Showing posts with label Cajun names. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cajun names. Show all posts

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Cajun names for boys


Common Cajun names for boys:
ʒ will be used to represent the French j sound.
Auguste (ō guhst)
Augustin (ō guhst a[n])
Octave (ōk tahv)
Joseph (ʒō zef)
Camille (kah mil)
Rémy (Ray mee)
René (ruh nay)
Basile (Ba[a as in apple] zeel)
Ignace (ee-nyas)
Jean (ʒa[n])
Jacques (ʒahk)
Pierre (pee air)
Jean-Pierre
Louis (loo ee)
Jean-Louis
Jean-Baptiste (ʒa[n] bah tees) *probably the most common name
Gaspard (gahs pah)
Solastie (???) *Often shortened to "Lastie / Lasty"
Sébastien (say bass tye[n])
Phillippe (fee leep)
Phileos (fee lee ōs)
Ambroise (am brahz)
Honoré (ō nō ray)
Virgil (probably pronounced the same way as in English, but with a Cajun accent)
Alphonse (al fo[n]s)
Adolphe (a[as in apple] dolf)
Alexandre (ah lex an druh)
Lucien (loosye[n])
Armand (ar mo[n])
Eustache (oostash)
Olivier (ō liv ee ay)
Martin (mar ta[n])
Placide (plah sid) 
Francois (Fro[n] swah)
Felix (fee leeks) 
Hippolyte (ee pō leet)
Eloi (Aylwah)
Clovis (klō veece)
Charles (Sharl)
Oscar (Aw skehr)
Théodule (tee ō dyool)
Léon (lay o[n])
Théophile (tee ō fil)