Please help! I am French Canadian and my husband is American, and the double difficulty of finding a name that sounds good to both of us is going to drive me crazy. It has to be on the short side (one or two syllables ideally), since the last name is long (McIntyre). It has to be easy to say in both languages, and I would prefer if it wasn’t too popular in neither the US or Montreal, where we might move eventually (so no :[name]LEA[/name], [name]FLORENCE[/name], [name]EMMA[/name], [name]ROSALIE[/name] , [name]JADE[/name], [name]JULIETTE[/name], [name]CAMILLE[/name] , [name]GABRIELLE[/name], [name]MAIKA[/name], [name]MIA[/name], [name]NOEMIE[/name] or [name]OLIVIA[/name]).
Any ideas?
I’m not sure what names are considered dated in [name]France[/name]/Montreal, so sorry if I suggest the equivalent of [name]Ethel[/name] or [name]Jennifer[/name]:
[name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Isabelle[/name]
[name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Mireille[/name]
[name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Cecile[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Ottilie[/name]
[name]Clemence[/name]
[name]Aline[/name]
[name]Brigitte[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Elise[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Leonie[/name]
[name]Therese[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Melisande[/name]
[name]Angelique[/name]
[name]Avril[/name]
[name]Blanche[/name]
[name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Desiree[/name]
[name]Dominique[/name]
[name]Cosette[/name]
[name]Faustine[/name]
[name]Helene[/name]
[name]Fleur[/name]
[name]Violette[/name]
[name]Iolanthe[/name]
[name]Hyacinthe[/name]
Magalie (my cousin’s name :))
[name]Mathilde[/name]
[name]Martine[/name]
[name]Maxine[/name]
[name]Mirabelle[/name]
[name]Veronique[/name]
[name]Sabine[/name]
[name]Monique[/name]
[name]Oceane[/name]
[name]Odette[/name]
[name]Raine[/name]
[name]Simone[/name]
[name]Yvonne[/name]
[name]Agathe[/name]
[name]Aurore[/name]
[name]Yvette[/name]
[name]Suzanne[/name]
[name]Evelyne[/name]
[name]Therese[/name]
[name]Antoinette[/name]
[name]Aurelie[/name]
[name]Axelle[/name]
[name]Aveline[/name]
[name]Elise[/name]
[name]Claudie[/name]
[name]Renee[/name]
[name]Frederique[/name]
[name]Victoire[/name]
[name]Virginie[/name]
[name]Eugenie[/name]
[name]Laure[/name]
[name]Dorothee[/name]
Some that work perfectly in both languages (but some may be too popular):
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Stephanie[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Valerie[/name]
[name]Noelle[/name]
[name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Madeleine[/name]
[name]Eve[/name]
[name]Sophie[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Nicole[/name]
[name]Natalie[/name]/[name]Nathalie[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Solange[/name]
[name]Nadine[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Jacqueline[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Lorraine[/name]
[name]Lucille[/name]
[name]Margot[/name]
[name]Giselle[/name]
[name]Christine[/name]
[name]Faye[/name]
[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Marjorie[/name]
[name]Louise[/name]
[name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Melanie[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Corinne[/name]
[name]Danielle[/name]
[name]Denise[/name]
[name]Diane[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Zoe[/name]
[name]Chloe[/name]
[name]Hope[/name] that helps!
Salut! Je suis dans la m”me situation que toi.
Here’s our name list (although by now we’re deciding between [name]Naomi[/name] and [name]Nola[/name] - so pretty, and easy to say in both French and English):
[name]Naomi[/name]
[name]Nola[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name]/Am”lie
[name]Arianne[/name]
[name]Milena[/name]
[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Camilla[/name]/[name]Camille[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Eliana[/name]
[name]Marianne[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Mila[/name]
[name]Marina[/name]
[name]Bonne[/name] chance!
Wow, thank you! So many beautiful options! xx