after a few trials i finally came up with a likeable Mr fox. Now he needs a name.
can you please help me find a name that you think would suit him (it can be in English, French, Finnish, Welsh.. etc, we are open to any ideas), if it has a meaning or a little story behind it, even better. and it doesn't have to start with an 'L'.
i will pick my favourite name next Monday and will send the winner mr fox pictured in the middle. the latter is not the final model, but he is still a nice little chap!
edit: thank you all for your great suggestions! i will choose a name later on tonight (Monday) so you've got until 8pm British time to leave a comment. and yes i will ship anywhere.
57 comments:
Lovely Fanja! Great photos too, especially the top one.
"Ivar" comes to my mind.
Superbe !
Oh "Ivar", c'est chouette. Ça me fait penser à David Ivar Herman Dune.
J'ai souvent été chargée de donner des noms aux poupées et peluches de mes soeurs mais là je bloque un peu. Philémon, Aristide, j'aurais dis Edmée mais c'est un nom de fille. Lionel ou Cyril peut-être?
Velie:)
Hello, such a lovely chap - he seems philosphical, so I think he may be called Ludwig. best wishes Cathy
qu'il est BEAU!
un petit nom....
Octo (fait en octobre?)
Henry,Jasper,Gus,Saul,Adrien,Joss,
Albert,Caspar,Hans,Piet,Simon...
(je l'imagine bien avec un prénom de peintre).
what a dapper creature, how about Luigi.
anyway monsieur fox is lovely.
He is so fancy!!
I like Quincy, Xavier, Sebastian, Gunther, Ludwig, Edgar...and Jacques.
he looks like a dexter to me. he is wonderful! :)
Je l'appelerai bien EDGAR, il est si chic avec son noeud papillon en soie rose!
What a handsome fox! When looking at his photo, I thought he seemed intelligent, sophisticated, and gentle. So the name that came to mind was Felix--Felix the fox!
I admire your lovely creations, and thanks for the opportunity to win! Though, I live in the US, so I'm not entirely sure if I qualify, since shipping would be so expensive!
oh how generous of you! he's so so adorable!!!
when i look at him a lot of names come to my mind. How about Finnegan, Lucas, Feivel, Klaus, Parsnip, Persimmion maybe?
I think I like Lucas the most :)
I'm sure you'll find a great name for him amongst all the entries :)
such a handsome fellow! i think he looks like an alexei (i've been reading anna karenina :)
To me, he is an Edward. He's looks very much like he's jumped from the pages of a beloved children's book in which he would play a distinguished character. Yes, Edward.
Having trouble including my email but it's me, Gwen from Canada. Still loving our Lumi doll...
Oh my goodness.....he is just so perfectly adorable and beautiful! I think a great name for him would be Alowishus! My dad used to tell me the best bedtime stories when I was little. All about a little girl who rescued animals with her best friends: sunshine, the horse and alowishus, the monkey. They lived in a tree house and I loved those stories So very much. Thanks for this fun opportunity, you are just so incredibly talented!
xo
Melis
He's so lovely.
In spanish...Señor Zorro.
I also like Jerome, Hidalgo, Gregory, Dexter, Finch and Lowell.
That was fun. Thanks! :)
Oh oh bonjour Mr Fox ! :)
Oscar ?
c'est toujours un beau moment que de découvrir une de tes nouvelles créatures.
pour un petit nom, j'ai tout de suite pensé à Leonard, mais c'est trop facile et puis ça commence par un L...
Renart bien sûr, ou Hermeline si c'est une dame!
Quelques nom + prénoms japonais qui ressortent de mes lectures du moment :
Sōseki (littéralement : « se rincer la bouche avec une pierre »), nom de plume de Natsume Sōseki, auteur de l'Ère Meiji.
(découvert dans un magnifique manga de Jirō Taniguchi -encore un chouette prénom- publié au Seuil : au temps de Botchan).
Et aussi Monzaemon Chikamatsu, connu comme le "Shakespeare japonais", auteur de théâtre de marionnettes du XVIIe siècle.
Bref, je vois en ce renard un esprit littéraire!
je vais peut-être dire une ânerie monumentale, ça veut peut-être dire des choses affreuses dans d'autres langues, tant pis j'assume. quand je l'ai vu, j'ai pensé : rooze.
c'est juste venu là, comme ça, du tac au tac... ;-)
ils sont magnifiques, love love love.........
amazing work of precision and perfect details. I am so truly impressed.
I found out about your artwork via decor8 blog. It was very inspiring as I have just started a sewing course and wasn't sure I wanted to create clothes.
Thanks for these delightful pictures.
I shall save money and get one of these cutties very soon.
I would call Monsieur Fox: Emir as it is the name of some kings and sounds very chic!
beautiful!!
I like Ignacio for him
or Emilio
J'adore Mr Fox!
Superbe encore une fois !!!
Mister Fox is marvellous, you are such a talent!!! I have two names that come to mind, Gerrad and Wallace. Hope your day is magic filled. ~Melanie
il est adorable! Je pense que tu as assez de suggestions pas mal pour le prenom sinon 'Foossa' pour une reference a la Grande ile...
