French names

[maine-girl.livejournal.com]

I met a family from France today and the children were named:
Charlotte
Clemence (Clay-mohnce... the "n is very soft)
Etienne  (Ay-tee-ehn)

They were lovely.  What are your favorite french names, and which ones do you hate?

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[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

My favourite is Madeleine.

[my-fair-kadie.livejournal.com]

Mine is Mireille, pronounced "Mee-ray".

[space-monkey340.livejournal.com]

I love Charlotte.

I hate Claire (I'm not sure how the French spell it or if it's even french. I met a women in France named Claire).

[heure-actuelle.livejournal.com]

there was a french exchange student in high school named Clemence. I think it's pretty.

[cerise-blue.livejournal.com]

i'm a big fan of madeleine. ♥

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

I love the way Catherine is pronounced in francophone areas, same thing with Jeanne (Zhahnne). I love Adele, Agathe, Adrienne, Alexandre, Amelie, Anais, Collete, Blanche, Oceane, Noemi, Gabriel (francophone pronunciation), Lucien, Raphael, Renee, Sebastien, Sylvestre... and that's not even half of them!!

But a lot of names I like better in the french pronunciations so I can't use them... for example, Charlotte.

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

Oh and I really really hate Manon. Ugh.

[cluckydude.livejournal.com]

Oh, non! J'adore Manon!

I love Mireille and Etien, Lucien, Lucienne, and a bunch of others. I'm quasi-Francophone, so maybe I can get away with it.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

ooh I love Etienne. If I was french I would totally use it.

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

Oh I love French names! My favorites are Adele, Anouk, Lucie, and Oceane. Etienne is really nice, too.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Etienne is a boy's name, though, in case you didn't know :)

[pap3r-heart.livejournal.com]

I think Etienne is french for Steven or something along those lines.
Because I found somewhere that my name (Stephanie) in french would be Etiennette.

[xcuore.livejournal.com]

i love; Damien, Anaïs, Rodin, Millau, Christophe
i prefer a lot of names being pronounced in french better than english :)

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

I don't think Millau is used as first name, is it? I'm pretty sure it's just a town... :/

[xcuore.livejournal.com]

yes, Millau is a town.
But the question was which French names do you like and since i loved the name Millau due to the French city, i figured it is a French name. :)

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

Well, a French town name, I guess!

[xcuore.livejournal.com]

so? it's still a french name :)

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

As much as Dayton or Portland is an American name, which I suppose one could argue. I guess you seek Brooklyn all the time.

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

*see

[apple-sap.livejournal.com]

I adore Jean-Baptiste. I've already made a deal with myself; if I happen to marry a French guy and have a son, he will be named Jean-Baptiste.

I really like Etienne!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I looooooove france.

Adélaïde
Amélie
Anaïs
Astrid
Aurélie
Aurore
Camille
Colette
Élise
Elodie
Florence
Gabrielle
Isabelle
Juliette
Madeleine


Alexandre
Etienne
Lucas
Louis
Olivier
Xavier

[corielcries.livejournal.com]

I'm part French as is the SO so we may use a French name for our baby. I couldn't really tell you which I like best and which I dislike. Several of those mentioned are lovely.

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

my fave for a girl is Aurelie, for a boy....i cant really think of any off the top of my head.

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

Anaïs
Thaïs
Nolwenn
Apolline
Clémence
Perrine
Agnes
Mélusine
Célestine
Léocadie

Clément
Sébastien
Mathieu
Floris
Florian
Aurélien
Théophraste
Anatole
Evariste
Rémy
Laurent
Guillaume

I really dislike Margaux (but like Margot) and Cyrielle... those are the two I can think of off the top of my head. I would like Amélie, but it's used far too frequently as a pretentious baby name in the U.S. for me to be wholehearted about it.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I don't like many, but I like the following a LOT

Corinne
Esme
Marielle
Rosalie (my name!)

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

I love French names, especially boys names.

Etienne is my favorite (my Italian advisor, who is actually French, has a grandson named that), but I also like Charlotte, Colette, Chantal, Madeleine, Sebastien, Lucien, Margot, Laurent, Xavier and Alexandre. I also like a lot of names with Jean- as sort of a prefix. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_x_blackroses_x/]

Ooh, I really like Aurore, Solange, & Genevieve. I also like Violette, though I do prefer Violet, it's one of my favorite names.

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[thiscantbesoy.livejournal.com]

Erm, "Etienne" (ay-tee-enn) sounds like ATM.