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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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Timothée Timothée is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "honoring God," the French form of Timothy.
Boy French #3,768 in US
Auguste Auguste is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "great" or "venerable," the French form of Augustus.
Boy French #3,857 in US
Galia Peaked in 2024 · 723 births since 1967
Girl French #3,872 in US
Georgette Georgette is a girl's name meaning farmer, and it is one of very few names to have become a fabric — the crepe is named after the French dressmaker Georgette de la Plante.
Girl French #3,885 in US
Aurélie Aurélie is a French girl's name meaning golden, from a Roman family name.
Girl French #3,924 in US
Armand Armand is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "army man," the French form of Herman, borne by the cardinal who built the centralized French state.
Boy French #3,934 in US
Etienne Etienne means crown, and the Greek behind it is the wreath given to victors — so a name now read as saintly began as a prize handed to the winner of a race.
Boy French #3,966 in US
Gaby Peaked in 2022 · 6,718 births since 1905
Unisex French #4,000 in US
Abigaëlle Peaked in 2021 · 5,309 births since 1981
Girl French #4,004 in US
Solange Solange means solemn, from a Latin word meaning religiously binding — and our data marks it reviving, ranking 677th in France against 4283rd in the United States.
Girl French #4,283 in US
Aboubacar Peaked in 2023 · 3,350 births since 1974
Boy French #4,289 in US
Elya Elya is a unisex name of Hebrew origin, a form of Elijah meaning "my God is the Lord."
Girl French #4,325 in US
Amaury Amaury is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "work-ruler," and two crusader kings of Jerusalem carried it.
Boy French #4,432 in US
Andrée Andrée is a girl's name meaning manly or brave, the French feminine of André — so it is a woman's name built from a Greek word for a man.
Girl French #4,442 in US
Chancellor Peaked in 2001 · 2,663 births since 1916
Boy French #4,474 in US
Magali Magali is Occitan rather than French, and it means of Magdala — a town on the Sea of Galilee, so the name is a place several removes back rather than any quality of its bearer.
Girl French #4,528 in US
Jeanne Jeanne is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is gracious," the French feminine of Jean.
Girl French #4,565 in US
Rochelle Rochelle means little rock, and it is a place rather than a person — La Rochelle on the Atlantic coast was a Huguenot stronghold, and the name reached English through the town rather than any saint.
Girl French #4,578 in US
Jory Peaked in 1991 · 4,539 births since 1947
Unisex French #4,598 in US
Michel Michel is a boy's name, the French form of Michael, from a Hebrew question meaning who is like God.
Boy French #4,687 in US
Clair Peaked in 1923 · 18,359 births since 1880
Unisex French #4,708 in US
Liliane Liliane means lily, and our data marks it reviving — 753rd in France on 55 births, against 4146th in England and Wales and 4744th in the United States, so the revival is entirely French.
Girl French #4,744 in US
Michele Michele is a girl's name, the single-l spelling of Michelle, from a Hebrew question meaning who is like God.
Girl French #4,760 in US
Azélie Peaked in 2025 · 1,575 births since 1900
Girl French #4,763 in US
Maxime Maxime is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "greatest," the French form of the Roman cognomen Maximus.
Boy French #4,791 in US
Clovis Peaked in 2008 · 15,407 births since 1900
Boy French #4,813 in US
Eliane Eliane has two possible parents that disagree completely — a Roman family name connected to the sun, and a Hebrew compound meaning God has answered.
Girl French #4,814 in US
Emmanuelle Emmanuelle means God is with us, and the Hebrew is a whole sentence rather than a word — Isaiah gives it as a sign, and Matthew quotes it, so the name is a quotation twice over.
Girl French #4,876 in US
Myriam Myriam is the French spelling of Miriam, and France ranks it 287th while ranking Miriam itself 816th — so in its own market the respelling substantially outsells the original biblical form.
Girl French #4,914 in US
Lucile Lucile means light, and France ranks it 467th while the United States has it at 5006th — a French name that America had and lost, having peaked there in 1917.
Girl French #5,006 in US
Mathieu Mathieu is the French form of Matthew, meaning gift of God.
Boy French #5,031 in US
Thaïs Thaïs is a girl's name of Greek origin, borne by an Athenian courtesan who accompanied Alexander the Great and, by legend, urged the burning of Persepolis.
Girl French #5,074 in US
Olivette Peaked in 1920 · 1,233 births since 1886
Girl French #5,076 in US
Thierry Thierry is a boy's name meaning ruler of the people, the French form of the Germanic Theodoric — and it is the same name as Terry, which reached English by a different route.
Boy French #5,106 in US
Jean-Luc Jean-Luc joins God is gracious to a name meaning from Lucania, an Italian region — so the second half is a place, not the light it is usually said to mean.
Boy French #5,132 in US
Loraine Peaked in 1922 · 18,940 births since 1883
Girl French #5,177 in US
Léandre Léandre is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "lion man," the French form of Leander.
Boy French #5,280 in US
Gaelle Gaelle is Breton, not Irish, and the resemblance to Gael is misleading — it shortens Gwenaël, which joins the Breton words for blessed and generous, and has no connection to the Gaelic peoples.
Girl French #5,289 in US
Lucienne Lucienne is a French girl's name meaning light, and our data marks it stable rather than falling — an unusual reading for a name that peaked in 1920 and has not ranked highly anywhere since.
Girl French #5,296 in US
François François is a boy's name meaning a Frenchman, or a Frank — and it is the name that gives France its own.
Boy French #5,324 in US
Jeannette Jeannette means God is gracious, a French double diminutive of Jeanne — and the -ette ending is doing the same work twice, since Jeanne is already a feminine of Jean.
Girl French #5,333 in US
Alix Alix is a unisex name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," a medieval French form of Adelaide that later merged with Alice.
Unisex French #5,358 in US
Aissata Peaked in 2024 · 3,944 births since 1962
Girl French #5,373 in US
Ilyan Ilyan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, a French spelling of the Arabic and Russian forms of Elijah.
Boy French #5,493 in US
Viviane Viviane means alive, and in Arthurian romance she is the Lady of the Lake — the figure who gives Arthur his sword and then seals Merlin in a tree or a rock, depending on which version you read.
Girl French #5,534 in US
Yves Yves is a boy's name from a Germanic word for the yew tree, the wood the longbow was made from.
Boy French #5,567 in US
Maryellen Peaked in 1960 · 13,223 births since 1891
Girl French #5,569 in US
Mariame Peaked in 2024 · 3,551 births since 1948
Girl French #5,622 in US

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