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[Opinions] Re: Unusual French Names
Male: Adémar, Amédée, Anicet, Baudoin, Casimir, Edern, Eustache, Evariste, Ferréol, Germinal, Hugolin, Ignace, Kléber, Lambert, Lothaire, Mériadec, Narcisse, Odilon, Placide, Sauveur, Silvére, Toussaint, Urbain, Vital, Wallerand, ZépherinFemale: Albanie, Alfredine, Argentine, Béline, Colombine, Cosette, Donatienne, Edmée, Eurielle, Franceline, Gervaise, Guylaine, Huguette, Irma, Josette, Laurentine, Léocadie, Lucienne, Mauricette, Moïsette, Odette, Palmyre, Paquerette, Roberte, Rosemonde, Sauvanne, Sylvianne, Toussainte, Ursule, Yvette, YvonneThe above are all names which are known in France but which were very rarely being given to French babies born in the early 2000s, though some of them like Josette, Yvette, and Yvonne of course would have been much more common in some previous time periods.
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I'm amazed at Germinal, having read the book ... ! And, yes, I knew a French Josette who died in her 90s a couple of years ago.
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