Leila as a nod to Sheila?
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Vote for usability and your opinion on the name! In between responses omitted because thatâs where I am so theyâre not helpful lmao
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If I choose Celine, should I spell Celine like Celine or CĂ©line? Iâm from a predominantly English speaking country, but I detest anglicizations of names.
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Also, if anyoneâs French, is Celine a legitimate spelling in France or is CĂ©line the truer form?
Sister for Felicity Loveday and Amelie Florence?
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Me too, and I frequently run into this here as a couple of very popular names on here (like, seemingly mentioned every third thread popular) are anglicizations. That said, Iâm not French but personally I think Celine is totally okay!!
My own personal experience with a similar thing shapes my opinion: My middle name is SĂ©amus and the inclusion of the fada (accent) is very important to me, but legally the name is Seamus because official documents can be weird. My two cents? In the US at least (not sure if thatâs where youâre from) sometimes removing an accent for legal paperwork can just save a lot of headache, as sadly a lot of systems arenât set up to accommodate accents/etc. as well as they could/should be.
Given that [name_f]CĂ©line[/name_f] will not be pronounced the [name_u]French[/name_u] way in an English-speaking country and that you are not [name_u]French[/name_u] (I think?), the spelling without the accent is actually the more proper one in this case.
I do think itâs fun to put names with accents in the middle spot, though.
I do have French Huguenot ancestry, but I realize thatâs probably not what weâre looking for here haha.
Even if itâs not pronounced the French way, shouldnât a name have its original spelling and just be pronounced differently in different countries? If I went with CĂ©line, I wouldnât enforce the French pronunciation, I would just make sure itâs spelled right and let English-speaking people pronounce it differently in their accent.
Like Selene. Selene would generally be pronounced like âSuh-leenâ in English-speaking countries, but in Greece and maybe many other countries, itâs more like âSeh-leen-ee.â Both are appropriate for different tongues, but the original spelling still remains.
I actually think itâs the opposite, that if a variation exists that works within the language rules of the country youâre using it in, that variation should be picked over one that would be âmispronouncedâ. As Celine is a legit variation and the Ă© does not exist in the English language, to me, itâs more respectful to choose Celine than to mispronounce CĂ©line.
Not quite, no, haha. But say you were French and lived in the US, the accents are important in French because they change the pronunciation of the letter E, so to me, in this case it would make sense to choose CĂ©line, because when sheâs in France, the accent would matter while it would be overlooked in the US because it doesnât exist in English.
Or if you, a German citizen, were to choose KĂ€the for your daughter who will be raised in the UK. Youâd want to keep the Ă€ because it significantly changes the spelling in Germany but it really doesnât matter at all in the UK.
However, if a random British person were to choose KĂ€the for their child and pronounced it âCathyâ, that would seem odd to me because thatâs really not the name and they donât need the Ă€ because their child doesnât have a German passport nor is spoked to in German.
Selene is different to me because it does not include any letters that donât work in the English language. For languages where this would be a problem, Iâm sure a variation exists.
I talked about this in more length here in case you want to see where I come from with this opinion: SĂ©raphine or Seraphine - #2 by OpheliaFlora
Great point! I may have to put Celine, or CĂ©line, on the backburner because Iâm a bit conflicted since I really can be somewhat of a purist with name spellings, but then I also agree with your above statement that I would still be butchering the pronunciation if I went with CĂ©line and therefore falling into the very trap I was trying to avoid.
I feel like I should explain my choice for [name_u]Echo[/name_u], I like it a lot in theory, but I associate it very strongly with the character on Mr. [name_m]Young[/name_m] (Canadian TV show)
Whoa I havenât heard of that show in forever, I completely forgot thereâs an Echo in it!
Maybe itâs just me 
I I didnât know that about the UK. I like that people just use nicknames instead of using a long name for their birth certificate. Itâs interesting how there really is a different naming culture in different countries. Iâm in Australia and I think itâs probably a mix of nicknames and longer names but probably more longer names. Thanks for all the info!
This used to be a favorite of my brotherâs, now Iâm trying to remember if the characters ever made âechoingâ jokes about Echoâs name!
Knowing that Vojta is pronounced voy-ta (and really just concerned about the first syllable):
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Does the name Vojta work in the context of a language where the J is always pronounced as âdzhâ ? The phonetic name âvoy-taâ works just fine but the spelling might cause confusion.
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I think it depends whether you are allowed to use accent marks on the birth certificate where you live. Iâm in the US, and two of my girls have names that should have an accent mark, but we are not able to use them for their birth certificates. Noemi should be NoemĂ and Belen should be BelĂ©n. You could always put Celine on the birth certificate, but teach her that there should be an accent on the first e.
Oh, are you putting the emphasis on the i? I always thought it goes on the second syllable as with Naomi - that makes the name sound so very different (but in a good way).
Depends who I am talking to. If itâs someone in my husbandâs family I pronounce the Spanish way, with the emphasis on the i. Itâs more like No-emi at home and at school. If we register her birth in Mexico, it will be spelled [name_f]NoemĂ[/name_f].
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