French Names

The names listed here are used in France and other French-speaking regions. See also about French names.

ABEL   m   English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name הֶבֶל (Hevel) or הָבֶל (Havel) which meant "breath"... [more]

ABSOLON   m   French
French form of ABSALOM

ACHILLE   m   French, Italian
French and Italian form of ACHILLES

ADAM   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

ADÉLAÏDE   f   French
French form of ADELAIDE

ADÈLE   f   French
French form of ADELA

ADELINE   f   French, English
Diminutive of ADÈLE

ADOLPHE   m   French
French form of ADOLF

ADRIEN   m   French
French form of ADRIAN

ADRIENNE   f   French
French feminine form of ADRIAN

AGATHE   f   French, German, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Ancient Greek
Cognate of AGATHA

AGLAÉ   f   French
French form of AGLAIA

AGNÈS   f   French, Catalan
French and Catalan form of AGNES

AIMÉ   m   French
From Old French Amé, the masculine form of Amée (see AMY).

AIMÉE   f   French
French form of AMY

ALAIN   m   French
French form of ALAN

ALAN   m   English, Scottish, Breton, French
The meaning of this name is not known for certain... [more]

ALBAN   m   German, French, Albanian, English (Rare)
From the Roman cognomen Albanus which meant "from Alba"... [more]

ALBERT   m   English, French, German, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalbert, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ALBERTINE   f   French
French feminine form of ALBERT

ALDÉRIC   m   French
Variant of ALDRIC

ALDRIC   m   French, Ancient Germanic
From a Germanic name, derived from the elements ald "old" and ric "ruler, power"... [more]

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, French, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALEXANDRE   m   French, Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Cognate of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALEXANDRIE   f   French (Rare)
French variant of ALEXANDRA

ALEXANDRINE   f   French, German
French and German elaborated form of ALEXANDRA... [more]

ALEXIS   m & f   German, French, English, Greek, Ancient Greek
From the Greek name Αλεξις (Alexis), which meant "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, to help"... [more]

ALFRED   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Dutch
Derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel"... [more]

ALICE   f   English, French, Portuguese, Italian
From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis (see ADELAIDE)... [more]

ALINE   f   French, English
Medieval short form of ADELINE... [more]

ALISON   f   English, French
Norman French diminutive of Aalis (see ALICE)... [more]

ALIX   f   French
Medieval French variant of ALICE

ALPHONSE   m   French
French form of ALFONSO

ALPHONSINE   f   French
French feminine diminutive of ALFONSO

AMABLE   m   French (Archaic)
French form of AMABILIS

AMANDINE   f   French
French diminutive of AMANDA

AMARANTE   f   French (Rare)
French form of AMARANTHA

AMAURY   m   French
French form of AMALRIC

AMBRE   f   French
French cognate of AMBER

AMBROISE   m   French
French form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).

AMÉDÉE   m   French
French form of AMADEUS

AMÉLIE   f   French
French form of AMELIA

ANAÏS   f   Provençal, Catalan, French
Provençal and Catalan form of ANNA

ANASTASIE   f   French
French form of ANASTASIA

ANATOLE   m   French
French form of ANATOLIUS

ANDRÉ   m   French, Portuguese
French and Portuguese form of Andreas (see ANDREW).

ANDRÉE   f   French
French feminine form of ANDREW

ANGÈLE   f   French
French feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGELINE   f   French
French diminutive of ANGELA

ANGELIQUE   f   French, Dutch
French form of ANGELICA

ANNABELLE   f   English, French
Variant of ANNABEL... [more]

ANNE (1)   f   French, English, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
French form of ANNA... [more]

ANNETTE   f   French, English
French diminutive of ANNE (1)... [more]

ANOUK   f   Dutch, French
Dutch and French diminutive of ANNA

ANSELME   m   French
French form of ANSELM

ANTOINE   m   French
French form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTOINETTE   f   French
Feminine diminutive of ANTOINE... [more]

ANTONIN   m   French
French form of Antoninus (see ANTONINO)... [more]

APOLLINAIRE   m   French (Rare)
French form of APOLLINARIS... [more]

APOLLINE   f   French
French form of APOLLONIA

ARIANE   f   French, German
French form of ARIADNE

ARIANNE   f   French
Variant of ARIANE

ARIEL   m & f   Biblical, Hebrew, English, French, Biblical Greek
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew... [more]

