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[Opinions] Ghislaine
What do people think of Ghislaine? I quite like it aesthetically, but am not sure how to pronounce it. Help?Ghislaine Rose is probably my favorite combo, I like the pretty simplicity of Rose with Ghislaine. I'm also considering:Ghislaine Sophie
Ghislaine Maria
Ghislaine Marie
Ghislaine Isolde
Ghislaine Alice
Ghislaine Iris
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I have a cousin called Ghislaine who pronounces it geel-EN. I like it too, and I also like it with Rose and Alice, especially with French pronunciations.
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I like it. I pronounce it "gee-LEN" (hard 'g').
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I like the sound of it-- sort of like /geez LEHN/ (hard g) in French. I don't really like the look of it, though-- it's kind of ghastly with the gh. Not one of my favorite letter combinations, but Gislaine looks funny.
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I agree, Gislaine does look much more appealing. But then it would also be pronounced differently. But I would like that pronunciation too. :)

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Well, the correct way to pronounce it in French should be "gee-layne" but as many people mispronounce it, both ways are being used. I used to consider it ugly but it started to grow on me, it's rather unusal on younger people and it has character!Ghislaine ("gee-layne") Iris is fantastic.
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I discovered it quite a while ago and had a brief fling with it. It's not so exciting to me anymore, but I still think it's pretty and has a regality and magic to it. I also like the masculine version, Ghislain. It's very knightly. I pronounce it giz-LAYN/LEN, which hopefully is right because I like it that way. :)Ghislaine Rose is kind of nice, even though I'm very hesitant to ever like Rose in the mn spot. I also really like Ghislaine Maria.

This message was edited 6/5/2011, 6:15 AM

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I pronounce it gee-LEN. I think it's a beautiful name. Out of your combos, I think that Ghislaine Rose has the best flow. I like both Sophie and Ghislaine, but I prefer the flow of Ghislaine Sophia.
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Slightly prefer Ghyslaine, but love the name either way. I say "zsees-layhn" which I know isn't 100% correct (should be "len") but my American eyes want to say layn, so my mouth kind of compromises and softens the ayn sound. I love Ghislaine Rose, Ghislaine Maria/Marie is nice too but I find the commoness/stereotypical-French-ness of Marie kind of dulls Ghislaine.
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Yes, your pronounciation gets it about right.(I'm in a French-speaking community,and it's a name used now and then.)I actually know a woman named Ghislaine, however,she married an English-speaker who couldn't cope with the name, so she now goes by Jessie. (sad, is what I think!)
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What about Ghislain?I heard the name Ghislain pronounced like guy-lain (French pronunciation of guy- and -lain). It was an African man from a French-speaking country who had this name (don't remember from which country). Is that how you would pronounce Ghislain too? I guess the guy-part makes since, there is an H after the G, so it could (should?) be pronounced like a hard G but what happened to the S?
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My French is really limitted to the bit my Gram has taught me about, and what I have gathered from ballet training. I am going to try and answer anyway... the "H" in French is silent, which is why I was completely disregarding it and starting Ghislaine with the "zs" sound since that is how it works when the "G" comes before an "I". I know that "is" can be pronounced "ee" at the end of words (fleur de LIS), but I don't know/think it works the same in the middle. At least I haven't seen it, but like I said my French is there but a limited. Anyway, if he is saying it as in fleur de lis the "s" has gone silent and basically been dropped.
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I went to school with a very outgoing, nice, popular girl named Ghislaine (I think she was middle eastern).
She pronounced it Jiz-Len, the stress on the second syllable. Many people called her Ghis (Jiz) for short. Not the prettiest nickname;)
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There's a girl at work called this, she pronounces it "GILL-een" (with a hard g)
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Oh, I love Ghislaine! I tend to say "gee-LEN" in my head, but I'm not sure if that's the most accurate pronunciation.Ghislaine Iris is stunning.
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