Georgette Liying Chendana Chen (simplified Chinese: 张荔英; traditional Chinese: 張荔英; pinyin: Zhāng Lìyīng; Born Chang Li Ying; 1906 – 1993), most commonly known as Georgette Chen, was a Singaporean painter and one of the pioneers of modern Singaporean art as well as the Nanyang style of art in the region.
It is unique and quite lovely. I am keen on masculine names turned feminine and this is a perfect example of just a sweet name. The nickname "Georgie" is so cute too.
The ‘g’ is pronounced like the ‘z’ in azure if some English people are confused with the French pronunciation. In English it is pronounced like George-ette.
My 6 year old daughter is named Georgette. She also goes by Georgie. It is a fantastic uncommon name. Without a doubt the only one in her school with the name. Everyone knows her without needing a last name. It helps that her personality fits the unique character of the name. Her entire life she has been complimented on her unusual name.
The real name of famous British actress Googie Withers was Georgette Lizette Withers. She was born in British India and her mother Lizette was Dutch. The name Googie was given to her by her Bengali nurse and it stuck, Googie preferring it to Georgette and insisting on using it as her stage name despite initial disapproval from directors, who thought it sounded silly. I love Georgette and Lizette (prefer Lisette) but not in a combo with each other.
This name sounds gorgeous, especially with the correct French pronunciation. I would prefer it as a middle name.
― Anonymous User 10/21/2014
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Georgette is an old fashioned French name that was very popular in the 1920's but is not very commonly given to baby girls anymore. I think it's quite elegant, personally :)
I love this name, but it's not popular among my sisters or friends. I think some people associate it with the masculine name George, and if they don't like George it's likely they don't like Georgette. Personally I think it's very sweet and feminine.
My best friend's name is Georgette, and she has a bit of a love/hate relationship with it. I think it fits her, because it is unique and eclectic. I'm jealous of the many nicknames that can come from it.