THE NAMEBERRY AWARDS: Best Name of French Origin (Girls)

See the results of this poll: NB AWARDS: BEST FRENCH GIRLS’ NAME

Respondents: 85 (This poll is closed)

  • Genevieve : 22 (26%)
  • Delphine : 9 (11%)
  • Amelie : 11 (13%)
  • Colette : 4 (5%)
  • Esme : 9 (11%)
  • Isabelle : 6 (7%)
  • Ludivine : 1 (1%)
  • Mireille : 3 (4%)
  • Elodie : 8 (9%)
  • Sylvie: 12 (14%)

[name]Genevieve[/name] - gorgeous, one of my favorites.
[name]Sylvie[/name] - pretty, much preferred to [name]Sylvia[/name] which feels dated
[name]Amelie[/name] - very pretty, I like it a lot.
[name]Mireille[/name] - not sure how to pronounce this, but it has a pretty look.
[name]Colette[/name] - pretty, but I don’t like any of the nn’s

[name]Delphine[/name] - meh, hard to imagine in real life, especially not on someone with a thick foreign accent
[name]Isabelle[/name] - pretty, but so popular and I prefer other spellings
[name]Esme[/name] - bleh, honestly, I think [name]Esmerelda[/name] is okay, but I think [name]Esme[/name] is ugly. Reminds me of eczema.
[name]Elodie[/name] - meh, I’ve never really ‘gotten’ this one, I suppose it’s okay. [name]Just[/name] too muddled for me
Ludivine - bleh, too close to [name]Ludwig[/name] which is exceptionally ugly

My vote is for Amélie. The other nominees for the vote were, in order of preferance:

  1. [name]Esme[/name]
  2. [name]Colette[/name]
  3. [name]Isabelle[/name]
  4. [name]Sylvie[/name]
  5. [name]Elodie[/name]
  6. [name]Mireille[/name]
  7. [name]Genevieve[/name]
  8. [name]Delphine[/name]
  9. Ludivine

I voted for [name]Genevieve[/name] but [name]Mireille[/name], [name]Delphine[/name] and Esmé are lovely too!

I voted for [name]Genevieve[/name]. It’s one of my all-time favorites! :)!

Argh! I love so many of these. I just can’t vote against [name]Isabelle[/name], so that got my vote, but I really love [name]Genevieve[/name], [name]Delphine[/name], [name]Sylvie[/name], and [name]Esme[/name].

I voted for [name]Sylvie[/name]–such a simple, beautiful name that also works as a lovely nickname for [name]Sylvia[/name], Sylvestra or similar names.