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French Names

French names divide into two histories. Some are Latin worn smooth by a thousand years of French speech; others are Germanic names brought by the Franks and kept in French mouths — which is why a great many of the most French-sounding names on the list are not Latin at all.

Languages behind these names Latin Hebrew Germanic Greek uncertain French

Rankings for

842 names, most popular first in United States

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Girls Boys Unisex

Charlotte Charlotte is a girl's name of French origin meaning "free man," the feminine form of Charles, itself from the Germanic name Karl.
Girl French #2 in US
Lainey Lainey is a girl's name that developed as a pet form of Elaine, itself an Old French version of Helen.
Girl French #30 in US
Eloise Eloise is a girl's name of French origin, from the medieval Héloïse.
Girl French #49 in US
Beau Beau is a boy's name from the French beau, meaning handsome or beautiful.
Boy French #60 in US
Claire Claire is a girl's name of French origin meaning "clear" or "bright," from the Latin clarus.
Girl French #68 in US
Margot Margot is a girl's name of French origin meaning "pearl," a French pet form of Marguerite and so of Margaret.
Girl French #102 in US
Calvin Calvin is a boy's name of French origin meaning "little bald one," from the Latin calvus, bald.
Boy French #133 in US
Chase Chase is a boy's name of Old French origin meaning "huntsman."
Boy French #192 in US
Noelle Noelle is a girl's name of French origin meaning "Christmas."
Girl French #202 in US
Bailey Bailey is a name of Old French origin meaning "bailiff" or "steward."
Unisex French #208 in US
Elise Elise is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my oath," a short form of Elizabeth.
Girl French #223 in US
Lucille Lucille is a girl's name from the Latin for light, given to children born at daybreak.
Girl French #237 in US
Camille Camille is a unisex name of Latin origin, from a Roman word for a young attendant at religious ceremonies.
Unisex French #240 in US
Esme Esme is a girl's name of Old French origin meaning "esteemed" or "beloved."
Girl French #298 in US
Elaine Elaine is a girl's name, the Old French form of Helen, whose meaning was never established.
Girl French #304 in US
Colette Colette is a girl's name meaning victory of the people, a French diminutive of Nicole.
Girl French #316 in US
Damien Damien is a boy's name meaning to tame, and its saint was a Belgian priest who chose to live in a leper colony and died of the disease.
Boy French #352 in US
Andre Andre is a boy's name, the French form of Andrew, from the Greek for manly.
Boy French #368 in US
Mallory Mallory means unlucky, and it is one of very few names built on an insult — the Norman malheuré described someone ill-fated, and it became a surname before anyone used it as a first name.
Girl French #372 in US
Demi Demi is a girl's name usually explained as French for "half", from the Latin dimidius.
Girl French #380 in US
Nicole Nicole is a girl's name, the French feminine of Nicholas, meaning victory of the people.
Girl French #382 in US
Giselle Giselle means a pledge, and the pledge was a person — the Germanic gisil named a hostage given as security for a treaty.
Girl French #383 in US
Liana Liana is a girl's name with two sources. It is a short form of Juliana, Eliana and similar names, and independently the botanical word for a woody climbing vine — from the French lier, to bind, which is also the root of liaison.
Girl French #386 in US
Jocelyn Jocelyn began as a man's name for a Germanic tribe — the Gauts — and turned female in twentieth-century America. About 90 percent of the births in our records are now female.
Unisex French #393 in US
Raphaël Raphaël is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has healed," borne by one of the three archangels named in scripture.
Boy French #394 in US
Mya Mya is a girl's name, usually a respelling of Maya or Mia, and the sources disagree completely about what it means.
Girl French #443 in US
Madeleine Madeleine is a girl's name meaning "of Magdala," a fishing town on the Sea of Galilee, and it is a place name rather than a description.
Girl French #454 in US
Elle Elle is a girl's name identical to the French word for she, and also used as a short form of Eleanor and Ellen.
Girl French #462 in US
Michelle Michelle is a girl's name, the French feminine of Michel, from a Hebrew question meaning who is like God.
Girl French #465 in US
Alison Alison means little Alice, and Alice means noble — but the Norman name behind it is a heavy compression of the Germanic Adalheidis, so the noble is all that survived of a longer compound.
Girl French #477 in US
Noel Noel means Christmas, and its American peak was 2014 — the most recent peak of any name in this group by a wide margin.
Unisex French #478 in US
Arlette Arlette is nearly extinct in France — five births last year — while rising sharply in America, where births went from 238 in 2020 to 600 in 2025.
Girl French #494 in US
Maxine Maxine is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "greatest," a feminine form of Maximus.
Girl French #496 in US
Mae Mae is a girl's name in France, generally read as a form of Mae or as a feminine of the Breton Mahé.
Girl French #500 in US
Corbin Corbin means little raven, and it began as a description of hair — Norman bynames used black birds for black-haired people, which is the same logic behind the Irish names built on the word for dark.
Boy French #512 in US
Louise Louise is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," the French feminine form of Louis.
Girl French #515 in US
Danielle Danielle is a girl's name, the French feminine of Daniel, from a Hebrew name meaning God is my judge.
Girl French #550 in US
Jacqueline Jacqueline is a girl's name, the French feminine of Jacques, and it inherits the meaning supplanter from Jacob.
Girl French #558 in US
Estelle Estelle means star, and France and the United States rank it within 55 places of each other — 518th and 573rd — which is unusually close for a French name in an English-speaking market.
Girl French #573 in US
Marie Marie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the French form of Mary, and the largest name in our entire dataset with more than 2.8 million births on record.
Girl French #618 in US
Gabrielle Gabrielle is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," the French feminine of Gabriel.
Girl French #634 in US
Lionel Lionel means little lion, and it entered English through Arthurian romance — Sir Lionel is a knight of the Round Table, and the name was rare before the stories carried it.
Boy French #659 in US
Valentin Valentin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy," the French form of Valentine.
Boy French #660 in US
Coraline Peaked in 1996 · 16,244 births since 1954
Girl French #683 in US
Julien Julien is a boy's name, the French form of Julian, from a Roman family name whose meaning was never established.
Boy French #709 in US
Marcel Marcel is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "little warrior," a diminutive of Marcus and so ultimately from Mars.
Boy French #730 in US
Lacey Lacey means from Lassy, a place in Normandy, and Scotland ranks it 308th — its strongest market, ahead of Northern Ireland at 475th and England at 480th, with the United States back at 738th.
Girl French #738 in US
Mathéo Mathéo is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," a French form built from Matthieu on the Italian pattern.
Boy French #750 in US

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