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[octobre09.livejournal.com]

The name Zoé (zo-ay)?

It's the only girl name that my husband really likes and since I had my way naming the baby last time... Our daughter 's name is Cléa (Clay-ah), if that helps any. I do like it. It's not excessively common, but yet everyone would know it. Plus it means "life", which I like.

My only concern is that our last name start with an "S".  I think it might sound weird...Thoughts? 

Edit: Just as an aside, we're a French Canadian family living in a bilingual environment so the French spelling and pronunciation won't be a problem. 

Comments

[also-warriors.livejournal.com]

Do you live in a place that is majority French-speaking? In English, especially in the US, accents tend to get chopped off right quick and without it, people will pronounce it "Zoë."

Is your other daughter clay-a, or clee-a? If it's the former, I the two "é" sounds are sort of matchy-matchy for my taste.

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

We're French canadians living in a bilingual environment. No matter what name we choose, it will have the French pronunciation.

My daughter's name is pronounced "Clay-ah." All the girl names I like also have the "é" though, Léonie, Noémie, Aurélie. It's a French thing I guess.