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[cxtxc.livejournal.com]

So two of my absolute most favorite names are Lourdes and Bijou, and they have been since I was a kid. I've always thought they were really pretty but for some reason most people hate them, lol. It doesn't bother me because I love them regardless, but I'm curious as to what about them seems odd or ugly. I'd probably only use Bijou as a MN because I like it paired with Zara, and I like Lourdes Estelle.

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[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

Bijou is a name I've never heard before, but it makes me think of those Bijon Frise dogs.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I could understand why they'd sound odd to most people, although they're certainly not worse than stuff that goes around these days.

Bijou is the very dainty word for "jewel" in french, which originally applied to rings, back when the Bretons where in the land. I think it's the daintiness and the fact that it's a borrowed french word might make it sound pretentious or exceedingly feminine.
But I find Zara Bijou to sound quite refreshing! :)
Is is ZARE-ah or ZAH-ra? I like the latter.

I also like Lourdes Estelle a lot!! Lourdes is considered to be very catholic because of the sanctuary reference, something like naming a boy Vatican :)
so for that reason, to some, it might seem "overdone".

[cxtxc.livejournal.com]

Yeah thats probably it [Bijou]. My sisters always tell me they just find it ugly though, ha. And yes I pronounce Zara 'Zah-ra' ;]

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I always thought Bijou was french for small, little, tiny, etc...

Learn something new every day!

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I like Lourdes and Bijou is cute, but I'd prefer it as a mn.

[mrs-mazzei.livejournal.com]

I love all four names and the combinations that you chose!

[mimiwrites.livejournal.com]

Bijou has started to grow on me lately.

[whyhalothere.livejournal.com]

Bijou is beautiful, but I would always think of one of the hamsters from Hamtaro. xD

But if I wanted to, I would proabley use it.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I think the reason that I'm not crazy about it is that both of those names would sound better coming from a French speaker than an English speaker. I think an English speaker's pronunciation of both names just doesn't sound as pretty, particularly the "ou" vowel in both names, and the R in Lourdes.

[cxtxc.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm Italian and when I say it doesn't sound too bad. My accent helps a little, I think - but I know what you mean ;P

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I didn't realize you weren't English. That makes a bit of a difference.

I'm Canadian, and even though I know that *I* can pronounce those words in a way that doesn't hurt my ears, I'd still be reluctant to use the names because having to hear other people destroy them by the way they pronounce them would probably ruin the names for me.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i like the name bijou. and like it as a first name.

it makes me sad that it has the association with bijou phillips, but ill get over it.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

lourdes will forever remind me of madonna. and the pilgrimage place in france.
i do like bijou. :]