"Melisande
" short story by E. Nesbit
"Melisande
" painting of a woman in red by Marianne Stokes
"Véronique
" operetta by André Messager
"The Double Life of Véronique
" 1991 film
"Véronique
" song by Pink Martini
Pronounced EE
kehr, not EE,keer or I,kehr.
Yanis Pappas
character on British soap "EastEnders"
Catalan pronunciation: "Uh
riol" with a very soft 'r' and a very strong 'l'.
Side note: it's not really used in Spain as a whole
just in Catalunya (where it's an extremely common name)