Interesting French names

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

My partner and I are both teachers in France. I went through our student lists and noted some that stood out. If you want to know the pronunciation, let me know!

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[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Let me preface this with the family is from Sierra Leon. These names may be utterly common in Sierra Leon...in Dallas, they caught my attention -

Dad: Mustapha
Mom: Fanta
Son: Daddy

It was the Daddy that caught my eye...then all I could see was Fanta soda and Mustapha from the Lion King....

Names heard at work.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

I started working at an amusement park this summer, and here are some names of children and adolescent visitors I've met/heard parents call out (sibsets are on the same line and all spellings are approximate):

Dean, Brayden
Jocelyn, Chloe
Addison (f), Grace
Hailey, Cole, Taylor
Keegan (m), Maxim*
Lily, Hannah*
Jersey (f)
Landon
Gavin
Paxton
Morgan (f)
Melanie
Tori (f)
DaVahri
DraySean
Kinli Nicole
Mason (this kid was about 18)

*These sibsets each had one more sibling of the same gender, but the parents never said the third name out loud.