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I'm bilingual, my mom is from France. It is a new name that didn't become popular till the 2000s but it's not seen as tacky or trashy at all which is how many people view McKenna and Ashlynne. It is also not misspelled and not a surname.

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It is derived from the French word océan, which means ocean, of course. I would compare it to Skye, Brooke (only that Brooke was common in the 70s and Oceane in the 2000s) and other nature inspired name. It has a very innocent nature feel to it, not a tacky one like Ashlynne (I actually like Aislin and don't mind Ashlyn, it's just that most people think of it as tacky). Also in terms of popularity it was way more common than Ashlynne and McKenna. Ashlynne and McKenna were never really common at all and just used a bit because they're similar to Ashley and Mackenzie.

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Again, it is more of an innocent nature name and even though it is new I wouldn't really say it's trendy. I'd also not really say Skye is trendy even though it hasn't been used in the US before the 80s, just that Oceane is more common. Maybe you could compare it to Autumn which is in the top 100 or Brooke which was in the top 50. Oceane has also been used since the 70s but didn't become really popular till the late 90s and peaked in 2000.

This message was edited 6/3/2012, 1:45 PM