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French boy names/ boy names that work on French

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alittleconversation · 28/08/2021 12:33

Please help us name our baby boy who is currently nameless at a few weeks old!

We have French heritage but live in the UK. We would like names that work in French but aren't super French iyswim. For example, we like Thibault but it seems very French for a child who is likely to live in the UK for good.

Otherwise our top names are Felix and Caspar (not Gaspard). We like them but they seem a little trendy (esp caspar, plus cass sounds like the word 'to break' in French).

So please help us with any suggestions you have! Thanks!

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peaceinourtime · 31/08/2021 08:30

stephane, Thierry, Maxime

LynetteScavo · 29/08/2021 18:05

Leo works well in French ans English.

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alittleconversation · 29/08/2021 14:15

I like Ludo but DH not so much. What would you think of Ludo as a full name?

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Jconnais1chansonquivavsenerver · 29/08/2021 09:56

Dominic or Dominique
Harvey or Hervé
Yves (though doesn't really work for an English boy!)
Charles
William (not Guillaume!)
Francis

IVflytrap · 29/08/2021 09:47

Michel
Laurent
Raymond
Florian
Adrien
Vincent
Guillaume
Alain
Romain
Mathieu
Gerard

No idea which of these are dated or not in France. I really like Laurent, Vincent and Mathieu.

Day2test · 28/08/2021 20:47

Ludovic instead of Ludo?
Charles
Felix
Clément
Fred

peachykeenjellybaby · 28/08/2021 19:01

Raphael nn Raffy or Raph

Emille
Luca
Olivier

WhoppingBigBackside · 28/08/2021 18:59

Think they might be Breton not French. Was going to suggest Azzedine and Sufyan but think they are Algerian names.

Alphonse

WhoppingBigBackside · 28/08/2021 18:57

Loïc
Gulvan

SwedishEdith · 28/08/2021 18:34

Leon
Julian
Sylvain
Etienne

There are so many well-known French footballers that lots of French male names are pretty familiar and pronunciation isn't so much of an issue any more.

I always wanted a Jean-Baptiste.

Guineapigbridge · 28/08/2021 18:25

Bastien is cool!

Tinselandlights · 28/08/2021 18:24

The French England-dwelling boys I know are:

Franck
Jean (not a boy - grown up!)
Nico
My nephew is Felix - easy to pronounce and nice!

I've also liked Ludo for a while and it's unusual without being weird.

Laloo4 · 28/08/2021 18:22

How about just Bastien if you like Sebastian?

WhoppingBigBackside · 28/08/2021 18:13

Marcel
Maurice
Yannick

Squeakerfoot · 28/08/2021 17:27

Hugo
Oscar
Felix
Gabriel
Jonas
Isaac
Noah
Remy
Louis
Arthur

MrsWooster · 28/08/2021 16:34

Thomas

WhoppingBigBackside · 28/08/2021 16:33

Eric
Claude
Manuel
Arsene
Fabrice
Remy

Standrewsschool · 28/08/2021 16:29

Luca
Filip
Marcel
Andre
Claude
Raphael
Rene
Pierre
Philippe

TheVanguardSix · 28/08/2021 16:24

Loic
Yann
Yannick
Blaise
Cyril
Émile

WhoppingBigBackside · 28/08/2021 16:21

Louis
Andre
Pierre
Blaise

JuneOsborne · 28/08/2021 16:18

Etienne is my favourite boy's name.

Didier?

WhoppingBigBackside · 28/08/2021 16:16

Thomas
Marc
Paul
Jerome
Antoine
Luc
Hugo (depending on where you live)

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alittleconversation · 28/08/2021 14:28

Thanks all! I really like Sebastian but it's a but popular for me (mainly since DC1 has quite an little used name) and really like Raphael and Xavier but DH doesn't sadly. Some of the others are family names and there ate a few I'm not keen on for no good reason (like Louis).

I like Noe and Teo, but they wouldn't be pronounced nicely in English. I like Ludo, but not sure it would be a great stand alone name (plus DC1 has a name that ends in o).

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Derrymum123 · 28/08/2021 13:01

Etienne, Jean-Michel, Jean, Fabien, Pierre, Jaques.

Twilightstarbright · 28/08/2021 12:58

That’s between us and nephews. I don’t have that many sons!

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