Baby Name Poll Results

It’s fine, just not my style. I think it is better than a lot of names I have heard recently. I think it would be fine paired with a simpler, classic, feminine middle name, such as Grace, Claire, Rose, Jade, etc...

Aubergine Claire would be nice. Good luck!

Genie would be a cute nickname!

What about Chartreuse?

No sarcasm. Thanks.

I personally don’t care for it. But it certainly isn’t offensive or anything. I just can’t get over that it means eggplant.

What about Cabbage or Romaine?

Hahaha. Those comments are so funny! See how I can be sarcastic too...

I wouldn’t use any name that you felt like you needed to include a pronunciation guide with. Especially if you didn’t quite get the pronunciation right. And especially if it aslo meant eggplant.

I am guessing that these people who are posting things like "Chartreuse", "Cabbage", and "Romaine" probably didn’t even know that Aubergine meant eggplant until you put it in your poll.

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I think that the pronunciation is pretty self-explanitory. But for individuals who would have questioned it, I put it in the poll.

The pronunciation is pretty easy, people! At least she doesn’t want to name her kid Gonnarreah or Syphillus (spelling is bad, I know)! Leave the woman alone! Poll Maker: I agree with the 1st 2 posters...while it isn’t my style, it’s cute with Claire, and Genie is a cute nn! Good luck!

Yes, but you didn’t get the pronunciation right. Your 2 years of high school French were not adequate. It’s generally better to stick to names in a language that you can speak correctly.

She won’t be able to spell it correctly until she’s like 12.

I’m guessing that Mom assumes her child will never actually travel internationally. You can get away with being named Aubergine if you live in Devil’s Armpit, Kentucky, but if you go anywhere where people actually speak French, you’ll be laughed at mercilessly for your stupid name. Especially by the French, who are very conservative about what people are named and about their language being butchered by non-speakers.

If your last name was Aubergine no one would bat an eye! Go woth you gut, you could call her Aubry, Genie, Bernie, or Zzeen. I don’t perfer the full name, but I love all of the nn., and I love french...go with it.

I have studied french for years, and the pronunciation oh-bear-zheen is correct, and that is how the poll maker probably is pronouncing it correctly. Also, it isn’t very hard to spell, so the kid won’t have a problem learning to spell it...I think names Aalilyah are hearder to spell...case in point, I don’t know if I even spelled it right. Mu point is, leave the woman alone...if you like her name choice, fine, make a comment. If you don’t, just be polite!

The french are nicer people than you think! They might laugh a little at people who "butcher" their language, but they aren’t as conservative as you think! I should know, because I am from France!

>>>oh-bear-zheen

That’s not what the poll creator wrote, though. So either she sucks at French or at English.

Yeah, well everyone thinks their own people are great. You can’t deny that in France, people do not name their people eccentric things like Moonglow, Unicorn, Popcorn, or Eggplant. From Wikipedia: Only in 1993 were French parents set free to name their child without constraint. However, if the birth registrar thinks that the chosen names (alone or in association with the last name) may be detrimental to the child’s interests, or to the right of other families to protect their own family name, the registrar may refer the matter to the local prosecutor, who may choose to refer the matter to the local court. The court may then refuse the chosen names. Such refusals are rare and mostly concern given names that may expose the child to mockery.

And since when is Wikipedia the most accurate site on the web? Also, if anything, the poll maker may have had trouble with phonetics, but it doesn’t mean she has trouble with the actual pronunciation!

Do you have different information about French naming practices? What it said in that entry matches what I have heard elsewhere -- that it was only recently that the French started legally being able to use names that weren’t on a sanctioned list. If you have evidence that French naming practices are different from what I wrote, please post them. I would especially love to hear whether there are any French children named Aubergine.

Either way, Aubergine -- pronounced properly or pronounced like a typical American who took a bit of French class -- is a stupid name.

Can’t we all just get along?

Who cares what the french baby naming guidelines are! We are not in France. If the woman wants to name her child Aubergine, so be it! This is her baby, not yours, and will never meet this woman and her child, therefore it doesn’t affect you! If you don’t like it, tell her so politely, if you do like it, then great! Just put your big girl panties on and get over it already!

What a tacky idea. May as well name her Kangaroo or Hubcap.

The point is, this woman can name her child Aubergine, Hubcap, Kangaroo, or even Diarreah if she wants to. Jeesh!

Yes, she can -- and we can comment on it. See how polls work? If she didn’t want any comments, she could have just named her kid that without asking for comments. If she wanted only positive comments, then she’s come to the wrong place.

I agree, but I think people can be a little nicer and still be honest. It is the tone of the comment, or the choice of words used that causes problems, not the honesty, IMO.

I don’t like it at all. I hope that is kind enough for the self-appointed politeness squad.

I thought it would make a cute name that’s why I googled it lol :)

I’m 58 now but when I was 30 I dated a woman and we decided that if we ever had a girl that we would name her Aubergine. Am curious if the pollster went with her first choice or not.

Aubergine is such a unique name. It doesnt matter what the name means (there are some names that when translated to a different language meant a different thing) I hope you have named her Aubergine.

http://www.babyzone.com/baby-names/color-baby-names_77688

We say aubergine in England as well. I think it is only America where Eggplant is used instead FYI!

I love the name Aubergine!!!! You could make the middle name Chartreuse, I think the long names would be awesome together. Who gives a [removed] if it means eggplant?

I know this is really old—�- but if you research it aubergine does not mean eggplant. It means purple. So some countries ended up calling it by the color.

I really like the name and color for Aubergine! It's really quite cute even if it does mean eggplant, most people won't know anyways. :)

I have a friend named aubergine who is 10 years old!

I love it, I love the color too. There are good Nick name choices as well. If Apple is a name than Aubergine certainly can be.