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French girls names

179 replies

sarah30000 · 27/11/2019 07:53

We want to honour a family member who is french but we don't like their names! We thought maybe we can choose a nice French girls name instead. It needs to be one syllable, or at most a very short two. I've looked at various lists but nothing is jumping out at me. Any suggestions? Preferably not ending in A. Thank you!

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Getoffmylilo · 28/11/2019 00:54

Babette
Collette
Anouk
Mireille
Maeva
Joelle

raspberrymolakoff · 28/11/2019 00:44

Claudine
Annique
The little daughter of a French mother I know is Sascha but I'm not sure how the feminine form is spelt.
Others I know are Dominique, Corinne, Lise and Fabienne but some may be too long for you.

Chocmallows · 28/11/2019 00:31

Morgan (but with French pronunciation).

TurquoiseDress · 28/11/2019 00:28

Celeste
Amelie
Chloé
Manon

Bananablueberry · 28/11/2019 00:08

Anouk and Manon are my favourites

AutumnColours9 · 28/11/2019 00:02

Leonie
Eloise

Snooper22 · 27/11/2019 21:51

@Mike isn't fluorine a chemical element??

TatianaLarina · 27/11/2019 21:15

Manon et Capucine are my fav French names, but they’ve been covered.

Agnès
Aurore
Anouk
Gisèle
Mathilde
Maëlys
Aurélie
Violette
Sigolène
Celestine
Mirabeau

33goingon64 · 27/11/2019 20:40

Manon

TheCatInAHat · 27/11/2019 20:31

Florence
Manon

Changedname81 · 27/11/2019 20:28

Laure
Sophie
Lilou
Agnes
Adele
Heloise
Lucie
Elle
Maude
Odile
Aurélie
Juliette

HeavyDeuty · 27/11/2019 20:16

I think aude is actually the French version of Dawn. Anais is lovely but not pronounced anay. I'm rubbish at spelling things phonetically (someone help!) but it's more like ana-ee-ss

sarah30000 · 27/11/2019 19:51

Cece, Léa, and Anàe are great suggestions!

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CocoLoco87 · 27/11/2019 18:32

Cecelia or Cecily with Cece for short?

MikeUniformMike · 27/11/2019 18:30

Florine looks too much like Fluorine

Lucylivesinamushroomhouse · 27/11/2019 18:26

I recently met a baby Odette which I thought was just lovely!

Noemie?
Lucie?

Snooper22 · 27/11/2019 18:26

Florine, Lèa, Marion these are some French girls names we know. Most girls seem to be called Marie!

MikeUniformMike · 27/11/2019 18:15

Ines can be considered French, from Agnes.

Laska2Meryls · 27/11/2019 17:11

Jacqui ?

Thinkingsticks · 27/11/2019 16:47

My friend has an anais she spells it anàe.
Pronounced anay. I think that is very pretty.
Her sister is called Vienne x

sarah30000 · 27/11/2019 16:45

Oh Aude is great! That's going in the list.

Jacqueline is nice but too long!

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lovemypussy · 27/11/2019 16:06

Floriane

Laska2Meryls · 27/11/2019 16:04

Snap icecream! ..seemed so obvious to me Wink

Laska2Meryls · 27/11/2019 16:03

Jacqueline

icecreamsundae32 · 27/11/2019 16:02

Jacqueline

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