Hello there!
We are expecting our 2nd baby on the [name_f]East[/name_f] Coast.
Here is my boys list.
I need help with pronunciation though. For my first, we hadn’t even thought of this issue, and his name is being butchered each time.
So here are our favorites:
I know [name_m]French[/name_m] so I’m a little biased I suppose. I’ll put how I think people who don’t know the language would say them where I live. I live on the [name_u]West[/name_u] Coast.
Evariste = ev-urr-risst-ee (almost like it ends in Y because they don’t know the e isn’t pronounced)
[name_m]Lancelot[/name_m] = lann -suh-lott
[name_m]Toussaint[/name_m] = tow-saint (like the english word [name_m]Saint[/name_m]) or too-saint (again like the word [name_m]Saint[/name_m])
Columban = co-lum-bin
I’m from the south for reference. I think [name_m]Lancelot[/name_m] is the only one on this list that everyone will pronounce correctly (or the same at least, I’m not sure if it’s said differently in [name_m]French[/name_m]).
I’m super curious what your son’s name is, now! I would say them ev-ah-REEST (with a [name_m]French[/name_m] “R”, though, not an American one!), lahn-seh-LOH, too-SAH(N) (although I know a guy with this surname, and everyone pronounces it too-SAHNT. Maybe that would be a common pronunciation?), co-lohm-bah(n).
I love how interesting and non-mainstream (and yet, totally [name_m]French[/name_m]!) your names are! I’m really loving Evariste and [name_m]Toussaint[/name_m] here. My best friend was [name_m]French[/name_m]; she named her daughters Ysaline and Avelaine, which I originally found very strange, but now totally love. If you find there are too many pronunciation problems with your choices, I figured I might offer them up–they have a similar sound and style to your choices, but I think they’d be easier to pronounce in American culture (ee-sah-leen and ah-veh-lane is how she said them, I believe!). Her son’s name was [name_m]Jonas[/name_m], so I’m not sure that really helps. It’s not as obviously [name_m]French[/name_m] as Ysa’s and [name_f]Lainey[/name_f]'s names were.
Thank you so much everyone! Your input is priceless.
A special thanks to all of you who were brave enough to reply on both girl and boy threads.
[name_u]Ash[/name_u], ah I love Ysaline (I know two of them, spelled [name_f]Isaline[/name_f] back home)! and my boy’s name is Théophane. (tay-o-fan, gets pronounced Fi-0-[name_m]Fain[/name_m] here)
Chrisco, since I see it in your list, fyi I know a handsome [name_m]Prosper[/name_m] in [name_u]Paris[/name_u], his sister is [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f].
I will make sure to come share my babe’s birth announcement here.
Plus, there’s more fun to come with the 2nd and 3rd names which will be Dutch (dad’s nationality) and American.
Our family welcomed our daughter [name_f]Montaine[/name_f] [name_f]Elise[/name_f] [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] late Friday evening.
It was a beautiful birth,
Sending love, and thanks for your help!
Congratulations! [name_f]Montaine[/name_f] [name_f]Elise[/name_f] [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] is beautiful, and I think Theophane and [name_f]Montaine[/name_f] are lovely together! (Forgive my lack of accents; it’s so hard to do them on this computer!) All the best!
Evariste: eh-vah-REEST (This feels very feminine to me)
[name_m]Lancelot[/name_m]: [name_m]LANCE[/name_m]-eh-lot
[name_m]Toussaint[/name_m]: too-SAHNT or too-SAHN
Colomban: coh-lohm-BAHN
Either way, I love the names, especially [name_m]Toussaint[/name_m] and Colomban. For what it’s worth, my name is incredibly old, is found all over the Western world, and people still mispronounce it (or assume it’s something similar).