ARIELLE   f   French
French feminine form of ARIEL

ARISTIDE   m   French, Italian
French and Italian form of ARISTIDES

ARLETTE   f   French
Norman diminutive of names beginning with the Germanic element arn "eagle"... [more]

ARMAND   m   French
French form of HERMAN

ARMEL   m   French
From Arthmael, which was possibly composed of the Celtic elements art "stone" and mael "prince"... [more]

ARMELLE   f   French
Feminine form of ARMEL

ARNAUD   m   French
French form of ARNOLD

ARNAUDE   f   French (Rare)
French feminine form of ARNOLD

ARSÈNE   m   French
French form of ARSENIOS

ARTHUR   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Welsh Mythology
The meaning of this name is unknown... [more]

ASTRID   f   Scandinavian, German, French
Modern form of ÁSTRÍÐR... [more]

ATHÉNAÏS   f   French
French form of ATHENAIS

AUBERT   m   French
French variant of ALBERT

AUBIN   m   French
French form of ALBINUS

AUDE   f   French
French feminine form of ALDO

AUGUSTE   m   French
French form of AUGUSTUS

AUGUSTIN   m   French, Czech, Romanian, Croatian
French, Czech, Romanian and Croatian form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).

AUGUSTINE (2)   f   French, German
French feminine form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).

AURÈLE   m   French
French form of AURELIUS

AURÉLIE   f   French
French feminine form of AURELIUS

AURÉLIEN   m   French
French form of AURELIANUS

AURORE   f   French
French form of AURORA

AVRIL   f   French (Rare), English (Rare)
French form of APRIL

AXELLE   f   French
Feminine form of AXEL

BABETTE   f   French
French diminutive of ELIZABETH

BAPTISTE   m   French
Means "baptist" in French, originally deriving from Greek βαπτω (bapto) "to dip"... [more]

BARBARA   f   English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Late Roman
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign"... [more]

BARNABÉ   m   French
French form of BARNABAS

BARTHÉLÉMY   m   French
French form of BARTHOLOMEW

BASILE   m   French
French form of BASIL (1)

BASTIEN   m   French
Short form of SÉBASTIEN

BAUDOUIN   m   French
French form of BALDWIN

BÉATRICE   f   French
French form of BEATRIX

BÉNÉDICTE   f   French
French feminine form of BENEDICT

BENJAMIN   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand"... [more]

BENJAMINE   f   French
French feminine form of BENJAMIN

BENOIT   m   French
French form of BENEDICT

BENOITE   f   French
French feminine form of BENEDICT

BÉRENGÈRE   f   French
French form of BERENGARIA

BERNADETTE   f   French, English
French feminine form of BERNARD... [more]

BERNARD   m   English, French, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element bern "bear" combined with hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

BERNARDINE   f   French
French feminine form of BERNARD

BERTHE   f   French
French form of BERTHA

BERTILLE   f   French
French diminutive of BERTHA

BERTRAND   m   French, English, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements beraht meaning "bright" and rand meaning "rim (of a shield)"... [more]

BLAISE   m   French
From the Roman name Blasius which meant "lisping" from Latin blaesus... [more]

BLANCHE   f   French, English
From a medieval French nickname meaning "white, fair"... [more]

BLANDINE   f   French
French form of the Roman name Blandina, which was the feminine form of Blandinus, which was itself a derivative of the cognomen BLANDUS... [more]

BONIFACE   m   French, English (Rare)
From the Late Latin name Bonifatius, which meant "good fate" from bonum "good" and fatum "fate"... [more]

BRICE   m   French, English
From the name Bricius, which was probably a Latinized form of a Gaulish name meaning "speckled"... [more]

BRIGITTE   f   German, French
German and French form of BRIDGET

BRUNO   m   German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Croatian, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element brun meaning "brown"... [more]

CALIXTE   m   French
French form of CALLISTUS

CAMILLE   f & m   French
French feminine and masculine form of CAMILLA

CAPUCINE   f   French
Means "nasturtium" in French.

CARINE   f   French
French form of CARINA (1)

CAROLE   f   French
French feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French feminine form of CAROLUS

CATHERINE   f   French, English
French form of KATHERINE, and also a common English variant.

