helena1990's Personal Name List

Ambroise
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AHN-BRWAZ
Rating: 95% based on 4 votes
French form of Ambrosius (see Ambrose).
Éliane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EH-LYAN
Rating: 88% based on 4 votes
Probably from Aeliana, the feminine form of the Roman name Aelianus, which was derived from the Roman family name Aelius. This was the name of an obscure early saint and martyr from Amasea.
Aliénor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-LYEH-NAWR
Rating: 83% based on 4 votes
French form of Eleanor.
Alexandre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Pronounced: A-LUG-ZAHNDR(French) u-li-SHUN-dri(European Portuguese) a-leh-SHUN-dree(Brazilian Portuguese) a-leh-SHAN-dreh(Galician) ə-lək-SAN-drə(Catalan)
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Form of Alexander in several languages. This name was borne by the French author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), who wrote The Three Musketeers.
Basile
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: BA-ZEEL
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
French form of Basil 1.
Anaïs
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-NA-EES
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly a derivative of Anne 1 or Agnès. It was used in Jean-Henri Guy's opera Anacréon chez Polycrate (1798), where it is borne by the daughter (otherwise unnamed in history) of the 6th-century BC tyrant Polycrates of Samos. Guy could have adapted it from a classical name such as Anaitis or Athénaïs.

A famous bearer was the Cuban-French writer Anaïs Nin (1903-1977), known for her diaries.

Eugénie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: UU-ZHEH-NEE
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
French form of Eugenia. This was the name of the wife of Napoleon III.
Victor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Late Roman
Pronounced: VIK-tər(English) VEEK-TAWR(French) VEEK-tor(Romanian)
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Roman name meaning "victor, conqueror" in Latin. It was common among early Christians, and was borne by several early saints and three popes. It was rare as an English name during the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century. A famous bearer was the French writer Victor Hugo (1802-1885), who authored The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables.
Maeva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tahitian, French
Pronounced: MA-EH-VA(French)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Means "welcome" in Tahitian. It gained popularity in France during the 1980s.
Maïa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MA-YA
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
French form of Maia 1.
Oriane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AW-RYAN
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
French form of Oriana.
Amélie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-MEH-LEE
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
French form of Amelia.
Chloé
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: KLO-EH
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
French form of Chloe.
Eulalie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: UU-LA-LEE
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
French form of Eulalia.
Constantin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian, French
Pronounced: kon-stan-TEEN(Romanian) KAWNS-TAHN-TEHN(French)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Romanian and French form of Constantinus (see Constantine).
Fernand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: FEHR-NAHN
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
French form of Ferdinand.
Gaëtan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: GA-EH-TAHN
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
French form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).
Anastasie
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: French, Romanian (Rare)
Pronounced: A-NAS-TA-ZEE(French)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
French form of Anastasia (feminine) and Romanian form of Anastasius (masculine).
Isaure
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
French form of Isaura.
Éloïse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EH-LAW-EEZ
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
French form of Eloise.
Adèle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-DEHL
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
French form of Adela.
Émilien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EH-MEE-LYEHN
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
French form of Aemilianus (see Emiliano).
Léon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LEH-AWN
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
French form of Leon (used to refer to the popes named Leo).
Octave
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AWK-TAV
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
French form of Octavius.
Adélaïde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-DEH-LA-EED
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
French form of Adelaide.
Lazare
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LA-ZAR
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
French form of Lazarus.
Liliane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LEE-LYAN
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
French form of Lillian.
Agathe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, German, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀγαθή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-GAT(French) a-GA-tə(German) A-GA-TEH(Classical Greek)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Form of Agatha in several languages.
Félix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian
Pronounced: FEH-LEEKS(French) FEH-leeks(Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
French, Spanish, Portuguese and Hungarian form of Felix.
Léopold
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LEH-AW-PAWLD, LEH-AW-PAWL
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
French form of Leopold.
Arsène
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AR-SEHN
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
French form of Arsenios.
Blaise
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: BLEHZ
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
From the Roman name Blasius, which was derived from Latin blaesus meaning "lisping". Saint Blaise was a 4th-century Armenian martyr. A famous bearer was the French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623-1662).
Moïse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MAW-EEZ
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
French form of Moses.
Fabien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: FA-BYEHN
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
French form of Fabianus (see Fabian).
Fleur
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Dutch, English (British)
Pronounced: FLUUR(French, Dutch) FLU(British English) FLUR(American English)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Means "flower" in French. Saint Fleur of Issendolus (Flor in Gascon) was a 14th-century nun from Maurs, France. This was also the name of a character in John Galsworthy's novels The Forsyte Saga (1922).
Marcel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German
Pronounced: MAR-SEHL(French) mər-SEHL(Catalan) mar-CHEHL(Romanian) MAR-tsehl(Polish, Czech, Slovak) mahr-SEHL(Dutch) mar-SEHL(German)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Form of Marcellus used in several languages. Notable bearers include the French author Marcel Proust (1871-1922) and the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968).
Gaël
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Breton
Pronounced: GA-EHL(French)
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Form of Gael using French orthography.
Gérard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHEH-RAR
Rating: 7% based on 3 votes
French form of Gerard.
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