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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

105 names, rare — 25 to 99 a year, in United States

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Girls Boys Unisex

Marquis Peaked in 1990 · 25,057 births since 1880
Boy French 99 in 2025
Darrell Darrell does not mean beloved.
Boy French 97 in 2025
Antoine Antoine is a boy's name from the Roman family name Antonius, the French form of Anthony.
Boy French 95 in 2025
Henri Henri is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "home ruler," borne by four kings of France and by the one who converted to end a religious war.
Boy French 95 in 2025
Augustin Augustin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "venerable" or "majestic," the French form of Augustine.
Boy French 93 in 2025
Mylan Mylan is a boy's name of Slavic origin meaning "dear" or "gracious," a French respelling of Milan.
Boy French 96 in 2025
Jacques Jacques is a boy's name, the French form of Jacob, and our data marks it reviving.
Boy French 80 in 2025
Léopold Peaked in 1902 · 23,990 births since 1900
Boy French 76 in 2025
Edmond Edmond means wealthy protector, and its saint was a king shot with arrows by Danes — Edmund of East Anglia was England's patron for three centuries before George replaced him.
Boy French 75 in 2025
Arabelle Peaked in 2017 · 2,817 births since 1893
Girl French 93 in 2025
Yvonne Yvonne is a girl's name from a Germanic word for the yew tree, by way of Breton.
Girl French 92 in 2025
Emile Emile is a boy's name from a Roman family name whose meaning is uncertain — rival and eager are both proposed, and neither is settled.
Boy French 70 in 2025
Darryl Darryl does not mean darling.
Boy French 69 in 2025
Bridgette Peaked in 1970 · 24,548 births since 1943
Girl French 88 in 2025
Sabine Sabine names a people rather than a quality — the Sabines were an Italic tribe Rome absorbed early, and the abduction of their women is one of Rome's founding stories.
Girl French 87 in 2025
Alexandre Alexandre is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "defender of mankind," the French form of Alexander.
Boy French 67 in 2025
Leya Leya is a girl's name of recent coinage, generally read as a respelling of Leah or Leia.
Girl French 86 in 2025
Lyana Lyana is a girl's name of recent coinage, usually read as a respelling of Liana, meaning a climbing vine, or as an elaboration of Lya.
Girl French 83 in 2025
Collette Peaked in 1966 · 9,677 births since 1898
Girl French 82 in 2025
Clément Clément is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "merciful" or "gentle," borne by fourteen popes and by one of the earliest Christian writers outside the New Testament.
Boy French 62 in 2025
Léonie Léonie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lioness," the French feminine of Leon.
Girl French 80 in 2025
Eliott Eliott is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord is my God," a French spelling of Elliot that descends from Elijah.
Boy French 60 in 2025
Thérèse Thérèse is a girl's name of genuinely uncertain meaning, the French form of Teresa.
Girl French 79 in 2025
Elody Peaked in 1988 · 2,002 births since 1973
Girl French 77 in 2025
Suzanne Suzanne is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "lily," from shoshannah.
Girl French 75 in 2025
Jeanette Jeanette means God is gracious, a French double diminutive of Jeanne.
Girl French 75 in 2025
Léana Léana is a girl's name with no single source, a modern French formation read variously as a blend of Léa and Ana or as a form of Helen.
Girl French 74 in 2025
Sébastien Sébastien is a boy's name meaning from Sebaste, a city whose own name means venerable — it renders the imperial title Augustus into Greek.
Boy French 55 in 2025
Harmonie Peaked in 2015 · 5,588 births since 1974
Girl French 72 in 2025
Charlette Peaked in 1971 · 6,785 births since 1915
Girl French 72 in 2025
Marguerite Marguerite is a girl's name meaning pearl, and it is also the French word for the daisy — so the name carries a flower and a gemstone at once.
Girl French 71 in 2025
Alphonse Alphonse means ready for battle, and it is Visigothic rather than French — the name came into Spain with the Germanic kingdom that ruled it before the Arabs, and reached French from there.
Boy French 53 in 2025
Olivier Olivier is a boy's name usually taken as olive tree, though the character who made it famous — Roland's companion in the Song of Roland — may carry a Norse name meaning elf army instead.
Boy French 52 in 2025
Marius Marius is a boy's name of Latin origin, a Roman family name usually connected to Mars, the god of war.
Boy French 52 in 2025
Yanis Yanis is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is gracious," a French spelling of the Greek Yannis and so a form of John.
Boy French 52 in 2025
Diane Diane is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "divine" or "heavenly," the French form of the Roman goddess Diana.
Girl French 66 in 2025
Henrietta Henrietta named a American state — Maryland was chartered for Henrietta Maria, queen to Charles I, so a French princess's middle name sits on the map of the United States.
Girl French 65 in 2025
Emy Emy is a girl's name, a French respelling of Emy or Emmy that functions as a short form of Emma, Emilie and Amelie.
Girl French 63 in 2025
Lya Lya is a girl's name, a French respelling of Léa and so of the Hebrew Leah.
Girl French 60 in 2025
Alain Alain is a boy's name, the French form of Alan, and its meaning is genuinely unknown — rock, handsome and deer have all been proposed from a Breton source that has never been identified.
Boy French 44 in 2025
Brigitte Brigitte is a girl's name from an Irish goddess whose name means the exalted one, and she is the clearest case in Europe of a pagan deity becoming a Christian saint largely intact.
Girl French 59 in 2025
Amarie Peaked in 2005 · 3,003 births since 1995
Unisex French 68 in 2025
Anne-Marie Anne-Marie joins grace to a name nobody can translate — Anne means favor, and Mary's meaning has never been established, so only half of this compound has a settled sense at all.
Girl French 57 in 2025
Frédéric Frédéric is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning peaceful ruler, the French form of Frederick.
Boy French 42 in 2025
Brice Brice means speckled, and the fourth-century saint who carried it was a difficult man — Brictius succeeded Martin of Tours after years of insulting him publicly, and was driven out before being restored.
Boy French 42 in 2025
Coralie Coralie names a skeleton — coral is the calcium structure built by colonies of tiny animals, so the name describes an object made by living things rather than a plant or a stone.
Girl French 56 in 2025
Pauline Pauline is a girl's name from the Latin for small or humble, the feminine of Paul.
Girl French 56 in 2025
Antoinette Antoinette means little Antoine, and the meaning usually given for the parent name — flower — is a false etymology.
Girl French 55 in 2025

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