Carla Bruni

[thetxbelle]

Carla Bruni (wife of French President Sarkozy) gave birth today to a little girl who is supposedly named Dahlia. What do you think of the possible name?

[bueller]

Official word is in-- it's Giulia!! Goregous-- a beautifully feminine name that's a classic in Italian and exotically chic in French. Perfect!

[thetxbelle]

I agree, Giulia is beautiful....would love to know what the middle name is!

[enguerrand]

Giulia is Italian for Julia. Does Julia all of a sudden become uninteresting?

[gipro2003]

My name is Giulia, and although they may have the same pronunciation, they are definitely two distinct names. I love that my name is getting some attention!

[mischa]

Next to her first son's name, Aurelien, I find Giulia kind of bland. Maybe she's named after an Italian relative.

[bueller]

Well, but Aurélien isn't all that unique in France. I would say Giulia is more unusual by comparison.

[ribbons-and-soldiers]

Next to her first son's name, Aurelien, I find Giulia kind of bland. Maybe she's named after an Italian relative.

Carla Bruni is Italian, I think she moved to France when she was a teenager.

[ashthedreamer]

I love Giulia! What a lovely choice.

I was especially interested by the idea that she might have chosen Dahlia, though, because my best friend (who is from Paris) had loved Dahlia, but crossed it off her list because she didn't think it worked in France!