"vincent"! or this version: "vinzent"...
i can´t decide but i think i like the "c"-version a little better!
the story behind it is just that i have the fairy tale foxes of my childhood in mind where foxes stand on their back feet and are witty and slightly respectful but still get along with the fact they are not allowed to eat the goose or something like that...
so i was surching for a name that fits to that image... and i always have this upright figure in mind... that is why i really like elisabeth´s "ivar" so much- it´s just the same feeling i have about the name.
so, it is a feeling thing i suppose.
have fun naming mr fox ... he´s gorgerous with any name that´s for sure!
xoxo
Je dirais "Lorenzo" car il a beaucoup de classe, un petit air distant mais terriblement distingué !
'Rubah' means 'Fox' in Indonesian language, but I think I prefer to tweak it into 'Ruba'.
Ruba The Fox! Rock On.
Thank you so much for this giveaway, Fanja:)
Roan
It's Gaelic and means
little red one
"Isidore"
un peu désuet mais raffiné!
un nom de renard quoi!
bye!bye!
Il est super ce renard! Je trouve que Ivar est très bien comme nom, je n'ai rien d'autre à proposer :)
Hi Fanja,
Wow you've done it again with this adorable Fox. I think he looks like a Lenny or Fenway. My vote is for Fenway, a historic Baseball field in Boston, MA! Good luck with all the choices! So many great ones to chose from, Kelly
Tu nous en met encore plein les mirettes, ils sont sublimes, je pense à Henry, Douglas, ou Marcus : )
I think to me he looks to be a
Honore', like the Maurice Chevalier character in Gigi.
Quite charming, but never quite remembering all the details correctly...
comme MAdo je le trouve très chic je lui verrai bien Alphonse comme nom ou James pourquoi pas
Wonderful!
I think he looks very smart, bit of an English dandy. Why not call him Oscar Dandy (as in Oscar Wilde)or Gilles?
Fanja the Fox of course.......beautiful Fanja!!!! :)
I also think Fontaine the Fox would be brilliant....:) He loves to write with ink marking pens and a very dandy chap that loves to be neat and tidy...
I'm in love with your new fox! He's really a fine creature with such a wonderful expression. The names that come to mind are 'Charlie' (he is dapper, like Charlie Chaplin, and ready for big adventures, like Charlie & the Chocolate Factory). The name 'Fips' also comes to mind. He was a beloved dachshund my mother had growing up on a little farm in Northern Germany. I've always liked that name.
Thank you for so generously offering one of those handsome lads up for a prize! I'm sure wherever he lands, he will be much loved & treasured.
Ferdinand.
Ferdinand is a dapper fox/man, svelte and wiry in build. He has a beautiful and elusive lilting accent to his speech and an old-fashioned way of dressing where his attire is immaculate, formal and beautifully tailored. He seems to be of another time, is certainly from another mysterious place, and being in his company produces a sense of well-being and of wonderment.
Ferdinand is a beautiful and magical creature.
The first thought that came into my head for a name is "Lyle". It does happen to start with a "L" but not intentionally. Mr. Fox is a great addition to your little family of characters.
I'm so sorry I missed the show in Paris as I was there during that time but did not know about it. :(
What an amazing fox, my favourite,wow!
I am thinking of the name Silas which means forest,woods
or Forrest, meaning woodsman
Have a beautiful Sunday!
Comme il est beau.
Zoupil serait doucement porté. un mélannge du zorro espagnol et du goupil français.
Voici ma petite proposition du dimanche.
Not sure if my comment made it through earlier. But my recommendation is for "Lyle" the Fox. Great little addition to the Le Train Fantome characters.
Again a stunning character... i love :)
Maybe he's a 'rusty' or a 'woody'.
x
Phinneaus Fox, for sure. He's mighty handsome. x
Finnbar Fox ... the master of ceremonies.
He's stunning...fit for a king, or for a little boy who thinks that one day, he'll be a prince.
You are so clever x
Just gorgeous! Your work is stunning.
Our four month old bub is named Fox so it's on to the next names in our list :)
How about Fairfax, a lovely old english name.
Roswell, old english for from the rose well, a lovely place for foxes to come from.
Selby, which means from the farmstead, where there tends to be many foxes.
Lastly..Remus, which is Latin for fast, lovely for speedy foxy.
Rascal he is , and you make very lovely foxes indeed, clever girl you are.
what a lovely fox..I would call him Boris.
His name is Ferdy. His slender frame belies a love of cooking. Ferdy wears a navy apron in the kitchen, and prefers to cook to the sounds of Burt Bacarach. Unusually vegetarian for a fox, his favourite food is celery.
il s'appelle RÉGLISSE, disent mes enfants ;-) gigi
"Edwards"..
adorable!! j'aime celui qui est avec en tweed, en plus ses yeux!!
Ooooohhh, I like so many names so far!
But my Mr.Fox is named Luciano. He wears a silk pink bow tie, waistcoat and soft patent leather shoes, when he goes out in the evening to dance. He charms many lovely ladies by telling them stories about his naughty and smart grandchildren.
Well, he sure charmed me too!
oh he is so cute...just call him
Mister Fox
but there is a cool dutch fox and his name is Lowieke, so that is a nice name also
trop trop mignon!
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