Message: "French name" - Behind the Name

French name

by Lotus (Winter)

8/17/2006, 5:13 AM

Hi... I'm expecting my first child next month, and my boyfriend and I still haven't decided a name yet. It's going to be a boy. My boyfriend is French, so we'd like our son to have a French name. His last name is Chapoulier. We were thinking about Ignace. Dou you like that name? Why (not)?
And do you have any suggestions on French names?

#French

Replies

- Isla +1

8/17/2006, 9:31 PM

How is it you're expecting your first child next month and your profile says you have two sons. ??

~Heather~
"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace" - Jimi Hendrix

- Winter

8/18/2006, 4:38 AM

It is because Lotus ain't me, it's a friend of mine. She's expecting her first child. I posted this for her. I've got 2 sons indeed.

- flavie

8/17/2006, 9:14 PM

I actually like the name Ignace. Here are a few more:
Andre
Louis Antoine
Charles
Francois
Georges
Jean Claude
Jacques
Raoul
Rene
Sebastien
Michel
Pierre Louis
Armand
Cleophas
Theophile
Paul
Noel
Ambroise
Philippe
Jules
Lucien
Henri
Neville Nevil
Marcel
Guillaume
Clement

This message was edited 8/17/2006, 9:14 PM

- Laurea

8/17/2006, 9:49 AM

I don't like Ignace at all. I think of Ignorance. But in Belgium that might not be a problem. I really like Isidore, Etienne (although it may be too popular there) or Celestin. And being a fan of Hercule Poirot, I like Hercule (although that may be too cheesy).

BTW, love your photo!

*laurel*

- Lumiereslove

8/17/2006, 8:58 AM

Ignace, no I don't like it.
Here are a few ideas:
Pierre
Louis(prn. Loui)
Richard
Dominic
Charles
Antoine

- Kelly R. (Kelly716)

8/17/2006, 8:06 AM

I think that Ignace is a good name!

Here's some French boy's names that I like (accents have been omitted to show the hyperlinks):

Adrien*
Antoine
Claude
Emile
Etienne
Lucien*
Remy

*These names are shown here with the French (-en) spellings, but on my favorites list they have the English (-an) spellings.

This message was edited 8/17/2006, 8:08 AM

- Soul (guest)

8/17/2006, 6:53 AM

Ignace is lovely. It's nicely unusual and very handsome.

- Britney (BritneyTamber)

8/17/2006, 6:44 AM

A great way to find French names that you like is to enter any name that you like into the search engine and click on related names to find French equivalents or similar French names. Here are some I found.

Sebastien*
Olivier*
Louis*
Alexandre
Andre
Edgard
Gregoire
Bernard
Nicolas
Renaud
Reynauld
Edouard
Guillaume

Britney Tamber
*DH: Adam Jeffrey*