French female names

[Rororowmeboat]

I like Madeleine and Cecile but not 100% happy with them - does anyone have any suggestions for similar?

[Branleuse]

Mathilde, Anais, Elodie, Amelie, Isabelle, Juliette

[Wildwaterfalls]

Celeste

[Wildwaterfalls]

Or Sabine

[wannabeEostregoddess]

Coralie

[ThePavlovianCat]

Francoise

[deXavia]

Aude, Sabine, Vivienne, Isabelle, Constance, Odile, Agnes, Celine, Laetitia, Cecile .... I have a lot of French female friends

[Rororowmeboat]

Thanks folks - keep them coming

I love Odette but I don't think it goes with my surname which ends in -nett as I think there are too many Ts going on.

i do like Cecile but worry it would get shortened to Cissy

Keep the suggestions coming

[OneLittleToddleTerror]

Simone?

[OneLittleToddleTerror]

Oh and Pascale. I know both a Simone and a Pascale.

[NanoNinja]

DC1 was going to be Elodie, before being identified as DS1! Also liked Delphine and Dominique.

[WormCanner]

Jacqueline
Claudine
Josiane
Joelle
Marianne
Valerie
Sandrine
Mirabelle
Myriam

[AlisonClare]

I've always liked Marie Claire

[Bonsoir]

The names on this thread are all incredibly dated - the equivalents of Maureen, Karen, Pauline, Susan...

[Xiaoxiong]

Anouk
Claudine
Claudette
Brigitte
Perrine
Nolwenn
Maryse
Maëlle

(I know some people from Brittany. And like French films from the 60s!)

[LillianGish]

Magalie, Eva, Elena, Fleur, Olivia, Sophie, Emilie, Giselle, Mathilde, Constance, Luna, Heloise, Maud - that's a random selection of girls in my dd's class over the years.

[HazleNutt]

Have you checked french babyname sites?
top 100 names in France:
www.infobebes.com/prenoms/top-prenoms-filles

In 2011, the most popular names were
?Emma
?Jade
?Zoé
?Chloé
?Léa
?Manon
?Inès
?Maëlys
?Louise
?Lilou

[OneLittleToddleTerror]

I like how Sarah is number 8

[WormCanner]

Bonsoir It's natural that our suggestions may be "dated", as in many cases we are thinking of people we know or have met. Unless OP lives in France, I can't see that it matters. I assumed that the OP is looking for a name she likes, and is not particularly concerned with being "on trend".

[Viviennemary]

I like Cecile, Violette or even Vivienne.

[monal]

I know a French Celeste who's one and a half, so there . Although then again I know two baby Hortenses so my social circle may be a poor frame of reference. Adèle? Anaïs? Manon is pretty as well.

[OneLittleToddleTerror]

According to that list HazleNutt linked, Sarah is very on trend, like I said

[Bonsoir]

I beg to differ and think it does matter if you call a child a name from another country that is really dated and frumpy.

[OneLittleToddleTerror]

I don't think it matters unless the child is going to live in France. Similarly names like Milo and Kai are a joke in NZ. It doesn't matter unless you think you or your child will live in Oz or NZ. The chances of a Brit moving to down under is higher than to France isn't it? Yet I see Milo being fairly popular on mumsnet.

PS DH has English parents and was saddled with a very popular working class boys name in the UK. Unfortunately it is a girls name in NZ.

[OneLittleToddleTerror]

Oh and I bet no one here could guess my DH name as it is definitely a boy's name, not even gender neutral, in the UK. (Unless some smart kiwis are reading this and I just outed myself).

[bedmonster]

Chantelle?