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in reply to a message by Impala1729
Calais was the name of an Oldsmobile model. It was pronounced KAL-LAY, equal stress like in French, not like kuh-LAY, which I think sounds too much like Kelly. I see that apparently Calais is a name for a person. It's kind of neat! but I personally can't get past the Oldsmobile. It sounds like a luxury car to me, and I feel like it would seem too precious in English. On either gender. I wouldn't have a preference. This reminds me, I heard recently of a guy whose first name is Calley. I thought that was kinda neat. Calley, Kelly, Calais all seem like either-gender names to me.
Clairdelune kinda sounds to me like a name for a fancy urban restaurant & bar. I appreciate how it'd be a romantic's GP, though!
Fleurentine seems like it could actually be a French name for a person, but sort of overwrought because Flor* is used in French too. It's okay.
Bellefleur to me sounds like a name for a person. Not my style, and -lfl- is a hard sound to make. It comes out basically Bell-uh-flir ... not exactly pretty imo, but it would make a neat middle name. A hundred times cooler than Bellatrix.
- mirfak
Clairdelune kinda sounds to me like a name for a fancy urban restaurant & bar. I appreciate how it'd be a romantic's GP, though!
Fleurentine seems like it could actually be a French name for a person, but sort of overwrought because Flor* is used in French too. It's okay.
Bellefleur to me sounds like a name for a person. Not my style, and -lfl- is a hard sound to make. It comes out basically Bell-uh-flir ... not exactly pretty imo, but it would make a neat middle name. A hundred times cooler than Bellatrix.
- mirfak
