Isabeau?

[lisa429]

I heard someone say this a few months ago and I am just not a fan of it. It sounds like a dog name to me. And I do think it would be confused and spelled wrong their whole life.

[sugarplumfairy]

@lawsonhaley

If [name_f]Isabeau[/name_f] doesn’t feel right to you, that should be the first clue that you shouldn’t go for it.

Now, this is actually a massive pet peeve of mine, because, as a [name_m]French[/name_m] speaker (in my province, it’s mandatory for at least 5 years in school, plus the extra 3 I took), it grates on my nerves to see anything ‘beau’ used on a girl. In the [name_m]French[/name_m] language, there is a masculine and feminine form for a lot of words, especially adjectives. [name_f]Belle[/name_f], for example, is the feminine word for beautiful, and it would be incredibly inappropriate to refer to a male as ‘belle’. [name_m]Beau[/name_m] is the masculine form, and, unless referring to a group of people that includes a mix of males and females, is inappropriate to use for a girl. It’s like taking [name_f]Elowen[/name_f], and spelling it as Ehlowynne, because you can. It shows a bit of disrespect for a foreign language.

I’m also really not a fan of [name_u]Bo[/name_u]/[name_m]Beau[/name_m] on a girl, for the same reason, it sounds awkward and inappropriate if you have a large knowledge of the [name_m]French[/name_m] language, or if you can speak [name_m]French[/name_m] fluently.

Except for the fact that [name_f]Isabeau[/name_f] is a traditional [name_m]French[/name_m] name used by people who are actually, you know, [name_m]French[/name_m].
I understand not liking the name, but all of these comments disregarding [name_f]Isabeau[/name_f] as “masculine” or incorrect in [name_m]French[/name_m] are a little annoying.