Is this usable? Or just too unreal?

Yes, don’t worry all you namers that helped us pick out our name for the little one (less than two weeks until she’s here!) we aren’t changing her name. But, out of the blue during dinner my husband made up a name and wanted to know if we could use it on our next child (whoa dude, number four isn’t even here yet and i think four is enough but i dont know haha) or just as a suggestion to my sister who is TTC. It would be used for a little girl and he’s always loved the ending ‘roux’ on a name, pronouced ‘roo’. But, after stating Bellaroux isn’t his style he says what do you think of Nellaroux ([name]Nella[/name]-roo)? I personally [name]LOVE[/name] it, but, I thought it deserved other opinions. So, have at it :slight_smile:

Honestly? I think it’s horrid. The faux-French -roux ending is awful and the whole thing sounds awkward.

No, No, No. I get that it is made up…but it shouldn’t sound made up, you know. I’d rather a name have some sort of meaning behind it, or some sort of story. Nellaroux doesn’t even sound very pretty to me. Sorry if that was harsh.

Oh, please don’t. It’s so awkward-sounding and unpleasant and all I can think of is “kangaroo” :frowning: Sorry to be so blunt.

…What girls’ names end in -roux?? So confused.

I think it’s pretty rough, however, along the same lines in terms of sound, I love the name Mevanou. It’s a medieval form of [name]Myfanwy[/name].

I thought it was a real name but I guess not? Our friends named their daughter Bellaroux ([name]Bella[/name]-roo) nn [name]Bella[/name], and we thought it was cute. And harsh-ness is accepted, I’m not using it so it doesn’t bother me any, I told you guys to tear it apart :stuck_out_tongue: thank you for the feedback though :slight_smile:

THAT I like.

This is exactly what I thought – all of it. Are there real girls’ names that end in -roux? I don’t think Bellaroux is a real name either … is it? It made me think that the parents are fans of [name]Winnie[/name] the Pooh and wanted their daughter to have the nn Roo and made up a name to get to it. Sorry. :confused:

It seems like a made up name, and the -roux doesn’t make it seem more adult or usable. Honestly, I don’t think it’s usable at all. If you wanted to make it a nickname for something it could work (maybe the full name [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Ruth[/name] coulld be turned into Nellaroux.)
[name]Hope[/name] that wasn’t too harsh!

I don’t think any legit ones, because ‘roux’ is masculine.

I’m sorry but no…

I like [name]Nella[/name]; [name]Nella[/name]-roo could be daddy’s pet name for her. But Nellaroux is wrong on so many levels! Sorry!!

I agree with the others. [name]Nella[/name] [name]Rue[/name] (this spelling) sounds cute as a nn, but not as a full name. Then again, I love [name]Bella[/name], but I would never use Bellaroux, either. What about something like [name]Anneliese[/name] [name]Ruby[/name], nn [name]Nella[/name] Roo/[name]Nella[/name] [name]Rue[/name]? I, too, don’t get the “roux” thing. Then again, I don’t get the appeal of the French-word-as-a-given-name trend, either ([name]Soleil[/name], [name]Jolie[/name], etc.).

My dad calls all of us a variation of our names with -Roo tacked onto the end (i.e. [name]Kate[/name]-aroo) as a nickname. I would be shocked to actually meet someone whose name was actually something-[name]Roux[/name].

I think it’s cute. I like it much more than Bellaroux. [name]Bella[/name] names have become way overused.

I think Bonaroo. If you’re really committed, I suggest at least changing the spelling. [name]Nella[/name] [name]Rue[/name], or even [name]Nella[/name]-[name]Rue[/name], is infinitely better.

It sounds too much like a nickname for me, and Bellaroux reminds me of the country Belarus :slight_smile: Though I do like Mevanou some other names that have that ‘roo’ ending are…

[name]Nuru[/name]
Nauru (name of a small island in Micronesia)
Belarus
[name]Sonyuru[/name]
[name]Daru[/name]
Anaru (technically masculine, it’s a Maori version of [name]Andrew[/name])
Amaru (from what I understand he was a poet of sorts in [name]India[/name], but to me this name sounds very feminine)

Bellaroux, Zimbabwe is a real place so at least she can point to a map and say this is where her name came from. Nellaroux cannot do that.
What about Villaroux (French place name) or Delaroux?

Really, really, really bad.

I have heard people do that before, add Roo or Boo at the end of name to make a nn. I couldn’t imagine actually doing it as a real name!