Playing the Name Game Again (x-posted)

"Sophie" wrote in message ...
I've always loved the name Monique,

Keep in mind it will be pronounced Moan-ique and not Mon-ique in the US (my
mom's pet peeve - lol).

which goes fairly well with
Glasco. Colette is also a nice French name.

Marjorie


I like Colette.

I like Colette too....although my parents have a set of very close
friends whose bassett hound is named Colette I can just imagine
what their reaction might be if we chose that name.

Not that it matters though!

Sharon
Mom to James 6.2.00
EDD #2 5 December

"Sophie" wrote in message ...
DH really wants to give her a French name (so I guess that is a
starting point); he is of Scottish/French heritage, our last name is
the French spelling of a Scottish surname/placename (Glasco) and he
wants to honor that. So.....any suggestions? I have perused some
internet sites, but nothing so far has seemed to jump out at me.

TIA!

Sharon
Mom to James 6.2.00
EDD #2 5 December

Parenthood's website gave over 200 French girls names.


Amalie/Amelie
Angelique
Annette
Antoinette
Brigette
Camille
Chantal
Francine
Jacqueline
My fave - Josephine
Margaux
Simone


Camille is very pretty - goes well with our last name, and someone
else also mentioned Brigette, which I am growing more attached too. I
think I like the other spelling of Margaux (Margot) but that rhymes
with the pronounciation of Glasco, so its a no go. I also like
Josephine, but it might be a mouthful with the surname too.

Sharon
Mom to James 6.2.00
EDD #2 5 December

Amalie/Amelie
Angelique
Annette
Antoinette
Brigette
Camille
Chantal
Francine
Jacqueline
My fave - Josephine
Margaux
Simone


Camille is very pretty - goes well with our last name, and someone
else also mentioned Brigette, which I am growing more attached too.

I kinda like Brigette too.

I think I like the other spelling of Margaux (Margot) but that rhymes
with the pronounciation of Glasco, so its a no go.

Oh yeah, didn't realize that.

I also like
Josephine, but it might be a mouthful with the surname too.

Sharon
Mom to James 6.2.00
EDD #2 5 December

I kinda like that combo

"Sandi" wrote in message
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I don't know that anyone else would think this, but if you're in the US
(which I think you are), that name might be a little too close to
Columbine.
Maybe it's just me, but that's the first thing I thought of when I saw it.

I can see why you'd see that when you *read* it. When you *hear* it said,
though, they don't sound very much the same (at least to my ear). I didn't
even consider that association, though, simply because I have another
association for the name already!
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"Sophie" wrote in message ...
I've always loved the name Monique,

Keep in mind it will be pronounced Moan-ique and not Mon-ique in the US (my
mom's pet peeve - lol).


Maybe where you live, but I've got a friend named Monique, and we call
her Mon-ique. I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to her as
Moan-nique. She'd probably kill them. :-)

Of course, her mother and father are both Parisian and kind of scary
and we learned how to pronounce her name from them.

Marjorie (who, when she lived in MA was called Maaaajury, so I can
relate)

Jacqui wrote in message . 7...
Sharon wibbled

Oooohhhh... I like both of these, especially Jocelyn, because it
is not all that common, but doesn't have the associated problems
of spelling and pronouniation. I also like the idea of the
Scottish spelling of Isobel; DH might go for that.

Jocelyn originated as a male name, incidentally.

Isobel is a lovely name: there's also Ishbel, an ultra-Scottish version
g.

I also like the name Jacqueline, pronounced the French
way...Jack-leen. And I LOVE the way the French pronounce Caroline
(Caa-ro-leen).


Marjorie aka Margaurite en francis

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Sharon wrote:



Thanks Jen! This is a great site. I really like Brigitte (how would
you pronounce that?), Isabel,and Oriane. I have a niece Madeline, so
that is out (altho' I think I like the other speling better -


The thing about Brigitte is, people will pronounce it the Irish way
(Bridge-et) instead of the french way (bre-zjeet). I like the french
way, but I really don't like the Irish way.

Marjorie

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Thanks Jen! This is a great site. I really like Brigitte (how would
you pronounce that?), Isabel,and Oriane. I have a niece Madeline, so
that is out (altho' I think I like the other speling better -


The thing about Brigitte is, people will pronounce it the Irish way
(Bridge-et) instead of the french way (bre-zjeet). I like the french
way, but I really don't like the Irish way.

Don't forget the German way: Brigette is pronounced BRIG-gid-ah. Or at
least that's how my MIL's neighbor spells and pronounces her name (and her
family fled Nazi Germany 50-odd years ago, and couldn't be more German if
she tried, so I know it's not an affectation).

--angela

chiam margalit wibbled

I also like the name Jacqueline, pronounced the French
way...Jack-leen.

That is my name (Zha-cleen, btw, not a J sound). Unfortunately my
middle name, also French, is a lot harder to say and spell so I don't
tend to recommend it to people!

Jac

Thanks Jen! This is a great site. I really like Brigitte (how would
you pronounce that?), Isabel,and Oriane. I have a niece Madeline, so
that is out (altho' I think I like the other speling better -


The thing about Brigitte is, people will pronounce it the Irish way
(Bridge-et) instead of the french way (bre-zjeet). I like the french
way, but I really don't like the Irish way.

Don't forget the German way: Brigette is pronounced BRIG-gid-ah. Or at
least that's how my MIL's neighbor spells and pronounces her name (and her
family fled Nazi Germany 50-odd years ago, and couldn't be more German if
she tried, so I know it's not an affectation).

--angela



The German I know pronounced her name Beer-git. Maybe it was spelled
differently?