Classic names that work in French and English

[HPandbean]

DH and I are struggling to think of classic (but not dull) names to compliment our unusual surname. The other thing is we have immediate family in France and baby will spend time there so we’d like the name to work in French and English. Our current favourites are Alexander and Madeleine but we’d love some more ideas.

For a girl DH likes Anna and Sophie which are nice but...meh... they don’t excite me! We both like Sophia and Isobel/Isabella but they wouldn’t work for us as they’re being used by family and friends.

For boys, we are stuck! Help

Thank you x

My favourite french girls name is Coralie. (Not actually sure if it is French but I knew a French girl who was named it)
It just sounded so pretty.

Xavier
Sebastien
Etienne

Rosalie
Amelie
Manon

Anouk is also one of my favourites

Thanks @NameChange30 I’ll check out that book.

DH is what I’d call Franglais - British but grew up there, and his immediate and extended family all live there.

I completely agree about some names being “too French” - we want the name to work in French but as we live in the UK it will mostly be pronounced in an English accent. Tricky!

All the more reason to choose a name that's not too French

This comes up quite regularly, have a search back a few pages.

I saw a French name I love recently

Zélie