CÉCILE   f   French, Dutch
French form of CECILIA

CÉLESTE   f & m   French
French feminine and masculine form of CAELESTIS

CÉLESTIN   m   French
French form of CAELESTINUS

CÉLESTINE   f   French
French feminine form of CAELESTINUS

CÉLINE   f   French
French feminine form of CAELINUS... [more]

CERISE   f   French
Means "cherry" in French.

CÉSAIRE   m   French
French form of CAESARIUS

CÉSAR   m   French, Spanish, Portuguese
French, Spanish and Portuguese form of CAESAR... [more]

CHANTAL   f   French, English, Dutch
From a French surname which was derived from a place name meaning "stony"... [more]

CHARLES   m   English, French
From the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man"... [more]

CHARLINE   f   French
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES

CHARLOT   m   French
French diminutive of CHARLES

CHARLOTTE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES... [more]

CHLOÉ   f   French
French form of CHLOE

CHRISTELLE   f   French
French diminutive of CHRISTINE

CHRISTIAN   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian
From the Medieval Latin name Christianus meaning "a Christian" (see CHRISTOS)... [more]

CHRISTIANE   f   German, French
German and French feminine form of CHRISTIAN

CHRISTINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French form of CHRISTINA, as well as a variant in other languages.

CHRISTOPHE   m   French
French form of CHRISTOPHER

CLAIR   m   French, English
French form of Clarus (see CLARA).

CLAIRE   f   French, English
French form of CLARA

CLARISSE   f   French
French form of CLARICE

CLAUDE   m & f   French, English
French masculine and feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

CLAUDETTE   f   French
French feminine form of CLAUDIUS

CLAUDIE   f   French
French feminine variant of CLAUDE

CLAUDINE   f   French
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS

CLÉMENCE   f   French
French feminine form of Clementius (see CLEMENT).

CLÉMENT   m   French
French form of Clemens (see CLEMENT).

CLEMENTINE   f   French
French feminine form of CLEMENT

CLOÉ   f   French
French form of CHLOE

CLOTHILDE   f   French
Variant of CLOTILDE

CLOTILDE   f   French
French form of the Germanic name Chlotichilda which was composed of the elements hlud "famous" and hild "battle"... [more]

COLETTE   f   French
Short form of NICOLETTE... [more]

COLINE   f   French
Short form of NICOLINE

COLOMBE   f   French
French feminine form of COLUMBA

CÔME   m   French
French form of COSMAS

CONSTANCE   f   English, French
Medieval form of CONSTANTIA... [more]

CONSTANT   m   French, English (Rare)
From the Late Latin name Constans, which meant "constant, steadfast"... [more]

CONSTANTIN   m   French, Romanian
French and Romanian form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

CORALIE   f   French
Means "coral" from Latin corallium (see CORAL).

CORENTIN   m   Breton, French
Possibly means "hurricane" in Breton... [more]

CORIN   m   French
French form of QUIRINUS

CORINNE   f   French, English
French form of CORINNA... [more]

CORNEILLE   m   French (Archaic)
French form of CORNELIUS

CORNÉLIE   f   French
French form of CORNELIA

COSETTE   f   French
Meaning unknown... [more]

COSME   m   Portuguese, French
Portuguese and French form of COSMAS

CUNÉGONDE   f   French
French form of KUNIGUNDE... [more]

CYRIELLE   f   French
French feminine form of CYRIL

CYRIL   m   English, Czech, Slovak, French
From the Greek name Κυριλλος (Kyrillos) which was derived from Greek κυριος (kyrios) "lord"... [more]

CYRILLE   m & f   French
French form of CYRIL, sometimes used as a feminine form.

DAMIEN   m   French
French form of DAMIAN

DANIEL   m   English, Hebrew, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Biblical, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DANIÈLE   f   French
French feminine form of DANIEL

DANIELLE   f   French, English
French feminine form of DANIEL... [more]

DAPHNÉ   f   French
French form of DAPHNE

DAVID   m   English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DÉBORA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, French
Spanish, Portuguese and French form of DEBORAH

DELPHINE   f   French
French form of DELPHINA

DENIS   m   French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian, Croatian
From Denys or Denis, the medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS... [more]

DENISE   f   French, English, Dutch
French feminine form of DENIS

DÉODAT   m   French
French form of DEODATUS

DÉSIRÉ   m   French
Masculine form of DÉSIRÉE

DÉSIRÉE   f   French
French form of DESIDERATA... [more]

DIANE   f   French, English
French form of DIANA, also regularly used in the English-speaking world.

