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French baby boy name suggestions?

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KidneyBowl · 21/10/2024 21:38

As the title, looking for some French baby boy name suggestions thanks!

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JudyJulie · 23/10/2024 08:06

Our friend Guillaume is universally known as Will! Presumably this is the sort of thing you are looking to avoid.

KirstenBlest · 23/10/2024 08:02

french ancestry but living in the UK and non French speaking. So needs to work in English more
Then I think you should choose a name you like that it's fairly obvious how to say and spell it.
Something like Andre, Etienne or Pierre fits that brief, but Matthieu, Laurent, Gaspard would be Math-ew, Lorrunt, Gas-pud/Gasp-ard etc

Names like Guillaume and Edouard would probably be old-fashioned in France and tricky in the UK.

The link I posted has many international names like Raphael, Leo, Theo, Louis, Adam, Hugo, Martin, Lucas but they're not identifiably French. (Susan is there too but I'm not sure why!)

You could look at your family tree to look if there are names you like, or look for names that are related to the part of France with which your family is linked. e.g. Browse Names - Behind the Name. Loïc and Malo seem current and are Breton.

Calliopespa · 22/10/2024 22:12

KidneyBowl · 22/10/2024 22:02

@KirstenBlest french ancestry but living in the UK and non French speaking. So needs to work in English more

How about Pom then?! 😂

More seriously I like Matthieu which works well in English and I know a little Gaspard and it’s super cute on him.

Acornsoup · 22/10/2024 22:05

Fabian
Luc

Lampzade · 22/10/2024 22:04

Gabriel
Dominic
Sebastian

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KidneyBowl · 22/10/2024 22:02

@KirstenBlest french ancestry but living in the UK and non French speaking. So needs to work in English more

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RedHelenB · 22/10/2024 13:25

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KirstenBlest · 22/10/2024 13:24

Is the baby French or part-French? Where will he grow up?
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The names suggested on this thread might be dated in France. Similarly, names popular in France might be dated here.

Check that the name works in both English and French, and that it goes with the surname e.g. Michel Le Surnom will be read as Michelle Surnom here, Arthur might not like being called Arfa etc.

A random link: Can you francize your first and last name by becoming French? - My personal situation | Service-Public.fr

MilesOfCarpetTiles · 21/10/2024 23:18

Etienne is one of my favourite names

MerryMarys · 21/10/2024 23:04

Clement
Quentin
Laurent

BrieHugger · 21/10/2024 22:33

mardirousse · 21/10/2024 21:44

Loïc. I wish I had called my lad this

Haven’t heard that name since I met a gorgeous Loic on my school exchange. Love it! See also Etienne, swoon!

saraclara · 21/10/2024 22:21

I love Benoit. But it wouldn't be long before he became a boring English Ben.

Moreteaandchocolate · 21/10/2024 22:19

Beau
Remy
Louis
Charles
Harvey
Lucien
Percy
Lyle
Auguste
Leon
Marc
Maxim

Gotosleep91 · 21/10/2024 22:15

My brother was friends with a Thibault (tee-bo) - I like the way it's pronounced but the spelling might cause issues in the UK!

Raggeo · 21/10/2024 22:14

Elias
Clement
Thibaud
Raphael
Matthias
Nicholas

Youranus · 21/10/2024 22:02

Mederic
Mathis

PublicEnemyNo2 · 21/10/2024 21:50

Xavier

SquigglePigs · 21/10/2024 21:49

Jean-Luc
Jacques
Michel
Albert
Alain
Louis
Claude
Jean-Baptiste
Adrien
Laurent
Remy

Shhhthedogssleeping · 21/10/2024 21:46

Laurent
Olivier
Remi
Leandre
Aubin
Gabriel
Raphael
Henri
Jules
Luc
Felix

Doubleflux · 21/10/2024 21:45

Fabrice

CutFlowers · 21/10/2024 21:44

Oscar
Fabien
Etienne

mardirousse · 21/10/2024 21:44

Loïc. I wish I had called my lad this

DoreenonTill8 · 21/10/2024 21:43

Thierry
Marius
Lèon
Gavroche
Antoine

GoldenSunflowers · 21/10/2024 21:41

Christian
claude
michel

redtrain123 · 21/10/2024 21:40

Pierre

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