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French names - Baby names with the origin French

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Name Meaning Origins Gender Popularity (last 10y)
Amy Beloved French Girl 4,155 #51
Romain From Rome; Roman French Boy 4,145 #52
Pierre Rock, stone French Boy 4,132 #53
Marin Of the sea; maritime English, French, Latin, Romanian, Spanish Unisex 4,131 #54
Candice White, pure; sincere French Girl 4,001 #55
Axelle Father of peace French Girl 3,997 #56
Madeleine From Magdala; often interpreted as "tower" or "of Magdala" French Girl 3,950 #57
Suzanne Lily French, Greek, Hebrew, Latin Girl 3,820 #58
Gaston Guest; (by association) man from Gascony French Boy 3,732 #59
Elodie Possibly 'foreign riches' or 'heritage/wealth' French Girl 3,672 #60
Garance Madder (a red dye plant); associated with the color crimson/red French Girl 3,486 #61
Louison Renowned / famous warrior French Unisex 3,467 #62
Aline Noble French Girl 3,401 #63
Marion Diminutive of Mary; from Hebrew Miryam, often interpreted as 'bitter', 'beloved', or 'drop of the sea'. French Unisex 3,378 #64
Leane Likely a variant of Leanne - combining 'Lee' (meadow) and 'Anne' (grace), often interpreted as 'graceful meadow' or related to 'grace'. English, French Girl 3,357 #65
Albane Derived from Albanus - 'of Alba' / 'white' French Girl 3,290 #66
Beau Handsome; beautiful French Boy 3,162 #67
Armand Army man French, Germanic Boy 2,973 #68
Lionel Little/young lion French Boy 2,884 #69
Coline Feminine form of Colin - can be read as 'victory of the people' (via Nicholas) or 'young pup/young one' (Gaelic) French Girl 2,846 #70
Marilou Combination of Maria ('bitter' or 'beloved') and Lou (from Louise, 'renowned warrior') French, Spanish Girl 2,844 #71
Brielle God is my strength English, French Girl 2,513 #72
Violette Violet (the purple flower); often interpreted as 'little violet' French Girl 2,502 #73
Swann Swan; young man English, French, Old English, Old Norse Boy 2,489 #74
Fleur Flower French Girl 2,466 #75
Zara Flower; radiance Arabic, French Girl 2,248 #76
Djibril God is my strength Arabic, French, Hebrew Boy 2,244 #77
Gauthier Ruler of the army French Boy 2,054 #78
Ange Angel; messenger; angelic French Boy 2,052 #79
Michelle Who is like God? French Girl 1,909 #80
André Manly, masculine (from Greek meaning 'man') French, Greek Boy 1,836 #81
Clarisse Clear, bright, famous French Girl 1,806 #82
Laure Laurel; 'crowned with laurel' (symbolizing victory or honor) French Girl 1,780 #83
Morgane Sea-born; sea defender French Girl 1,775 #84
Simone He has heard French, Greek, Hebrew, Latin Girl 1,765 #85
Colette Victory of the people French Girl 1,673 #86
Blanche White; fair or pure French Girl 1,615 #87
Aubin White, fair, bright French Boy 1,583 #88
Amandine Worthy of love; lovable / beloved French Girl 1,458 #89
Coralie Derived from the word for 'coral' (coral-like) French Girl 1,440 #90
Aurélien Golden; 'the golden one' French Boy 1,438 #91
Odette Wealth, fortune; fortunate French Girl 1,376 #92
Elle From French 'elle' meaning 'she'; used as a short form of Eleanor/Ellen/Elizabeth French Girl 1,342 #93
Bo Originally 'dweller' or 'resident' (Old Norse); also associated with 'handsome' (from French beau); in Chinese the meaning varies by character (e.g., 波 'wave', 博 'abundant/learned', 伯 'elder'); sometimes short for Boaz ('swiftness/strength'). Chinese, English, French, Hebrew, Norse Unisex 1,336 #94
Yasmina Jasmine Arabic, French, Persian, Spanish Girl 1,336 #95
Eliane Bright, shining light; alternatively 'God has answered' (via Eliana) French Girl 1,334 #96
Valerie Strength, health French, Latin Girl 1,334 #97
Louie Famous/renowned warrior French Boy 1,302 #98
Sébastien From the city of Sebastia; 'venerable' French Boy 1,242 #99
Lyne Variant of Lynn/Line - commonly linked to 'lake' or 'waterfall' (Old English/Welsh) or used as a diminutive of names like Aline meaning 'noble'. English, French, Scandinavian Girl 1,221 #100

French name popularity over time

Aggregated births across France, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland for every French-origin name in our dataset.

3,013
Names in this origin
361
With data in 2024
41,820
Births 2024
374,591
Peak year 1949