Help! Punchy, unusual French girl names

[vowelsandall]

Baby girl is here and nameless, so I need your help please!! I need a name that fits the following criteria:

• punchy (by that I mean something that has some energy and strength to it)
• something that is not commonly used in the UK, but ideally something that isn't considered made up either. It would be great if it's something that isn't really dated in France too
• something that is French, or at least pronounceable in French. I don't mind if the pronunciation is a little different in English and French

Any ideas? I would be most grateful!

Odette
Yvette
Simone
Celine
Francine
Gisele
Juliette
Lysette
Madeleine
Renee
Therese

Laure - in honour of Laure Berthaud from Spiral.

Ottilie
Séverine

This.
Look at French baby name websites and books.
If you look at the most popular baby names in France in the last 5 years or so, there are a lot of short names that are also popular in the UK.
Do you live in France or the UK?

There was contestant on last year’s Sewing Bee called Fauve. She was either English or Welsh I think.

These are all French or French/English girls I know, under 10, living in France or the UK:

Ada
Adèle
Alice
Amélie
Camille
Céleste
Clémence
Inès
Léonie
Louise
Luna
Romane
Rose

My DD's name is on the list. I do also love Anaïs but ruled it out because I think the vast majority of English speakers would not be able to pronounce or spell it.

I love Anouk
Not heard of Apolline but it's awesome

Alexia
Alizee

Claudine
Fabienne
Anaïs
Chantelle
Domonique

Be careful, a lot of the suggestions on here are very dated (ie - they are the names of 50 year old french women, not kids).
Kids names:

Camille
Lola / Lea and other derivatives
Alexia
Eloise
Ines
Romy
Roxanne
Magali
Elodie
Aurelie
Audrey
Isaure
Manon

Here are the top names being given at the moment: www.magicmaman.com/,top-20-des-prenoms-francais-pour-filles,2094,2186492.asp

Daphné, too - missed it off my list but love it

Odette
Renee
Esme
Celine

These are incredibly old in France... The list from @@NameChange30 is a good summary of what modern french kids are called.

Also:

Laure
Adeline
Gabrielle
Elise
Appolline
Sixtine

Fauve which someone mentioned means 'wild animal', so it depends how punchy you want to go...

I love Amandine

And Océane

Laurie
Cassandra
Sylvie
Marion
Helene
Celeste
Jeanne
Lune

Anazarde - Annie for short.

This page is good, you can select the time period and show overall rankings:
https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3532172

eg here is the top 20 for 2019-2023

And if you don't want anything dated, avoid these names (several of which have been suggested on this thread!) - most French women with these names will be 70-90 years old.

@NameChange30 how is “Jade” pronounced by a French person?

Michele or Michelle
Not back en vouge yet, but female version of the warrior arc angel!

Bit difficult to explain... the "J" is pronounced like the "s" in "pleasure", then it's a short "a"... it actually sounds much nicer than the English pronunciation.

But with a hard “d” to end it, or with a softer “duh”?

Francine
sandrine

The latter

Ariane and Léonie