French boys' names that are easy to pronounce

[BlueBelle81]

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.

Hubert.

I love Benoit, I miss him in the Guardia. Lovey name.

I don't like Joachim at all. It's an old fashioned German name pronounced Yo ach eem

There are Yoachims and Joachims.

I realise that Sylvain will be pronounced Sylvane or Sylvian here. Which is not as nice as the French.

Laurence?

Laurence is a girl’s name is France.

In that case, not Laurence 😂

The male version is Laurent.

I love Matthieu and Raphael as a sib set

I love the name Beau

Laurence is a boy's name in England. I don't think you should go too exotic in case he gets bullied at school for it.
Patrick
Remy - my niece has a son called Remy

We are a French/English family and we have a Xavier and a Hugo. SIL has Sebastien (constantly misspelt).

"I love the name Beau"

You may well love it but no French person in their right mind would call their child Beautiful!

I hate the name, and I especially hate it when it's used for girls. Just so wrong!

@NameChange30

Good job everyone doesn't have the same names and we all have different preferences because I detest the name Raphael

Aubrey is a horribly old fashioned name and I wont even start on Guillaume - is it pronounced Gollum?

So each to there own isn't it

Guillaume - is it pronounced Gollum?

It's pronounced Gee ohm (hard G)

Gi-yaum is my rendering (this is where we need the phonetic alphabet )

Fabien?

Bubski
Each to their own, indeed. If you hate all the names that the OP likes, I would suggest that you probably have very different taste, and may not be able to make a particularly helpful contribution to the thread. Unless saying that you detest the actual name of her actual son is something that you would describe as a "helpful contribution".

The newest baby in our French village is Tiago.

New French babies I know this week are Charly and Diogo (not a typo!).

I have a work colleague whose Mother just worked her way through all the archangels!!

I can't believe no one has suggested Reuben

OK not French but surely used enough in Europe to work and works if your dh wants the same starting initial

Alexander
Gabriel
Benoit
Sebastian
Theodore
Charles
Matthieu
Max

also work

Marc- Etienne?

Reuben would immediately suggest the family is Jewish in France.

How about Luca(s)?

Maybe without the S as in the UK it'll be pronounced Lu-cas whereas in France the S is silent...so it's Lu-ca

Raphael & Luca...lovely combination