Angelique

Girl Names
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[name_m]Hi[/name_m]!
[name_f]Angelique[/name_f] used to be my number 1 name, ages ago, long before I discovered Nameberry. I wanted two daughters called [name_f]Angelique[/name_f] nn [name_u]Angel[/name_u] and [name_f]Jeanette[/name_f]. Now I prefer [name_f]Angeline[/name_f] to [name_f]Angelique[/name_f], but I still think its pretty. I pronounce it the [name_m]French[/name_m] way on-je-leek. I love that it’s unusual but not difficult to spell/pronounce.
What do you think?
Thanks,
[name_f]Ellie[/name_f] xx

2

I much prefer [name_f]Angeline[/name_f] (my top girls’ name)! I don’t think [name_f]Angelique[/name_f] would get too many misspellings or pronunciation problems. It’s cute, but I am not a huge fan of -que endings.

3

It’s quite pretty but I prefer [name_f]Angelina[/name_f]. In general, all -que names sound a bit 80-s/90-s to me but it’s not bad.

4

I prefer [name_f]Angelique[/name_f]… I think it has a sophistication and separates itself from all the other -ine -ina names.

5

I knew a girl growing up called Jenique (which I guess an be spelt [name_f]Jeanique[/name_f]) if you like that better.

6

Knowing a lot of Dominiques and Moniques my age from my hometown, -que names have a somewhat hardened, streetwise image to me. It sounds like the sort of name that wants to be fancy, but isn’t. In a way it’s an interesting name - I would be cautious of messing an [name_f]Angelique[/name_f] around.

I find -line names generally fairly elegant. [name_f]Angeline[/name_f] is quite pretty. And I like [name_f]Angelica[/name_f] but it’s frillier and [name_f]Angeline[/name_f] is more smooth.

7

It’s pretty, but I too prefer [name_f]Angeline[/name_f] – or better yet, [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f].

8

in all variations of the name i think of [name_f]Jolie[/name_f], whom after the [name_m]Pitt[/name_m]/Aniston affair, i have no respect for.

plus if you want it pronounced in [name_m]French[/name_m] way, it never will be. your child will be correcting people everyday for the rest of her life. not worth it.

fyi according to dictionary.com the pronunciations are slightly different, yours is kinda a smoosh between the two:

English an-juh-leek & [name_m]French[/name_m] ahn-zhey-leek