[name]Hi[/name] there,
My husband is French and is absolutely fixated on the name [name]Morgane[/name] or [name]Morganne[/name] for a girl - it has been his favorite name since before we even met. I like the way this sounds in French, but I’m concerned about how people might pronounce [name]Morgane[/name] in English. The English spelling [name]Morgan[/name] in French is pronounced in an unmistakably masculine way, and we need something that works equally well in both languages.
So I’m taking a sort of poll: If you were a teacher reading a list of names, how would you pronounce that name upon first reading it? Would you end it with “[name]Anne[/name]” or “gone” or would you just say it like “[name]Morgan[/name]”? I’m not even sure which I prefer, but I’d rather not to go around correcting people all the time.
Thanks!
Most native English-speakers will probably say “Mor-GAIN” because the “e” the end signals a hard preceeding vowel. You might have better luck with [name]Morganne[/name], which most people will probably pronounce “Mor-GANN” or “Mor-[name]GAN[/name]-ah”. Personally, I like plain [name]Morgan[/name]. The others are nice, but they strike a little too close for my taste to [name]Morgaine[/name]/[name]Morganna[/name] from the Arthurian legends.
I saw it and thought it was with [name]Anne[/name] at the end. It’s very pretty!
If I were to read [name]Morgane[/name], my initial instinct would be to rhyme it with “gain”, but I think I’d easily adjust to it rhyming with “gone” since I’ve had a few years of French classes and I’m familiar with [name]Morgana[/name] le [name]Fay[/name]. I’d pronounce [name]Morganne[/name] to rhyme with “[name]Anne[/name]”.