Soleil?

[katherinew.livejournal.com]

What are your thoughts on Soleil?

I met a little girl (maybe ten or eleven years old) with this name recently and it's been bouncing around in my head ever since. I can't decide how I feel about, though.

Comments

[ugottafriend.livejournal.com]

Why would it be any different than naming an English kid Dawn, Star, Summer, or Skye? Perfectly acceptable names. Selena means "the moon" in Spanish, and it's not weird. I don't see why Soleil would seem weird to the French.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure about Star and Skye being perfectly acceptable names, but as for Soleil, it just sounds to me like English people trying to be unique. "Oh look, the word for sun in French is kind of cool." Honestly, Soleil isn't horrible, there are a lot of worse names, it just strikes me as awkward and silly.