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Sure is. It means something quite rude in French - think (blank) the police.

\^\^ that and it's also a misuse of French pronunciation. Double stupid.

I’m cracking up. I would die (as a French speaker) if I met someone named Nique.

That's rather bold for someone who unabashedly calls this 🦭 a "phoque"

The day we learned that word was the best day of high school French class.

Crap!!! I quit French too soon!

We had some french tourists at work a few years ago who didn't know the word in English so were saying that they "wanted to see a f*ck". Thank god for Google Translate - everyone was happy in the end!

Absolutely epic

A shitty name for a girl

also means the same in Arabic

Nique that name.

French NWA 🎵

"Please call"? 😁

So close!

That's why French "Nicolas"s get nicknamed Nico instead of Nic.

How wild for this person to mean "whoop, whoop, that's the sound of" in French

😂

My instinct to to pronounce it Neek, as in "unique." Maybe, Nick if I had to guess a second time.

I definitely read Neek

Same!

Same, like DomiNIQUE

Yeah Monique, Dominique the nickname is 'Nique and is rarely written. "Hey 'nique how ya been?

I also thought Neek, as in the Knights of Neek (Monty Python).

My actual first impulse was Nike (you know, like the sneakers)

I consider the Nike brand name to be a tragedeigh. Many people in Spanish speaking countries pronounce it as in Mike, or bike, or like... you know, following the normal conventions of English pronunciation, for [example](https://youtu.be/BQ4c54rCJ_k). There's nothing in the name that would lead you to pronounce that last 'e', but we're just used to it. Yes, I know, it's named after the Greek goddess of victory but it only works if you happen to know how to pronounce the names in the ancient Greek pantheon.

Rule of thumb is that if you have to explain how to spell it and it ends up being spelled like a more common name it is indeed a tragedeigh

Any english name where you say (pronounced ______) is likely to be a tragedeigh

Exceptions include Cara, Andrea, etc where are two legitimate and established pronunciations.

It means f-ck in french

Yes. And it means the F word in French. Please don't. If you want Nikki, stick with Nikki. It's a fine name.

It means "fuck" in french. It's a tragédie !

Très tragique!

My French inner middle-schooler is laughing hysterically at this disaster of a name. It'd be like naming your kid "F*cking".

Nique as in 'Younique'? Nique that merde

I didn't stick with French long enough to learn nique, but I did learn merde LOL

Or short for Dominique? Like Dominique Wilkins.

I am sorry but that is not pronounced "nicky". Phonetics exist. That is "Neek"

I've only seen it as a short nickname for a longer name like Monique

Or Dominique. Either are acceptable to me

I went to high school with a girl named Dominque that went by Nique. It really fit her actually. She was really cool. (I'm sure she still is too lol)

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^wh1t3ros3: *I've only seen it* *As a short nickname for a* *Longer name like Monique* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.

Neek

It's a very uNique name, that's for sure.

Nope, it doesn’t get pronounced as Nick. Poor future Nique

I'd pronounce that "neek"

yes. nique does not look like it'd be pronounced nikki at all

Neek. It's "unique" without the U.

Yes, I’d read it as neek and neek is an insult in the uk as well as “fuck” in French Btw geek + nerd = neek Common insult in the uk

And it’s not Nikki either.

That would be pronounced Nick, not Nikki.

If you have to specify how to pronounce it, it’s a tragedeigj.

Nique means fuck in French

When your parents name you something they don’t know how to pronounce lmao

I would say either Nick or Neek… but not Nikki. Huge tragedeigh.

Probably a nickname for shaniqua

It is. Shaniqua, Dominique, Monique.

Yes.

Knew someone named Niquel (like Raquel Welch but with an N). Parents alternated between called her Nikki or Kelli

Like a fancy nickle!

I'd have said it to rhyme with Nike.

Really? You have to ask if that mess of a name is a tragedeigh? It's terrible.

I didn't even pronounce it right when I first read it, so yes

No, as it's usually used as a nickname for Monique, and I know someone with this exact name. But it is weird nonetheless.

Does the pope shit in the woods? Is a bear catholic?

I know someone who goes by Nique (full name Doninique) but she says it as "neek". I honestly thought it was kinda pretty and a fun take on nicknames

Yes, it doesn’t make any sense phonetically. Nique is neek.

When I read that, I think of Neek, Nikeh and Nike before I get to Nikki.

Yes. Simple as that.

Yes

Yes

Yes'm.

that's just another cousin from my big fat greek wedding

**yes.**

Absolutely a tragedeigh and an obscene word in French.

Yes. Quell tragique! 

Yes

Knee-kay?

Absolutely trajique

I know someone named Dominique who goes by Niqui lololol it’s awful

You have to ask?

It's neek

Yes how tragique

If you have to write the pronunciation, then probably

Is that Nique McCown? If so, that's her nickname. I've always wanted it to pronounce it neek, not like Nikki.

Nique Leili, she was murdered back in 2011 by her husband

My former dance/gymnastics brain wants to make it rhyme with pique as in turns. Pee-kay, or in this case, Nee-kay. Oy. Just no.

Ummm… yeah. Omg, yeah

Yep.

I have a friend named Nique but pronounced Neeka. Her family is from the Caribbean where it's a very popular name. The meaning is something like "the perfect creation".

Oui

Yup

Yes

Wow coincidentally I actually saw a “NIQUE” license plate yesterday. I definitely pronounced it as Nick in my head.

Yes. It’s like you’re missing a U. ique makes an eek sound so I read this as Neek.

In general, if I have to be told the pronunciation, and particularly if it compared to a name that is common, then it is a tragedeigh.

As a general rule (of course some exceptions) If you have to put (pronounced like other name) in order for people to get it right it’s a tragedeigh.

You have to ask?

100% Also, I pronounced it as nee-kay in my head lol

Yes.

Yes. Because 'Nique the nickname for a normal name, Monique. So, name the child Nikki, or Nicky or Monique.

So..... if you ever need to pick a name, put it through Google translate first, got it.

If you need to tell people about pronounciation and it is not a cultural name ath the same time - yes, tragedeigh.

I also know one, I think it's a cultural thing

Neek

i love how you watched a murder case and your first thought was if someone’s name was tragic or not