Cassis Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 [quote user="St_Jacques"]Hi - thanks for all your replies and we are still it seems none the wiser!!!!We named him Eloi after devotion to the French Saint of that name. I am a Catholic Deacon.Yes, ok I accept the point why use a name you are not sure how to pronounce but we have always presumed it was pronouced al-waar, until a relative of ours telephoned after speaking with a French friend and said they said it was pronounced -ill-waa.We are british but intend to move to France in the near future so he will be bought up there.Dale[/quote]Bet you wished you'd never started this, with most of the posters (just about) stopping short of calling you something unrepeatable for not knowing ............Why not settle on your version of the pronounciation - that's all that matters. His peers will change it at some later stage to how they think it should sound. I live here now and am known as 'Ee aan' - don't answer to the British pronounciation anymore!Oh, and congrats !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Quite - now we know you are a man of the cloth, for some reason unusual names and foreign pronunciations don't have quite the same negative connotations.Names can be a minefield anyway. Just think what the thousands of people called Peter have to put up with in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 [quote user="RumziGal"]There is indeed a Saint Eloi. There is also a Montpellier hospital called St Eloi. And a make of tinned peas.In French, it is pronounced aylwa.[/quote]Rumzigal, going to that very Hospital this Thursday and have just re-listened to the message from the secretary there on my answerphone...........'tis indeed aylwa ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 If any more information on this name is wanted:http://www.bebe-prenoms.com/pages/prenom-eloi-5267.htmlIt can also be used as a girl's name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Many congratulations on the birth of your son, but having spent 28 years spelling my maiden name I suggest you think long and hard about this choice.If you are not sure about it, neither will other people he comes across be.........a life time of correcting people or spelling it........[:(]If you really love the the name couldn't it be used in the middle ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Russethouse we have very little time to chose a name for our babes. The birth has to be registered within 3 days. So it could well be too late now if the child was born in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 [quote user="Cassis"]If any more information on this name is wanted:http://www.bebe-prenoms.com/pages/prenom-eloi-5267.htmlIt can also be used as a girl's name.[/quote]Now the child might become confused about its gender as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdebretagne Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 [quote user="Teamedup"]Russethouse we have very little time to chose a name for our babes. The birth has to be registered within 3 days. So it could well be too late now if the child was born in France.[/quote]Teamedup, he has already stated he's in the UK, not France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Well he has time then doesn't he, if he wants to change.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 [quote user="Will "]...do bear in mind that it is common for Upper case letters in French to be written without accents. ...[/quote] I was taught this rule, but also that the exception to it is the É (cap E acute). Hopefully a French forumeer will pop up to pronounce on it.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 It would be pronouced El-waa in French.A little contine (children song) that Mistral was referring to ealier and that your son might hear in France: Le bon roi Dagobert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 [quote user="Loiseau"][quote user="Will "]...do bear in mind that it is common for Upper case letters in French to be written without accents. ...[/quote]I was taught this rule, but also that the exception to it is the É (cap E acute). [/quote]Some people put accents on all capital letters, some don't. I've never seen, heard or been taught of of any exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Just found what the Academie Française has to say on the matter !So we'd better all start polishing up those As with circumflexes!! [:-))]Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 And please don't start calling baby girls EloiInformations sur le prénom : Eloi Type : Prénom Masculin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Not exactly popular, but also a girl's name.http://www.bebe-prenoms.com/pages/prenom-eloi-5268.htmlType : Prénom Féminin Jour de la fête : le 01 décembre Catégorie : Très Rare, Court Tendance sur 10 ans : Stable Note moyenne des internautes : 1.83 / 5 (62 votes) Top des internautes Depuis 1900, 53 enfants ont été prénommés Eloi dont 10 depuis 1950. Le maximum a été atteint en 1944 avec 5 naissancesGood grief, the absolute rubbish we discuss on here sometimes! [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 According to Cassis' site quoted above, William can also be a girl's name. That explains a lot [:D]Though it's even less popular than Eloi http://www.bebe-prenoms.com/pages/prenom-william-19768.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St_Jacques Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 Wow - will be printing all this out to put in Éloi's or Eloi's (!) baby box - do you all fancy coming to the baptism? Least when I baptise him I will be able to explain why we chose his name (I'm not even going to dare to tell you his other names!!)Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I was wondering what the equivalent name was in English, and just tried the wonderful index of Saints [EDIT Just remembered to contract that link!] In England, it seems, he will be able to call himself Eligius (no idea how you pronounce that one!).Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 [quote user="St_Jacques"]Wow - will be printing all this out to put in Éloi's or Eloi's (!) baby box - do you all fancy coming to the baptism? Least when I baptise him I will be able to explain why we chose his name (I'm not even going to dare to tell you his other names!!)Dale [/quote]Can we know why you chose this name ? Just out of interest did you have a girls name ready too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanb Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 If you didn't know how to pronounce it, how did you discuss it before making the decision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanche Neige Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 "According to Cassis' site quoted above, William can also be a girl's name. That explains a lot" Will, it certainly does! We received a New Year card this week from our Fr. neighbours and they have written my name as Gilles![8-)][8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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