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HelpRe: Francophile names
in reply to a message by Dianatiger
That's an interesting idea! Hmm, maybe using names that can be found in literature and history, especially more fanciful stuff, or famous surnames as first names? Like Eponine, Haydée, Cosette, Colette, Antoinette, Javert, Fantine, Marius, Hermine, Albine, Matisse, Cézanne, Héloïse, Abélard, Gaspard? Or popular names given a very obvious French treatment, like insisting on Chloé, Léo, Aimée, Maximilien, Sébastien, etc.
Or perhaps names that are considered very old fashioned and uncool by modern French standards, but very glamorous and Super French to non French people, like Étienne, Marie, Sylvie, Pierre, etc? I remember I once told my French coworker how handsome and exotic I thought Étienne was and she wrinkled her nose and said "What a boring name, it's just STEVE".
Or perhaps names that are considered very old fashioned and uncool by modern French standards, but very glamorous and Super French to non French people, like Étienne, Marie, Sylvie, Pierre, etc? I remember I once told my French coworker how handsome and exotic I thought Étienne was and she wrinkled her nose and said "What a boring name, it's just STEVE".
