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French Girl Names

Name Meaning Origins Gender Popularity (last 10y)
Nicolene Victory of the people English, French, Greek Girl
Nicolinea Victory of the people French Girl
Nicollette Victory of the people French Girl
Nielle Feminine form or elaboration of Niall/Neil, commonly interpreted as "champion" (sometimes glossed as "cloud" in older sources) English, French Girl
Nigelle Little black, dark (often interpreted as 'dark-haired' or 'dark-skinned') French Girl
Nikolene Victory of the people French, Greek, Slavic Girl
Ninett Diminutive form meaning "little Nina" or "little one" (little girl) French Girl
Ninona Likely a diminutive form: if from Anne/Hannah → “grace, favor”; if from Antonina/Antonia → related to Antonius (often interpreted as ‘priceless’ or ‘of the Antonius family’). French, Italian, Spanish Girl
Ninone Derived from Anne/Hannah, meaning 'grace' or 'favor'. French Girl
Noelanny Blend of Noel ('Christmas' or 'born on Christmas') and Anne/Anny ('grace') - roughly 'Christmas grace' or 'born at Christmas with grace'. French Girl
Noella-May Combines Noella ('born on/relating to Christmas') and May (the month/name Maia). French, Latin Girl
Noelleen Born on Christmas; associated with Christmas French Girl
Nonnette Diminutive of 'nun' - 'little nun' (also the name of a small French cake) French Girl
Norabel From Nora (honor/light) + belle (beautiful) - roughly 'honorable/bright and beautiful' French Girl
Normanda Northern woman; woman from the north French, Portuguese Girl
normandie From Normandy - 'land of the Northmen' French Girl
Nowelle Born on Christmas; 'Christmas' French Girl
Nycol Victory of the people French Girl
Nycole Victory of the people French, Greek Girl
Nymue The Lady of the Lake - an enchantress, a guardian/mentor figure in Arthurian tales French Girl
Octavie-Elise From Latin 'eighth' + Hebrew-derived 'pledged to God' (combined meaning: 'eighth' and 'pledged to God') French Girl
Octavie-Louise 'Eighth' (Octavie) + 'famous/renowned warrior' (Louise) French Girl
Oddett Little/young bearer of wealth; associated with wealth or fortune French Girl
Odeleta Probably 'little praise' (from Odelia, Hebrew 'I will praise the Lord') or 'little wealth/fortunate one' (from Odette, Germanic 'wealth/fortune') French Girl
Odelett Diminutive of Odette - 'little wealthy one' or 'little fortune' French Girl
Odelette Diminutive of Odette/Oda - 'little wealth' or 'small fortune; prosperous' French Girl
Odeta Wealth, fortune (diminutive: "little wealth") French Girl
Odetta Derived from 'aud' meaning wealth/fortune - prosperous, fortunate French Girl
Odettah Wealth, riches; prosperous, fortunate French Girl
Odylle Wealth; fortune; prosperous heritage French Girl
Olianne Blend of 'olive' (peace) and 'Anne' (grace) - roughly 'graceful/peaceful one'. English, French Girl
Oliveria Derived from 'olive'/'olive tree' - symbolizing peace and fruitfulness; feminine form of Oliver/Olivia French Girl
Olivet Olive tree; Mount of Olives Biblical, French Girl
Ondyne Water nymph; wave French, Latin Girl
Onorine Honor, honorable, honored French Girl
Oralie Likely 'golden' (from Aurelia/Oralia) or 'light' (from Ora) French Girl
Orele Possibly 'light of God' (from Hebrew Orel) or associated with 'golden' (from Latin/French Aurelius/Aurelia) French, Hebrew, Latin Girl
Orelle Either "golden" (if linked to Aurelia) or "God's light" / "light of God" (if from Hebrew Orel); also used as a French feminine/place name. French, Hebrew, Italian, Latin Girl
Orguelleuse Proud French Girl
Oribel Possibly 'beautiful light' or 'light and beautiful' French Girl
Orielle Likely 'golden' (from Latin/Catalan roots such as aureolus/oriol) or, alternatively, 'my light' when linked to Hebrew 'Ori' Catalan, French Girl
Ovidie Of the sheep French, Latin Girl
Pansia Associated with the pansy flower; thought, remembrance French Girl
Parie Derived from Persian Pari meaning "fairy" or "angelic being" French, Persian Girl
Parnele Diminutive of Petronilla - 'little Petronilla' (by extension sometimes associated with 'rock' via Petron- / Petra associations) English, French Girl
Parnelle Likely "rock" or "little rock" (linked to Peter/Petronilla) English, French, Irish Girl
Paryse Probably a modern respelling of Paris (from the city of Paris) or a variant of Persian Parisa meaning "like a fairy" (fairy-like). English, French Girl
Passenger Traveler; one carried English, French, Latin Girl
Pauletta Little, small; humble (derived from the Latin name Paulus) French Girl
Pavelle Little, small; humble (from Latin Paulus/Paul) French, Slavic 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