DIANNE   f   French, English
Variant of DIANE

DIDIER   m   French
French form of DESIDERIO

DIEUDONNÉ   m   French
Means "given by God" in French, used as a French form of DEUSDEDIT.

DIEUDONNÉE   f   French
Feminine form of DIEUDONNÉ

DIMITRI   m   Russian, French
Variant of DMITRIY, using the Church Slavic spelling.

DIODORE   m   French
French form of DIODORUS

DOMINIQUE   f & m   French
French feminine and masculine form of DOMINIC

DOMITILLE   f   French
French form of DOMITILLA

DONAT   m   French, Provençal, Catalan, Polish
French, Provençal, Catalan and Polish form of DONATO

DONATIEN   m   French
French form of DONATO

DONATIENNE   f   French
French feminine form of DONATO

DORIAN   m   English, French
The name was first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (1891), which tells the story of a man whose portrait ages while he stays young... [more]

DORIANE   f   French
French feminine form of DORIAN

DOROTHÉE   f   French
French form of DOROTHEA

EDGAR   m   English, French
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and gar "spear"... [more]

EDGARD   m   French
French form of EDGAR

ÉDITH   f   French
French form of EDITH

EDMÉ   m   French (Archaic)
Short form of EDMOND

EDMÉE   f   French (Rare)
Feminine form of EDMÉ

EDMOND   m   French
French form of EDMUND... [more]

ÉDOUARD   m   French
French form of EDWARD

EDWIGE   f   French
French form of HEDWIG

ELÉONORE   f   French
French form of ELEANOR

ÉLIANE   f   French
Probably from Aeliana, the feminine form of the Roman name Aelianus, which was derived from the Roman family name AELIUS... [more]

ÉLIE   m   French
French form of ELIJAH

ÉLISABETH   f   French
French form of ELIZABETH

ÉLISE   f   French
French short form of ÉLISABETH

ÉLODIE   f   French
French form of ALODIA

ELOI   m   French
French form of ELIGIUS

ÉLOÏSE   f   French
French form of ELOISE

ELVIRE   f   French
French form of ELVIRA

EMELINE   f   French
French form of Amelina (see EMMELINE).

ÉMERIC   m   French
French form of EMMERICH

ÉMILE   m   French
French form of Aemilius (see EMIL)... [more]

ÉMILIE   f   French
French feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

ÉMILIEN   m   French
French form of Aemilianus (see EMILIANO).

ÉMILIENNE   f   French
French feminine form of Aemilianus (see EMILIANO).

EMMA   f   English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal"... [more]

EMMANUEL   m   Biblical, French, English
From the Hebrew name עִמָּנוּאֵל ('Immanu'el) meaning "God is with us"... [more]

EMMANUELLE   f   French
French feminine form of EMMANUEL

ENZO   m   Italian, French
The meaning of this name is uncertain... [more]

ERIC   m   English, French, Swedish
From the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from the elements ei "ever" and ríkr "ruler"... [more]

ERMENEGILDE   m   French
French form of HERMENEGILDO

ERNEST   m   English, French, Slovene
Derived from Germanic eornost meaning "serious"... [more]

ERNESTINE   f   French, German, English
Feminine form of ERNEST

ESTELLE   f   English, French
From an Old French name which was derived from Latin stella, meaning "star"... [more]

ESTHER   f   English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Possibly means "star" in Persian... [more]

ETHAN   m   English, Hebrew (Anglicized), French, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Means "solid, enduring" in Hebrew... [more]

ÉTIENNE   m   French
French form of STEPHEN

EUGÈNE   m   French
French form of Eugenius (see EUGENE).

EUGÉNIE   f   French
French form of EUGENIA... [more]

EULALIE   f   French
French form of EULALIA

EUPHRASIE   f   French
French form of EUPHRASIA

EUSTACHE   m   French
French form of Eustachius (see EUSTACE).

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