Is Sophie a REAL enough name?

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Is Sophie a REAL enough name?
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Sat, 12-16-2006 - 3:06pm

I ask this knowing that yes, Sophie is a full-fledged French name (the counterpart to Sophia) and it is on my husband's long, very French family tree. But it seems so much like a nickname that I would hate my daughter to always secretly (or not so secretly) wish she had a more formal name. I do not want to use Sophia (as we have a very French last name and to me, that disconnect doesn't make sense) plus Sophia is so popular now. Sophie is close, I know, but it is the version I would choose, for many reasons.

My other choices are more "formal": Elisabeth, Madeleine, etc. But Sophie is winning in the poll and we do have a very nice French family mn to go with it...either Audet or Chabot, which I think would make it more formal, at least on documents/wedding invitations, etc. What do you guys think...do I need to get over my very WASPish need for a formal-sounding name and go with pretty little Sophie or let it go?

Preference???
Sophie Audet (pron Oh-day)
Sophie Chabot (pron Sha-boh)

My dh really likes Sophie, at least for the moment. I think he likes girl names that end in that "ee" sound and generally, I don't. I'm a consonant-ending-sound girl, usually. My name is Jane and my dh is named Peter. For those of you that don't know, my dd is named Charlotte Gray. HELP!

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Registered: 10-13-2006
Tue, 12-19-2006 - 12:26am

I love Sophie! But my very stubborn Fiance hates it! So I named my dog that. I hope that doesn't discourage you using it because I love Sophie Audet.

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Tue, 12-19-2006 - 7:38pm
hello!! well, personally i like sophie. its on my list of favorites. (wont be able to use it though, as we have a sophia in my hubbys family and hes picky about that). i think sopihe chabot sounds very pretty. and i dont view it as a nn at all-its a very classic, pretty "real" name...jmo.
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