Comments on: Très French Names You Won’t Hear at the American Playground

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 17:25:25 +0000

Well, in english too you’re using names that sounds ridiculous and absurd when translated… I would even say that in english there are far more names with a “direct” meaning than in french : Roy, Pearl, Summer, June, May, Ruby, Willow, Duke, Sky, Heaven, Joy,… When we hear them in english, they sound pretty cool, but when we translate them, it’s really funny. And it’s the same with every language I think.

By: juu

juu — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 18:18:06 +0000

As a french person living in France, i can confirm that the girl names listed in you article are correct, but the boy names are totally not fashionable since a lot.
Even my grandparents have more popular names…
Here you’ll most likely find :
Gabriel.
Louis.
Raphaël.
Léo.
Adam.
Jules.
Lucas.
Maël.

By: Ewan

Ewan — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 01:13:28 +0000

In reply to Laure. Aurélie is lovely but can be tough for some English-speakers. It starts to sound like "Orally." Cue playground taunts and jokes now...

By: Charli

Charli — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 10:30:00 +0000

In reply to Clarisse. Yes very cute in French, in English maybe not the best connotations!

By: Clarisse

Clarisse — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 13:43:40 +0000

Do you know the French female first name “Prune” ? In French it is cute and quite sophisticated, it means plum. Some girls are also named “Mirabelle”, which is a kind of plum too. But in English, well… I try to tell my French friends that it is like naming their girl “pruneau”… not very classy !!!!

By: Laure

Laure — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:15:45 +0000

Manon (Québécoise) is the name if the first woman to play in the NHL. I like Aurelie, a Latin-derived name meaning “golden.” It works well in English and in Romance languages in general.

My full first name ends in an “n.” I have to pretend it ends in an “enne” or I get a boy’s name…