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in reply to a message by Fiammetta
When I was going to a parenting group here about 8 years ago, one of the moms was a Frenchwoman with a daughter named Alizée. I like it. It's on my favorites.
Apparently there was/is a pop singer Alizée Jacotey who uses Alizée as a mononym. Maybe she's the original inspiration for most of the French usage?
And in the US anyway, there is a liqueur called Alizé that is associated with some part of hip-hop culture, I guess. Everyone cites this as a reason to feel the name is super tacky and alludes to drunkenness (that's the gist of the responses I got when I posted the name here). And it's actually a word name (for what's called trade wind in English). So I think the name has a very modern and "downmarket" vibe, at least for people in the US.
This does not make me like it any less... I'm the one that likes Brandy, Sherry, and Crystal. But it's kind of funny to me that it has that image, because of the contrast with my original impression based on the girl I met - whose parents were well-traveled, affluent professionals, who seemed rather "classier" than myself tbh. I had assumed it was an obscure French form of Alice.
I'm betting it could reach significant popularity in the US, but not for a while yet.
- mirfak
Apparently there was/is a pop singer Alizée Jacotey who uses Alizée as a mononym. Maybe she's the original inspiration for most of the French usage?
And in the US anyway, there is a liqueur called Alizé that is associated with some part of hip-hop culture, I guess. Everyone cites this as a reason to feel the name is super tacky and alludes to drunkenness (that's the gist of the responses I got when I posted the name here). And it's actually a word name (for what's called trade wind in English). So I think the name has a very modern and "downmarket" vibe, at least for people in the US.
This does not make me like it any less... I'm the one that likes Brandy, Sherry, and Crystal. But it's kind of funny to me that it has that image, because of the contrast with my original impression based on the girl I met - whose parents were well-traveled, affluent professionals, who seemed rather "classier" than myself tbh. I had assumed it was an obscure French form of Alice.
I'm betting it could reach significant popularity in the US, but not for a while yet.
- mirfak
This message was edited 3/28/2016, 9:30 AM
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You're right about the singer, which is why my friend's SO isn't sold on the name.
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