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Strong, beautiful french girls names

132 replies

Lollipoppit · 29/09/2021 14:16

Can't have Alice, Rosalie or Amelie.

Considering Adeline, Ophelia and Genevieve. Any others? Any favourites? Or any like strong and beautiful names that aren't french that go with this style?

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KeflavikAirport · 01/10/2021 12:53

Also I would have thought that names like Marie-France, Marie-Pierre etc are very old fashioned now.

They are.

TH22 · 01/10/2021 12:49

@GreenTeaPingPong

Camille, like Camille Cottin in Call My Agent?

I wouldn't use Ophelia as even though it's a beautiful name, Ophelia in Hamlet is a very tragic figure who goes mad and kills herself.

Eva Braun was the lover (and supposed wife) of one of the most evil dictators this world has ever seen. Doesn't stop Eva being a beautiful and popular name.
AlfonsoTheDinosaur · 01/10/2021 12:45

Solenne.

Snoopsnoggysnog · 01/10/2021 12:22

Sorry but Aude really doesn’t work with an English accent. Odd?!

Also I would have thought that names like Marie-France, Marie-Pierre etc are very old fashioned now.

NameChange30 · 30/09/2021 21:55

@KeflavikAirport

Apart from being a boy's name, Dieudonné is totally unusable because it is associated with a public figure with deeply unpleasant opinions. Romilly and Fleur are not French girl's names.
Yep, he's the first result you get when you Google the name. Not someone to name your baby daughter after!
Upupupintheair · 30/09/2021 21:46

Cosette
Colette
Élodie

This were all on our list :-)

KeflavikAirport · 30/09/2021 21:30

Apart from being a boy's name, Dieudonné is totally unusable because it is associated with a public figure with deeply unpleasant opinions. Romilly and Fleur are not French girl's names.

NameChange30 · 30/09/2021 20:42

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius

I am sorry, *@NameChange30* - I read it in a book, ages ago, and assumed it was a girl’s name. I’m an idiot! Blush
Lol, no you're not, well not as idiotic as people who call their daughters "Beau", don't get me started on that! 🤯
allthegoodusernameshavegone · 30/09/2021 19:29

Pascale

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 30/09/2021 19:11

I am sorry, @NameChange30 - I read it in a book, ages ago, and assumed it was a girl’s name. I’m an idiot! Blush

NameChange30 · 30/09/2021 19:04

Dieudonné?! It's a boy's name and it means "God's gift"... wouldn't be my choice!

Google tells me it's more popular in Francophone Africa, I think religious names are.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 30/09/2021 18:53

I’ve always been fond of Dieudonne.

I also like Mathilde, Helene, and Sidonie.

Keladrythesaviour · 30/09/2021 18:51

Claudette
Josephine

AutumnColours9 · 30/09/2021 18:47

Evangeline
Leonie

SophieKat1982 · 30/09/2021 18:46

Louise, Sophie, Clare, Nicole.

AlfonsoTheDinosaur · 30/09/2021 18:40

Yannick (unisex name).
Marie-France.

TheVanguardSix · 30/09/2021 18:22

Sidonie
Ines
Lou
Maelys
Veronique (Vero)

NameChange30 · 30/09/2021 18:16

Maxine (not Maxime which is a boy's name in France)

@Auroreforet
Bibiche is not a real name, it's a nickname / term of endearment

GreenTeaPingPong · 30/09/2021 17:20

Camille, like Camille Cottin in Call My Agent?

I wouldn't use Ophelia as even though it's a beautiful name, Ophelia in Hamlet is a very tragic figure who goes mad and kills herself.

Auroreforet · 30/09/2021 17:19

Anaïs autocorrect

Auroreforet · 30/09/2021 17:18

Sorry should have put the umlaut over the I.
Ana's.

Auroreforet · 30/09/2021 17:16

Clementine
Aurore
Bibiche
Anais which is pronounced An eye ees.

Antonia2021 · 30/09/2021 17:15

Delphine
Romilly
Francine
Danielle

NameChange30 · 30/09/2021 17:13

@Snoopsnoggysnog

On these threads you always get an actual French person or someone who lives in France coming to tell us all that our favourites are dreadfully old fashioned and the top baby names in France are English ones Grin
Ha, yes, I'm usually that person, and I'm surprised it's got this far without someone saying it Grin

The top 10 girls' names in France are:
Jade
Louise
Emma
Alice
Ambre
Lina
Rose
Chloé
Mia
Léa
The full top 100 is here www.parents.fr/prenoms/top-100-des-prenoms-de-filles-100989

DH and I have a lot of French family and friends. I think my favourite strong and beautiful girl's name that works in English is Adèle (we couldn't use it because friends already had).

I love Anaïs (as suggested by a few PPs) but English speakers can't pronounce it!

I prefer simple names to cutesy ones, I used to like Amélie for example but I've gone off it (plus Amelia is so popular in the U.K.).

lechatnoir · 30/09/2021 17:11

I love Inès & Ottilie

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