Baby Name: marguerite
French Baby Names – Heloise, Lancelot, Quitterie, Victor
While cleaning out my bookmarks the other day, I rediscovered this post on French names from francophile blog Polly-Vous Francais. It contrasts the names found in the birth and death announcements of a French newspaper. Here’s a sampling:
Male
Female
Births
Anselme
Edouard
Guillaume
Hipployte
Hugo
Lancelot
Louis
Timothée
Victor
Vladimir
Deaths
Albert
Emile
Gabriel
Jacques
Jean
Paul
Pierre
Roger
Vincent
Yves
Births
Anaïs
Béatrix
Héloïse
Hermine
Irène
Margaux
Mathilde
Noémie
Quitterie
Violaine
Deaths
Andrée
Denise
Gilberte
Gladys
Huguette
Jacqueline
Jeanne
Marguerite
Marie
Michèle
Which set do you like better — birth announcement names or death announcement names?
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names Also tagged albert, anaïs, andrée, anselme, beatrix, denise, Edouard, emile, gabriel, gilberte, gladys, guillaume, heloise, hermine, hugo, huguette, irene, jacqueline, jacques, jean, jeanne, Lancelot, louis, margaux, marie, mathilde, Michèle, noemie, paul, Pierre, quitterie, roger, timothee, victor, vincent, violaine, vladimir, yves
Names from France – Fiacre, Maxime, Roch, Séverin
France is full of saints. In churches, museums, secular buildings, public squares…saints can be seen nearly everywhere.
We visited about a dozen French churches, including:
Saint-Michel-Archange (in Menton) – declared a basilica by JPII in 1999,
Saint-Séverin (in Paris) – within spitting distance of Notre Dame, and
La Madeleine (in Paris) – quite Roman-looking, as you can see:
Inside [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Baby Names from Literature, Baby Names from Places, Baby Names from Religion, Boy Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names Also tagged aygulf, blandine, bruno, cecilia, denis, eleuterus, eustache, fiacre, francis, gallen, george, honorat, jerome, madeleine, maxime, michel, pothin, raphael, roch, romulus, rustique, sanremo, sebastian, severin, therese, tropez, vincent
Baby Name Buffet – Charlotte, Madeleine, Suzette, Victoria
Are you a foodie? If so, this list might help you choose a baby name and spark a few meal ideas at the same time.
Below are dishes featuring female names; tomorrow I’ll post a list of dishes featuring male names. (If you try any of the recipes, let me know how they taste!)
Name
Dish
Namesake (if known)
Adelina
Poularde [...]
Baby Name Needed – Girl Name for Genevieve’s Sister