Baby Name Poll
Ansel vs. Mirabelle
My husband is French so we’re looking for names that sound good in both French and English, or are of French origins. As a pronunciation guide:
a as in lava
e rhymes with "say"
i as in mirror
j like zh
o as in low
u rhymes with "poo"
and in the Parisian accent the letter "h" is dropped.
So, Helen sounds like Ellen, and names like "Eleanor" don’t work so well, coming out like "Ay-lay-uh-nor" instead of like "El-en-or".
Our last name phonetically sounds like "say-bow".
Brainstorms welcome! Here are our current favorites for a boy and girl. Note that Ansel isn’t pronounced the same in both languages, but we like the sound in both, so it’s OK.
| Which baby name is best? |
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| Ansel |
| Mirabelle |
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