What we really love is the name “[name_m]Julien[/name_m]” but I fear that spelling is too masculine. [name_f]Julienne[/name_f] is beautiful on paper but I am not a fan of the common pronunciations which either stress the last syllable ([name_u]Julie[/name_u]-ENNNN) or frenchify the J (zhulienne) - or both.
Is it fair game to spell it [name_f]Julienne[/name_f] and pronounce it [name_m]Julien[/name_m]?
[name_m]How[/name_m] would you pronounce [name_f]Julienne[/name_f]?
[name_m]Julien[/name_m] is more of a boy’s name to me. [name_f]Julienne[/name_f] does have the emphasis on the last syllable (a la [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]) and I really think it is a beautiful name 
Yes, people are going to stress the last syllable of [name_f]Julienne[/name_f]. What about [name_m]Julian[/name_m]? It shades slightly more feminine to me than [name_m]Julien[/name_m], mostly because of [name_m]Julian[/name_m] of Norwich, but also by analogy with [name_u]Marian[/name_u].
[name_f]Julienne[/name_f] or even [name_f]Julianna[/name_f]
Good suggestions! We’ve considered [name_m]Julian[/name_m] but didn’t feel that it was more feminine - curious to see if others feel that it is a more feminine spelling…
We have two family names that we feel very sentimental about - [name_u]Julie[/name_u] (which is a no-go since it rhymes with our last name) and [name_u]Carroll[/name_u] so our front-runners are [name_f]Julienne[/name_f] [name_u]Carroll[/name_u] and [name_m]Julien[/name_m] [name_u]Carroll[/name_u] but we plan to call her [name_u]Scout[/name_u] - which perhaps makes the pronunciation of [name_f]Julienne[/name_f] much less of an issue since it will primarily be on paper. If she chooses to ditch [name_u]Scout[/name_u] when she gets older then maybe she can choose how she prefers to pronounce [name_f]Julienne[/name_f].
If she grows up to be an NPR reporter or a writer in [name_u]Brooklyn[/name_u] I think [name_f]Julienne[/name_f] would be lovely even with the french pronunciation. Unfortunately she’ll be born in the South to a family with thick accents which don’t mix well with french words and I can’t bear to hear her called “[name_u]Julie[/name_u] N.”