French Girl names

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I'm watching Charlotte Gray and when Charlotte went under cover in France she was called Dominique.

I am a bit of a Francophile and so it made me wonder what my preferred French name would be. I love Mathilde. I loved Ghislaine until it became associated with Maxwell. I went to school with a Sandrine which I thought was magnificent.

So I am curious as to what your fave french names are?

I am not naming a baby, but thought this might be the best place to put the query in case I want to change my name by deed poll one day.

Severine
Sophie
Alice
Mathilde
Angelique

Aude
Yann
Sidonie
Sabine

Adèle, Isabelle, Marie and Béatrice are nice.

I like Claudine, Manon, Agnes and Bernadette too.
Sandrine is nice but so dated.
Alison is lovely but dated in the UK.

Popular Names in France 2024 - Behind the Name

Giselle
helouise
elodie
clemency
leonie
apolline
celeste
mathilde
aurelie
romy
alice

My French teacher was a Josianne which I always thought was beautiful

Oceane
Maelys
Marie Rose
Mireille
Capucine
Coralie

I love Valerie too. And Natalie.

Mirielle
I have a distant French relation by marriage, in her early 90s, called Mirielle. It means “miracle” and I think it’s a rather lovely name.

I went to school with a Solange, which quite like.

I love Anaïs and Noa - there were half French twins in a baby group I went to 14 years ago called these names. I’d say still pretty unusual for rural West Yorks!

Vivienne

Oh I had forgotten Manon. That's lovely.

Éloïse, Coralie, Gabrielle, Camille, Éléanor, Félicité, Angélique, Camélia, Geneviève, Séphora and Nathalie!

Nadine, Nadege, Sylvie, Aubrielle.

Manon and Camille

Love French names!

Anais
Lucille
Celine
Cecile / Cecilia

My name is french, but mainstream English too. Plenty are

Yann is a Breton male name, the equivalent of John, Jean, Ian etc.

Adding Léontine and Célestine to the list. Oddly, some of the French children I know have names which we’d consider a bit dated like Jade and Ambre.

Odette. I love it.

The French version of my name is so much nicer than my English one.

I love Eloise and Aurelie.

I like Apolline

Ludivine
Manon
Camille
Mireille
Romy (my dd)

Magali

Yes love Bertie for short

I love Cleménce.