a beautiful name, but I guess that here at least she would hear "Capuccino!?" a lot.

This message was edited 10/13/2015, 12:22 PM

I like it. It sounds very exotic. We don't use it much in the U.S though