Help With A Name! Please?

Writers' Corner
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Hello nameberries! I’ve heard a lot of things about this site and I was wondering if any of you could help me name my protagnoist in my new writing project!

The novel takes place between 1938 and 1953. My protagonist was born in [name]November[/name] of 1920, in [name]Paris[/name]. I’ve been having a hard time thinking of a name for her. One of my origional ideas was “[name]Melanie[/name]” and another was [name]Tuilelaith[/name] with the nicknames [name]Talullah[/name] and [name]Tallie[/name]. Her husband calls her “[name]Ave[/name] [name]Maria[/name]” as a joke, but I don’t think that’s French enough! Help please!
Thanks!
[name]Janelle[/name]

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[name]Marguerite[/name] nn [name]Mari[/name] or [name]Daisy[/name] ([name]Marguerite[/name] means ‘daisy’) was my first thought. Apparently this was #3 in [name]France[/name] in 1910 but still sounds cute and fresh for readers today.

All of these appear in the top 100 in 1900 in [name]France[/name] so there are no anachronisms.

[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Adrienne[/name]
[name]Alexandrine[/name]
[name]Albertine[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Angele[/name]
[name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Aline[/name]
[name]Andree[/name]
[name]Antoinette[/name]
[name]Augustine[/name]
[name]Berthe[/name]
[name]Blanche[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Camille[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name] (ka-ro-leen)
[name]Cecile[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Clarisse[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Colette[/name]
[name]Claudine[/name]
[name]Clemence[/name]
[name]Denise[/name]
[name]Elisabeth[/name]
[name]Elise[/name]
[name]Emilie[/name]
[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Emilienne[/name]
[name]Eugenie[/name]
Euphrasie
[name]Fernande[/name]
Francoise
[name]Gabrielle[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Georgette[/name]
[name]Germaine[/name]
[name]Helene[/name]
[name]Henriette[/name]
[name]Irene[/name]
[name]Isabelle[/name]
[name]Jeanne[/name]
[name]Jos[/name]”phine
[name]Juliette[/name]
[name]Julienne[/name]
[name]Julie[/name]
[name]Lea[/name]
[name]Leonie[/name]
[name]Leontine[/name]
[name]Louise[/name]
[name]Lucie[/name]
[name]Lucienne[/name]
[name]Madeleine[/name]
[name]Maria[/name]
[name]Marie[/name]
[name]Marie[/name]-[name]Louise[/name]
[name]Mathilde[/name]
[name]Margaux[/name]
[name]Marthe[/name]
[name]Marcelle[/name]
[name]Octavie[/name]
[name]Odette[/name]
[name]Pauline[/name]
[name]Raymonde[/name]
[name]Renee[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Suzanne[/name]
[name]Therese[/name]
[name]Victorine[/name]
[name]Valentine[/name]
[name]Yvonne[/name]

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Here are some French name suggestions for girls. I have bolded the names that would most appropriate for someone born in the 1920’s.
[name]Camille[/name]
[name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Mathilde[/name]
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Anais[/name]
[name]Cecile[/name]
[name]Bernadette[/name]
[name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Chantal[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
Aceline
[name]Colette[/name]
[name]Coralie[/name] / [name]Coraline[/name]
[name]Corinne[/name]
[name]Desiree[/name]
[name]Elise[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Estelle[/name]
[name]Eugenie[/name]
[name]Fleur[/name]
[name]Gabrielle[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Helene[/name]
Honoree
[name]Isabelle[/name]
[name]Jacqueline[/name]
[name]Jeanne[/name]
[name]Julie[/name] / [name]Julienne[/name]
[name]Juliette[/name]
[name]Justine[/name]
[name]Leonie[/name]
[name]Lise[/name]
[name]Louise[/name]
[name]Lucienne[/name]
[name]Lucille[/name]
[name]Madeleine[/name]
[name]Maelle[/name]
[name]Manon[/name]
[name]Marcelle[/name]
[name]Marguerite[/name] / [name]Margot[/name]
[name]Marianne[/name]
[name]Marie[/name]
[name]Monique[/name]
[name]Nadine[/name]
[name]Nathalie[/name]
[name]Nicole[/name]
[name]Noemie[/name]
[name]Pauline[/name]
[name]Renee[/name]
[name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Sabine[/name]
[name]Sandrine[/name]
[name]Simone[/name]
[name]Sophie[/name]
[name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Therese[/name]
[name]Violaine[/name]
[name]Violette[/name]
[name]Yvette[/name]
[name]Yvonne[/name]
[name]Adeline[/name]
[name]Agathe[/name]
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Aimee[/name]
[name]Alix[/name]
[name]Amandine[/name]
[name]Angelique[/name]
[name]Aude[/name]
[name]Aurelie[/name]
[name]Aveline[/name]
[name]Bertille[/name]
[name]Bibiane[/name]
[name]Blanche[/name]
[name]Brigitte[/name]
[name]Candide[/name]
[name]Capucine[/name]
[name]Claudine[/name]
[name]Clotilde[/name]
[name]Dorothee[/name]
[name]Edwige[/name]
[name]Eliane[/name]
[name]Elisabeth[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Emilie[/name]
[name]Emmanuelle[/name]
[name]Eulalie[/name]
[name]Fabienne[/name]
Felicite
Francoise
[name]Galatee[/name]
[name]Ghislaine[/name]
[name]Gisele[/name]
[name]Henriette[/name]
[name]Honorine[/name]
[name]Hortense[/name]
[name]Ines[/name]
[name]Jacinthe[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Justine[/name]
[name]Laure[/name]
[name]Lorraine[/name]
[name]Lucie[/name]
[name]Marjolaine[/name]
[name]Marthe[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Mireille[/name]
[name]Pascale[/name]
Regine
[name]Solange[/name]
[name]Suzanne[/name]
[name]Veronique[/name]
[name]Victoire[/name]
[name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Yolande[/name]

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Thanks for all of your help! I like the name Aur”lie and it’s variations, and I also liked [name]Aurora[/name] with it’s French variation [name]Aurore[/name]. These are the combinations I came up wtih you guy’s help:

[name]Aurora[/name] [name]Helene[/name] Lombard
[name]Aurora[/name] Marguertie Lombard
[name]Aurora[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] Lombard
[name]Aurora[/name] [name]Rosalie[/name] Lombard

Aur”lie [name]Helene[/name] Lombard
Aur”lie [name]Valentine[/name] Lombard
Aur”lie [name]Viola[/name] Lombard
Aur”lie [name]Daisy[/name] Lombard

Other names I like:
[name]Aurore[/name] [name]Marie[/name] Lombard
[name]Ave[/name]-[name]Maria[/name] [name]Margot[/name] Lombard
[name]Valentine[/name] [name]Rosalie[/name] Lombard
[name]Marguerite[/name] Margeaux Lombard