[name_f]Adele[/name_f] - I like it quite a lot, and even more when I think of it in [name_m]French[/name_m]! In an English atmosphere, I think of [name_f]Adele[/name_f] the singer (who’s lovely, but not really what I would have envisioned an [name_f]Adele[/name_f] to be?), but with [name_f]Adele[/name_f] in [name_m]French[/name_m], I think of [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Eyre[/name_f]'s adorable little pupil, [name_f]Adele[/name_f] Varens! I imagine a dark-haired, sweet, inquisitive, friendly, almost precocious little girl.
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f] - I want to like it, but I don’t, really. I like it more of a MN than anything, but I like [name_f]Celia[/name_f] more than that, and [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] way more than just [name_f]Celia[/name_f]. I think I like even [name_f]Ciel[/name_f] more than [name_f]Celeste[/name_f], and I’m not a huge fan of [name_m]French[/name_m] words given as names to children ([name_f]Soleil[/name_f], [name_f]Jolie[/name_f], Miette, etc.).
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u] - If I saw just [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], I would assume boy, but I like [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] as a nn. [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]'s really the only option I love, but if you don’t like that, [name_f]Charlene[/name_f] or [name_f]Charlize[/name_f] are options, I suppose?
[name_f]Elinor[/name_f] - like it a lot! I love that it reminds me of [name_f]Elinor[/name_f] Dashwood (whom I adore!), and [name_f]Elinor[/name_f] seems so much spunkier than the delicate, feminine [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]. I adore both spellings, but for very different reasons.
Esmée - le swoon! I like the name a lot (although, for some reason, I can’t actually imagine it on an actual child, but I do think it’s gorgeous, and I’d [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] to meet an Esmée!), but I’m mostly excited to see the traditional feminine [name_m]French[/name_m] form! With accent and extra “E” and all. I mostly see either just [name_f]Esme[/name_f] or Esmé, but never Esmée, and it makes me so sad. Most people use [name_u]Ren[/name_u]ée, not [name_u]Ren[/name_u]é, so why do they use [name_f]Esme[/name_f]/Esmé over Esmée? I don’t really get it, but I think Esmée is gorgeous, and I would love to meet a little one with the name!
[name_f]Liv[/name_f] - adore this, too! I always go back to [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] because of my love for [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m] (Twelfth [name_m]Night[/name_m] is my favorite of his plays!), but if I didn’t use [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], simple [name_f]Liv[/name_f] would definitely be on my list for alternative options (along with [name_f]Olive[/name_f] and the Hebrew [name_f]Livana[/name_f]). I think the simple [name_f]Liv[/name_f] is so much fun to pair up, and just so spunky and sassy and feminine. I’d love to meet a [name_f]Liv[/name_f]!
Ysée - this really intrigues me! [name_m]Said[/name_m] ee-[name_m]SAY[/name_m]? Sort of like Élisée? Or le Champs Élysées? I’m curious where it comes from. It sort of seems like a diminutive of Ysaline or [name_f]Ysabel[/name_f]/[name_f]Ysabelle[/name_f], but you probably know more about [name_m]French[/name_m] names than I do. I think it’s really intriguing, but I’m not sure how well the English-speaking world would take it. I love it a lot, actually.
Speaking of [name_m]French[/name_m] names, and [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], have you considered Olivie? I think it’s gorgeous, and sort of blends [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] and [name_f]Liv[/name_f]. [name_m]Just[/name_m] [name_f]Liv[/name_f] is great, but you seem to love [name_m]French[/name_m] names, and I think Olivie is pretty much perfection.
I like [name_u]Alix[/name_u] okay (more than [name_u]Alex[/name_u]!), but I prefer [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]/[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]/[name_f]Alessandra[/name_f] (or even the Russian [name_f]Olesya[/name_f]!) to it, and [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]'s not really my thing. It always seemed rather petulant to me, unfortunately, and spoiled. [name_m]How[/name_m] strange it seems that most people either love [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] or [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f], but rarely both!