Classic 2/3-syllable girls names...

[ChesterBelloc]

...that more or less work in French too. Not much to ask, I know!

Can't have Anna, Sophie, Elisabeth, Marianne or Beatrice (outs self), but these will give you an idea of the kinds of names we like.

The French connection means that the endings will probably have an 'e' rather than an 'a' (e.g: Marguerite rather than Margarita). I'm open to more unusual names, but DH is fairly conservative... Please help!

My first thought was Mirabelle, though I'm not sure how well it would go down with the French family with the plum connection (but then Victoria is also a type of plum). I think Mirabelle and Olivine are lovely classic names alongside many of the others already posted.

Manon, Capucine, Maëlys, Clemence.

No-one in the U.K. will ever remember the French version of Genevieve. It will always be Jen a veeve.

Vivienne must go - it’s a 80’s beautician’s name. And Emanuelle to my generation is soft porn.

Emmanuelle (double M) gets shortened to Emma

Genevieve is an old lady name in French - like Sylvie.

How is Maëlys pronounced?

And could I get away with the spelling Olivigne..?

Like Elise but with My in front of it.

My-elise.

Olivigne sounds like an olive oil margarine.

Adrienne
Cassandra
Daphne
Esther
Iris
Julia
Justine
Lara
Léa
Naomi/Noémie
Nina
Sarah

Fabienne

Josephine
Juliet(te)
Alicia
Genevieve
Amelia/Amelie p

Yes Esther as suggested earlier- sounds lovely in french and English

My sister is Esther!

I used to really like Noémie, but have gone off it a bit; conversely OH has vetoed it in the past but now likes it :-/

Quite like Juliette, but OH doesn't...

Don't really like all the feminised-versions-of-male-names: Fabienne, Henriette, Antoinette etc

Is Olivia far too common now? Commonly used, I mean, not 'chav'-tastic...

Noémie will just be Nomie in the U.K. the e acute will baffle people.

Olivia is lovely though pretty common.
How about Caroline?

I love Fabienne
Severine
Delphine
Evangeline
Seraphine
Solange
Suzanne

Alison

Laurelie
Aurelia
Josie
Tilly
Isobel
Phoebe
Sally
Polly
Evie

Anaïs

Noémie will just be Nomie in the U.K. the e acute will baffle people.

Absolutely untrue. We're not cave dwellers. I've know a few Noemies (outside of France) over the years. I'm from Southern California and- surprise, surprise- I was never baffled by this name. There's hope for people in the UK yet!

Emmanuelle is shortened to Manu, OP. I love this name.
Anaïs is one of my favourites though.

Oh and Manon is another name I love. Manon des sources.

Anouk as well.

Amelie
Alice
Eloise
Rosa
Isabel
Sofia
Lara
Elissa

I like Anouk and Anaïs, but already have an Anna, so I think they'd be too similar.

Also have a niece Manon...