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French boys' names that are easy to pronounce

148 replies

BlueBelle81 · 30/01/2020 19:49

I am expecting a baby in June and I'm really stuck for boys names.

I already have a little boy called Raphael and I just can't think of another name I love as much.

I was very keen on Aubrey but I think it's being used for girls more and more and DH blows hot and cold on it.
I am of French origin and I'd like a name that reflects that and can be easily pronounced in French and English (and won't make his life unbearable in a West Yorkshire comprehensive....)

My husband likes Gabriel (but that would be 2 archangels) and Laszlo (would feel a bit funny as it's neither French nor English)
I like various unsuitable french names...Guillaume especially.

Please help! I'd love to read your suggestions.

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HalfManHalfLabrador · 30/01/2020 19:53

Luc

EllebellyBeeblebrox · 30/01/2020 19:54

Julien

EllebellyBeeblebrox · 30/01/2020 19:54

Etienne

FawnDrench · 30/01/2020 19:55

Louis
Claude
Lionel
Leon

BlueBelle81 · 30/01/2020 20:00

Thank you so much for your replies.

I quite like Etienne but I don't love it.
Luc and Julien feel a bit old fashioned to me.

I love Joachim, Thibault, Valentin, Stanislas. Names that have been around forever but aren't traditional top 20 (in France).

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letshopeitsnot · 30/01/2020 20:01

I love Thibault!

74NewStreet · 30/01/2020 20:03

Remy?

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 30/01/2020 20:04

Arnaud
Remy
Gustave

iklboo · 30/01/2020 20:05

I know a Serge and a Sebastien.

kayakingmum · 30/01/2020 20:05

Felix

BlueBelle81 · 30/01/2020 20:05

I do love Remy but I think that seems to be a girls' name in English isn't it?
DH also isn't keen on both DC having the same first initial...

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LadyMonicaBaddingham · 30/01/2020 20:05

@74NewStreet Snap!!

BlueBelle81 · 30/01/2020 20:06

Unfortunately I wasted Sebastian on my rabbit!

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anterenea · 30/01/2020 20:08

I am quite fond of Aymeric or Alban-bit of a medieval era fan!

PetitsGateaux · 30/01/2020 20:09

Victor
Hadrien
Marcel
Corentin

mamansnet · 30/01/2020 20:10

Sylvain
Matthieu
Sebastien
Romain
Marc
Thibault
Alban
Jérôme
Stephane
Guy
Pascal
Antoine
Johan
Rémi
Adrien
Grégoire
Florian
Brice
Yann
Virgile
Patrice
Olivier
Joel
Joachim
Laurent

mamansnet · 30/01/2020 20:10

Gauthier

PeachMelba78 · 30/01/2020 20:12

Léo? Joseph? Louis?

milliefiori · 30/01/2020 20:12

Sebastian
Olivier
Xavier

Flissmoon · 30/01/2020 20:14

August(e)
Gaspard
Emile/Emilian
Achille
Florent
Mathis
Ambrose
Anatole
Phineas

HavelockVetinari · 30/01/2020 20:18

László is Hungarian, it would be weird to name a French-English child that.

Thibault is lovely but hard for English people to pronounce upon reading, it depends whether that bothers you. Etienne is fab too, Grégoire, Pierre-François (shortened to Pi-Fou), Benoît, Yvan (Bretagne), Yann (ditto), Henri, Luc, Claude, André, Arnaud, Christophe, Mattieu.

IveGotBillsTheyreMultiplying · 30/01/2020 20:20

Maxence, Max for short?

HalfBloodPrincess · 30/01/2020 20:23

Aloys
Sylvain

MikeAlphaMike · 30/01/2020 20:25

Paul
Marc
Andre
Pierre
Yvan
Etienne
Stefan

ANiceLuxury · 30/01/2020 20:27

I really like Andre

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