French Girl Names
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of 1,973 names
| Name | Meaning | Origins | Gender | Popularity (last 10y) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flurie | Flower; flower-like | French | Girl | — | |
| Foi | Faith | French | Girl | — | |
| Fontella | Fountain; (diminutive) little fountain | English, French | Girl | — | |
| Francene | Frenchwoman; free | French, Latin | Girl | — | |
| Franchette | Little French one; from Frank/Francis meaning "French" or "free" | French | Girl | — | |
| Francique | Derived from Latin Franciscus - Frenchman or free man | French | Girl | — | |
| Franzett | Little Franz - diminutive of Franz meaning "Frenchman" or "free man" | French, German | Girl | — | |
| Françoise-Anne | Combination of 'Françoise' (French/Frank, free) and 'Anne' (grace) - roughly 'Frenchwoman of grace' or 'free and graceful' | French | Girl | — | |
| Françoise-Elisabeth | Françoise: 'free' (Frankish); Élisabeth: 'God is my oath' (Hebrew) | French | Girl | — | |
| Françoise-Laure | Combines 'free' (Françoise) and 'laurel/crowned with laurel' (Laure) | French | Girl | — | |
| Françoise-Marie | Combines Françoise ('French' or 'free') and Marie (Hebrew Miryam: often 'beloved' or debated meanings such as 'sea of bitterness' or 'rebellion') | French | Girl | — | |
| Fredrique | Peaceful ruler | French | Girl | — | |
| Fronde | Sling; rebellion | French | Girl | — | |
| Furnelle | Possibly "little fern" or denoting origin from the Furnell surname/place; exact meaning is uncertain | French | Girl | — | |
| Fyliberte | Very bright; much-bright (bright one) | French | Girl | — | |
| Gabelle | Tax or duty - historically the salt tax (the gabelle) | French | Girl | — | |
| Gaella | Of the Gaels; Gaelic / from the Gaelic people | Breton, French | Girl | — | |
| Gaelle | Of the Gaels; Gaelic, 'from the Gaels' (Irish/Scottish) | Breton, French | Girl | — | |
| Gaetane | From Gaeta (the Italian town of Gaeta) | French | Girl | — | |
| Gaie | Merry; joyful, happy | English, French | Girl | — | |
| Gaille | Either "father's joy" (from Abigail) or "Gael/Gaelic person" (from Gaël); exact meaning depends on which root is intended. | English, French, Gaelic, Irish | Girl | — | |
| Gaitanne | From Gaeta (a coastal town in Italy) | French | Girl | — | |
| Galaine | Calm, serenity | French, Greek | Girl | — | |
| Galie | Likely from Hebrew 'Gal' meaning 'wave', or related to English 'Gail' (short for Abigail) meaning 'father's joy' | Breton, English, French, Hebrew | Girl | — | |
| Galiene | Calm, serenity | French, Greek | Girl | — | |
| Gallienne | Denotes origin from Gaul or 'Gaulish' (from Latin Gallienus/Gallus); sometimes associated with the word for 'rooster' (Gallus). | French | Girl | — | |
| Galy | Related to Hebrew 'Gal' meaning 'wave', or to Slavic/Greek 'Galina/Galene' meaning 'calm, tranquility'. | French, Hebrew, Slavic | Girl | — | |
| Garcelle | Uncertain - likely a modern French/Creole name with no well-established etymology | French | Girl | — | |
| Gay | Cheerful, merry, joyful | English, French | Girl | — | |
| Gayella | Little merry one; cheerful, happy | English, French, Italian | Girl | — | |
| Geaninne | God is gracious | French | Girl | — | |
| Geanne | Derived from Jeanne/Jean meaning "God is gracious"; may also evoke Anne meaning "grace" | English, French | Girl | — | |
| Gemma-Lou | Jewel + famed/famous warrior (combined sense: 'precious jewel' + 'renowned/famous') | French, Latin | Girl | — | |
| Genee | Well-born, noble | English, French | Girl | — | |
| Geneeva | Associated with Geneva or Genevieve; commonly linked to 'juniper' or interpreted from Germanic elements as 'tribe/kin woman'. | French | Girl | — | |
| Genestine | Likely 'broom' (the shrub) or 'of the broom'; occasionally interpreted as a feminine/derived form related to 'origin' (Genesis) | French | Girl | — | |
| Genevee | Derived from elements meaning 'kin/tribe' + 'woman' - commonly rendered as 'tribe woman' | French | Girl | — | |
| Geneveieve | Woman of the tribe | French | Girl | — | |
| Genevevie | Woman of the tribe | French | Girl | — | |
| Geneviee | Woman of the tribe (from Germanic roots meaning 'kin/tribe' + 'woman') | French | Girl | — | |
| Geneviev | From Germanic elements meaning 'tribe' + 'woman' - often interpreted as 'woman of the tribe' or 'tribal woman'. | French | Girl | — | |
| Genevieve | Woman of the tribe / kin woman | French | Girl | — | |
| Genevievie | Woman of the tribe | French | Girl | — | |
| Genevive | Traditionally understood as 'woman of the tribe' or 'kin-woman' (i.e., woman of the family/people) | French | Girl | — | |
| Genevre | Tribe woman | French | Girl | — | |
| Genivee | Derived from Germanic roots meaning 'tribe/kin woman' or 'woman of the race'. | French | Girl | — | |
| Gennivieve | Woman of the tribe / tribe woman | French | Girl | — | |
| Genowiva | Woman of the tribe / kin-woman | French | Girl | — | |
| Gentiane | Named for the gentian flower (often blue); linked to the plant and, via its name, to King Gentius | French | Girl | — | |
| Genève | Named after the Swiss city of Geneva; 'from Geneva' / 'of Geneva' | French | Girl | — |
French Girls name popularity over time
Aggregated births across France, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland for every French-origin name in our dataset.
1,973
Names in this origin
220
With data in 2024
27,465
Births 2024
220,402
Peak year 1949