that's really interesting. There was something on the BBC news site a while ago that said the French hate the name Kevin - is that true?
Edited to add: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine... a novel has now,name from Kevin to Alexandre.
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Edited to add: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine... a novel has now,name from Kevin to Alexandre.
I love hearing what names are common in other countries!
A French couple I know have daughters Appolline, Theodorine and Capucine, which makes sense if -ine endings are popular.
A French couple I know have daughters Appolline, Theodorine and Capucine, which makes sense if -ine endings are popular.
this just reminded me that i know someone who has a sister named Epiphany! understandably, is known as Pippa!
and yeah, i know someone with a little boy called Baxter. definitely gives me canine vibes!
Mae. Any name with -mae tagged on the end 
+ Brayden, Kayden, Jaden
I’ve known kids before with names:
Aston Martin
Ambamae
Rainbow
+ Brayden, Kayden, Jaden
I’ve known kids before with names:
Aston Martin
Ambamae
Rainbow
Last I heard Kevin was on the Popular Name List for boys in France. In any case I never trust a single word from the BBC
Oscar
William
Joanne
Kelly
William
Joanne
Kelly
There are several ( in their twenties or thirties) who live near my parents and have helped them with various DIY/building projects. One I think is Kevyn. Oh, and I nannied a Kévin too.Last I heard Kevin was on the Popular Name List for boys in France. In any case I never trust a single word from the BBC
I know several Apollines ( one must be about 7 or 8 now) and a former colleague in her 20’s also bears that name.
Capucine is one of the other « ine » names I was trying to remember. Never heard of Théodorine, sounds like they thought they were having a boy so chose Théodore, then feminised it. Also « ane » endings are popular: Roxane, Albane, Océane, Morgane…
wow, how Cassiopée pronounced? it looks kinda pretty - is it the French version of the name Cassiopeia?
i've never heard of the name Sixtine before - but Hortense is awful!
Cassiopée is indeed Cassiopeia. Sixtine I have heard a few times in the last decade-I always think of the Sistine Chapel or just the number 16 said by someone with a French accent, so another name that doesn’t work well in an English-French speaking household.wow, how Cassiopée pronounced? it looks kinda pretty - is it the French version of the name Cassiopeia?
i've never heard of the name Sixtine before - but Hortense is awful!
Other pretentious yet popular names are Achille ( Achilles) and Ulysse ( Ulysses).
A family in my building has 4 sons, whose names are all pretty unusual and they all start with A: Ambroise ( Ambrosia), Anatole, Aristide and Auguste or Augustin. They are lovely young men/boys, and the parents are delightful, but the names are awful! My mum struggled to get names right with us 4 and we all have a different initial!
I think I have mentioned my colleague who called her middle son Mateo ( or one of the variant spellings with more t’s or an h) then chose Mathis for her youngest!
Hortense is indeed hideous! Of all the pretty, vintage names, you had to choose that one!
I also dislike the double-barrelled French names for boys that start with Jean ( John in English): Jean-Pierre (John-Peter), Jean-Paul, Jean-Christophe. Some other older options are Pierre-Etienne (Peter-Steven), Jean-Jacques (John-James) and even Jean-Marie which I am not a fan of either! I know of two brothers (30-ish) who are Jean-Baptiste and Jean-Mathieu, which is just silly and confusing, in my opinion. Parents have started getting creative and now go for things like Paul-Victor, of they will blend two names together to get a new one.
Its a flower name of course - I believe Hortensia are Hydrangeas so it could be worse still if the parents anglicised it!wow, how Cassiopée pronounced? it looks kinda pretty - is it the French version of the name Cassiopeia?
i've never heard of the name Sixtine before - but Hortense is awful!
Hyacinth Bouquet here we come!!
Hortensia is one of the school children on Roald Dahl's Matilda.Its a flower name of course - I believe Hortensia are Hydrangeas so it could be worse still if the parents anglicised it!
Hyacinth Bouquet here we come!!
Eglantine the egg. Awful.
I think it is pretty, as it is an alternative name for dog/wild rose. Plus the little girl with that name I nannied was really funny and spirited.
In English, I can see the weird nickname potential ( Egg…) but in French it is super pretty and I managed to get some cute nicknames out if it!
Still find it hilarious that the Radford family called one of their litte girls Heidie (literally that spelling) because all their girls end in an e, I'm sorry but I cannot pronounce this as anything other than Hi Die. Why do parents suddenly decide phonetics/spelling doesn't matter when it comes to naming their child.
I can see that. Over here she'd get teased.
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The Irish name Gobnait is possibly the ugliest name ever.
that is a truly weird sounding name. i can’t even work out if it’s a boy or girl’s name (or both!)
there are some truly weird sounding welsh names too. blodwyn for one, i also went to school with a myfanwy who i think had been named after a late grandmother but gosh it’s an awful name.
It's a girls name, it's horrible!
Just seen a syzmon on Facebook 
she said it’s pronounced ‘Simon’ 
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