Comments on: Name of the Day: Etienne http://appellationmountain.net/2008/07/15/name-of-the-day-etienne/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tara http://appellationmountain.net/2008/07/15/name-of-the-day-etienne/#comment-23103 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:39:12 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=265#comment-23103 Glad to see this thread on the name Etienne! We are considering this name for our son and like others love the name but are unsure about the issues around pronunciation (BTW you can go to Dictionary.com to hear the pronunciation). Two different people immediately thought it sounded like “ATM,” although we imagine that ATMs will soon be obsolete. We are also considering Lionel (three syllable pronunciation w/Leo for short) and Avery. Our girls are Delphine and Beatrix, so we need a boy name that’s somewhat unusual and preferably french for family heritage.

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/07/15/name-of-the-day-etienne/#comment-15615 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:33:33 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=265#comment-15615 Well … a girl can be named Fred. It doesn’t change her gender, but it doesn’t change the majority opinion regarding Fred, either. I’m sorry you’ve struggled with your name.

]]> By: Etienne x http://appellationmountain.net/2008/07/15/name-of-the-day-etienne/#comment-15614 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:23:25 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=265#comment-15614 My name in fact is Etienne, and for your imformation, I am a girl!! so please do not mock me and say “thats a boys name!! hahaha” because it aint very nice. and yh i’m not very fond of my name but i learn to deal with it! now I am feelining quite sad that it may only be a boys name, and I think people will male fun of me, of even think something horrible of me as I grow older…. so let me tell you now, I am changing this name to be a girls name as well!! so deal!!!! :(

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/07/15/name-of-the-day-etienne/#comment-6860 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:44:58 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=265#comment-6860 Sara, that’s a good question. As far as I know, Stephanie is the female version of Stephen in French. Estienne was a medieval French version of Etienne – but I won’t guess how it was pronounced.

]]> By: Sara http://appellationmountain.net/2008/07/15/name-of-the-day-etienne/#comment-6843 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:36:49 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=265#comment-6843 Is there a female variant of this name?

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/07/15/name-of-the-day-etienne/#comment-6555 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:35:40 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=265#comment-6555 Merci, M. Lessard. ;)

]]> By: Trefflé Jacques Lessard http://appellationmountain.net/2008/07/15/name-of-the-day-etienne/#comment-6554 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:15:56 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=265#comment-6554 Bonjour,

The name Etienne in Canada dates back prior to 1650. The actual name is Etienne De Lessart.He was Mariner from Chambois, Normandie France who decided to explore the new world named New France now called Québec. About three generations later, the name De Lessart was changed to Lessard. If you visit the chapel at St. Ann De Beaupré, at the entrance you will see a bronze plaque with his name on it. He was the donor of the property where this chapel and the basilica are now standing.
I was told by a cousin priest in Canada who was quite interested in genealogy that the name Etienne can be translated to Stephen in English. However the name Stephen is also translated into French as Stéphen.

J’espère que cela va vous aider.

M. Trefflé J. Lessard

]]> By: Etienne http://appellationmountain.net/2008/07/15/name-of-the-day-etienne/#comment-4978 Wed, 13 May 2009 07:24:52 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=265#comment-4978 My nick name growing up was ete…. pronounced eh-teh.

]]> By: Deb http://appellationmountain.net/2008/07/15/name-of-the-day-etienne/#comment-2222 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:13:13 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=265#comment-2222 We have a darling little Etienne and I was very nervous about using it also! But we were daring and am now so glad we did. We’re Australian so it’s quite rare here….although it’s been well received! In the event he doesn’t like it growing up, his middle name is William..so he could go with that!

We call our little man Eti also. I was wondering how a french person would shorten the name though?

]]> By: Etienne86 http://appellationmountain.net/2008/07/15/name-of-the-day-etienne/#comment-1738 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:17:53 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=265#comment-1738 I have read all of the responses to the name Etienne. I originally googled my name to see any other history that comes with it, just being curious. I do love my name even though people do not know how to pronounce it. Through my life I have used my name as an obvious ice-breaker.

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