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November 2014 Moms
mb314
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XP: French boy names
mb314
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I posted this on the baby names board too, but I wanted to see what you ladies have to say.
Turns out we’re having a second boy. I’m thrilled except that I am at a loss for boy names. DH is French Canadian, and we have a super duper French last name, complete with lots of letters you don’t pronounce. DH really wants a French first name that translates well into English (i.e. not something like Didier). Here’s more info to help me find a name/give opinions. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
DS is Denis James SuperFrenchLastName, named after my
father-in-law (Denis) and my father (Jim).
We use the French pronunciation “de-knee”
a lot at home, but he goes by the English form “Den-nis” at daycare and outside
the family.
Names that are out because they’ve already been used in the family recently: Nicolas (DH), Daniel, Marc, Luc
Names that could work but I don’t like for various reasons: Henri, Robert, Antoine, Georges, Thomas
DH Likes: Roger (his uncle and my uncle/godfather’s
name. I’m vetoing it for a first name
just because I think my dad would be offended if I named a son after his BIL/my
uncle and not him. I would be okay with
it as a middle name).
My Picks:
- Eugene (my dad’s middle name). I like Gene as a nn, but I think DH has vetoed this. He thinks it is a dorky name. But I think Denis and Gene are cute together.
- Jacques (the French form of James, my dad’s name). My main hesitations are that it is too close to “Jack” and I’m tired of the Jack trend and I don’t want it to be anglicized to Jack, people don’t realize it’s the French form of James, and it may be too French for the mid-size southern city where we live.
- Louis. No family connection, although I think DH had a perverted great uncle named Louis, but I think that is far enough removed it wouldn’t be a big deal. It is also technically an ex’s name for me, but my ex went by his middle name. But I think is it a cute name that works well in French and English.
Other ideas? My grandfathers were both named John, but I’m not a fan of John and the French form “Jean” looks too much like “Jeanne” to Americans.
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Re: XP: French boy names
Andre (Andy - love Andy)
Eric
Gabriel (Gabe) - also love but DH has vetoed
Leon (Leo)
Marcus (mark)
Oliver (Olly - another one DH has vetoed sadly)
Robert
Good luck! We are team green so far but are struggling to agree in boys names too!
Also...
(sorry for not using the accents)
Alexandre
Andre
Francois
Eric ( always makes me think of Eric Ripert)
Jerome
Julien
Maurice
Sebastien
Maureen is my mom's name, so that may work!
My best friend is French Canadian and this is her father's name.
**TW Living Child**
BFP 2/2014 - DS - 10/2014
So other ideas for boys: Robert, Lucas, David, Vincent... Everything else I've come up with has been mentioned
So glad I'm in good company!! :-)
I also like Lucien, Enzo, Adrien, Martin