Hey everyone! Expecting baby #2, a boy, and we are really struggling with names. [name_f]Sister[/name_f] is named [name_f]Claire[/name_f] and our last name is [name_u]Irish[/name_u] - McG*** : 2 syllables.
I’m [name_u]French[/name_u] Canadian and husband is [name_u]Irish[/name_u] and we live in the US. Name criteria is we need to be able to pronounce it easily in [name_u]French[/name_u] and [name_f]English[/name_f] + I prefer non religious names.
[name_f]My[/name_f] top 2 contenders are [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] and [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] but husband likes neither.
Some of these names are pronounced differently between [name_u]French[/name_u] and [name_f]English[/name_f], but work in both languages – hope that’s alright!
Oscar and Hugo are great - give him a bit more time to warm to them, otherwise: Vincent , Patrick , Thomas , Isaac , Oliver, Leo, Louis, Owen, Finn (or Francis). Bernard?
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] and [name_f]Claire[/name_f] seem like such a beautiful sibling set!
Some of my favourite [name_u]French[/name_u] boy names are
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexandre[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Benoit[/name_m]
I love some [name_u]Irish[/name_u] names too !
[name_u]Declan[/name_u]
[name_u]Fionn[/name_u]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_f]My[/name_f] first idea was Cillian/Kilian - [name_m]Kilian[/name_m] is the [name_u]French[/name_u] variant of [name_m]Cillian[/name_m], but apparently this means “church” so I’m not sure if that’s too religious for you.
Maybe:
Leo/Leon
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
[name_m]Mathis[/name_m]
Augustin/Auguste/August
[name_m]Timeo[/name_m] (sort of feels religious, maybe, but it sounds like it stems from Timmaeus, not [name_u]Timothy[/name_u], and Timmaeus was one of Plato’s assistants?)
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Florin[/name_m]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
Charlie/Charles
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_u]Adrien[/name_u]
[name_u]Julien[/name_u]
[name_m]Ewan[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
Ambrose/Ambroise
[name_u]Aidan[/name_u]
[name_m]Mael[/name_m]