Don't forget that you can use 'double barrelled' (hyphenated) names too... such as: Jean-Pierre, Paul-Henri, Anne-Laure, or Marie-Élise. Less commonly, they are composed of one boy name and one girl name, with the "correct" gender name first, as in Jean-Marie for a boy or Marie-Jacques for a girl. Note that hyphenated names are considered a single unit. Together, they are the person's first name, not a first and a middle. In other words, if you are introduced to "Pierre-Louis Lefèvre," be sure to call him Pierre-Louis, not Pierre. For lots more info on this subject check out Laura Lawless's site at: http://french.about.com/library/travel/bl-fr-names.htm |
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