Camille with a French last name - too much?

[Anonymous]

Nickname: Camie.

I worry that with our constantly mispronounced last name, it’s too much. DH is French but I’m not.

[Anonymous]

No, I think that will be lovely.

[Anonymous]

Oh I think it’s lovely.

[Anonymous]

Every Camille I know IRL is French, so they all have French last names.

I know your going to try for Camie, but my guess is she’ll be Cam.

[Anonymous]

I think it works IF your husband is really French, and not like, 1/4 French or something.

So a kid that's a solid 50% French, cool. A kid that's like 10% French? That's kinda weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every Camille I know IRL is French, so they all have French last names.

I know your going to try for Camie, but my guess is she’ll be Cam.

OP here Ndola Cam would be fine. I was just worried about sounding affected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it works IF your husband is really French, and not like, 1/4 French or something.

So a kid that's a solid 50% French, cool. A kid that's like 10% French? That's kinda weird.

Even then it's fine. Really.

[Anonymous]

I'm French.
Camille is a lovely, classic name. Not affected at all.
What on earth is the problem here?

[Anonymous]

I love it. I have known plenty of people with French first & last names & they love their names too.

[Anonymous]

I like it. Personally, I love when the first and last name are from the same language. My sibling has a very German last name and gave the kid an Irish-ish first name, I still find it so jarring to the ear. (Although I think Soledad O'Brien pulls it off beautifully!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it works IF your husband is really French, and not like, 1/4 French or something.

So a kid that's a solid 50% French, cool. A kid that's like 10% French? That's kinda weird.

OP here. He’s truly French - born in France, has an accent, speaks in French. His family lives in France. But I am solidly American going back eight generations and from Kansas!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every Camille I know IRL is French, so they all have French last names.

I know your going to try for Camie, but my guess is she’ll be Cam.

OP here Ndola Cam would be fine. I was just worried about sounding affected.

What? I don’t even understand what the issue is.

Personally I love Delphine as well. But alas I am a brown woman married to a non-French guy so my non-existent girl will never be named Delphine.

[Anonymous]

It's lovely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it works IF your husband is really French, and not like, 1/4 French or something.

So a kid that's a solid 50% French, cool. A kid that's like 10% French? That's kinda weird.

What? Most of Americans have English first names (John, Robert) and last names of Irish, German, Dutch, Polish, Italian, ETC ETC last names. So you have to pick a first name that matches your majority ethnicity? This makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

Camille is so pretty. I would definitely use it since she will be part French, but I'd probably use it anyway unless it sounded awful with the last name.