Most Popular French and German Baby Names

[sonniebonnie]

You might be interested in the most popular German and French baby names (2006 and 2007):

FRANCE:

BOYS (top 20)
Lucas
Theo
Thomas
Hugo
Enzo
Maxime
Clement
Leo
Antoine
Alexandre
Mathis
Louis
Quentin
Alexis
Romain
Tom
Nicolas
Nathan
Baptiste
Paul

GIRLS (top 20)
Lea
Manon
Emma
Chloe
Camille
Clara
Oceane
Ines
Sarah
Marie
Lucie
Anais
Jade
Lisa
Mathilde
Julie
Laura
Pauline
Eva
Maeva

GERMANY

Boys (top 20)

Leon
Lukas / Lucas
Luca / Luka
Finn / Fynn
Tim / Timm
Felix
Jonas
Luis / Louis
Maximillian
Julian
Max
Paul
Niclas / Niklas
Jan
Ben
Elias
Janni(c)k / Yannik
Phili(p)p / Phillip
Noah
Tom

Girls (top 20)

Hanna / Hannah
Leonie / Leoni
Lena
Anna
Lea / Leah
Lara
Mia
Laura
Lilli / Lilly / Lili
Emily / Emilie
Sara / Sarah
Emma
Nele / Neele
Marie
Sophie / Sofie
Johanna
Julia
Maja / Maya
Lisa
Lina

[LynetteScavo]

I'd never even heard of Manon.

I love most of the French boys names - except Quentine.

[ilovespinach]

covers most of the children in ds1's kindergarten class

[MrsMattie]

Oceane

[sonniebonnie]

ilovespinach, where do you live?

[amandine07]

I think Manon is such a cute, sweet name, one of the french teacher's at school named her daughter that. There's that famous film from the 80s 'Manon des sources'...think it was Emanuelle Beart, she's a beautiful Manon in the film.

[bigTillyMint]

I love all the French names.

I should have married a French man

[pointydog]

Quentin and Nathan must sound pretty horrible in a french accent

[shoobidoo]

I love all the French girls names, although find Manon quite masculine sounding?

[pointydog]

Is it cause it has the word 'man' in it?

[gagarin]

If your fench is up to it you can have great fun on this website

noms.voila.fr/v2/welcome/default_voila_v3.asp

Lookin the middle where it says "prenoms" and type in your favourites and see how popular they are

[annasmami]

It's interesting how 'old' names appear to be making a comeback. Names like Maximilian, Paul, Quentin, Emma, Anna, Hugo etc were all popular about around the turn of last century.... Names do go in cycles .

[Botbot]

Blimey, my dd's slightly embarrassing middle name (named after my late auntie) is on the French list!

[subtlemouse]

Manon always signals Manon Lescaut to me (early 18th cent. fictional courtesan). Apologies to any Manons out there...