French (Cajun) Submitted Names

These names are a subset of French names used more often in the American state of Louisiana by Cajuns.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Aledia f Louisiana Creole (Rare), French (Cajun, Rare)
Variant of Alidia.

Armantine f French (Rare), French (Cajun, Rare), Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic)
Rare variant of French Armandine historically found in the Poitou-Charentes region.

Arnesse f American (Rare), French (Cajun, Rare)

Aubre f French (Cajun, Modern)

Azaire m French (Cajun), American (South), French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic)
Extremely rare and archaic French form of Azariah.

Barthéléme m French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Cajun, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Barthélémy.

Bazile m Norman, African American, French (Cajun), American (South)
Norman cognate of Basil 1.

Beausoleil m French (Cajun)
Joseph Broussard 1702-1765; also known as beausoleil. Leader of Acadian people of Nova Scotia.

Claremonde f French (Rare, Archaic), Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic), French (Cajun)
Old French form of Claremunda, which may have been derived from Latin clarus "clear, bright" and Germanic mund "protector".

Cléoma f French (Cajun, Rare)
Derived from French cléome "cleome, spider flowers, bee plants". Cléoma Breaux Falcon (1906-1941) was a Cajun musician from Louisiana.

Daque m French (Cajun, Anglicized), American (South)
Possibly an Anglicized spelling and subsequently transferred use of the surname Daqué.

Déjanire f French (Rare), French (Cajun, Archaic), Theatre
French form of Deianeira (or Deïanira, Dejanira). Déjanire (1911) is an opera (tragédie lyrique) in 4 acts composed by Camille Saint-Saëns to a libretto in French by Louis Gallet and Camille Saint-Saëns.

Deterville m French (Cajun), American (South)
Transferred use of the surname Deterville.

Doralise f French (Cajun), American (South), Louisiana Creole, French (Acadian)
Variant of Doralice as well as an 18th- and 19th-century elaboration of Dora using the then-popular name suffix lise.

Edmonia f English, Haitian Creole, Louisiana Creole, French (Cajun)
Feminine form of Edmond.

Elemore m French (Cajun), American (South)
Variant of Elmore.

Ermance f French (Archaic), French (Cajun, Archaic), French (Belgian, Rare), Walloon
French variant and Walloon form of Hermance.

Esoré f Louisiana Creole, French (Cajun)

Ezilda f Norman, French (Cajun), Louisiana Creole
Norman feminine name of unknown etymology, possibly linked to the given name Isolde.

Fanchonette f French (Cajun, Archaic)
Diminutive of Fanchon in use in the 1700s.

Febrinie f English (Rare, Archaic), French (Cajun, Rare, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)
A common Americanized misconstruction of the French given name Fébronie.

Felonise f French (Cajun), American (South), French (Acadian)
Variant of Félonise.

Fibrenie f English (Rare, Archaic), French (Cajun, Rare, Archaic)
Rare Americanized misconstruction of the French given name Fébronie.

Fleurdelys f French (Cajun, Rare)
Symbol of a flower bearing the same name used by the French Empire to represent the King until the French Revolution of 1789, still used in New Orleans, LA.

Florastine f French (Cajun), Louisiana Creole
Variant of Florestine.

Frebenie f English (Rare, Archaic), French (Cajun, Rare, Archaic)
A common Americanized misconstruction of the French given name Fébronie.

Froisine f French (Cajun), American (South), French (Archaic)
Truncated form of Eufroisine.

Hypolite m French (Rare), French (Cajun)
Variant of Hyppolite.

Icar m French (Cajun, Archaic), Louisiana Creole (Archaic)
Variant of Icare.

Iry m French (Cajun), American
Diminutive of Ira 1.

Josine f Dutch, French, French (Cajun), German
Contracted form of Josephine.

Klassina f French (Cajun)
Variant of Clasina

Laviolette f French (Cajun, Rare, Archaic), American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Laviolette.

Léontel m French (Cajun, Rare), French (Quebec, Rare)
Diminutive of Léon.

Lézin m French (Archaic), French (Cajun), Louisiana Creole, History (Ecclesiastical)
This name was/is usually given in honor of Saint Lézin, a 6th-century bishop of Angers, France. His name is said to be derived from Latin Licinius.

Lézina f Louisiana Creole, French (Quebec), French (Cajun)
Feminine form of Lézin.

Lolotte f French (Rare), French (Cajun)
Diminutive of Charlotte.

Mandrin m French (Cajun), African American, American (South), Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Mandrin.

Onufre m French (Cajun), American (South)
Cajun variant of Onuphre.

Phalonne f French (Cajun, Rare), Louisiana Creole (Rare)

Pognon m French (Cajun), African American, American (South)
Transferred use of the surname Pognon.

Roselia f French (Cajun), Spanish (Latin American), American (South)
Variant of Rosalia.

Roséline f Louisiana Creole, French (Cajun)
Variant of Roseline.

Servilie f French (Cajun)
French form of Servilia.

Soulougue m French (Cajun), African American, American (South)
Presumably a variant or misreading of the surname Soulouque.... [more]

Theotis m French (Cajun), Louisiana Creole, American (South)
Apparently created as a strictly masculine form of Théotiste.

Thomassin f French (Cajun), African American, American (South)
Variation of Tamsin or Thomasine.

Ti-grace f English (American, Rare), French (Cajun, Rare)
Derived from Cajun French ''petite-Grace'' meaning "little Grace". A notable bearer is American feminist Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938-).

Ti-jean m Folklore, Antillean Creole (Rare), Louisiana Creole (Rare), French (Cajun, Rare)
Derived from Cajun French ''petit-Jean'' meaning "little Jean". This is the name of a stock character in fairy tales from francophone areas in the Americas such as Quebec, Louisiana, Martinique, and Guadeloupe.

Valsin m French (Acadian), French (Cajun)

Zénon m French (Rare), French (Cajun), French (Quebec, Rare)
French form of Zenon.

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