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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

77 names, uncommon — 100 to 499 a year, in United States

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Girls Boys Unisex

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 474 in 2025
Gabrielle Gabrielle is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," the French feminine of Gabriel.
Girl French 471 in 2025
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 419 in 2025
Valentin Valentin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy," the French form of Valentine.
Boy French 418 in 2025
Coraline Peaked in 1996 · 16,244 births since 1954
Girl French 414 in 2025
Julien Julien is a boy's name, the French form of Julian, from a Roman family name whose meaning was never established.
Boy French 390 in 2025
Marcel Marcel is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "little warrior," a diminutive of Marcus and so ultimately from Mars.
Boy French 364 in 2025
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 370 in 2025
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 344 in 2025
Adèle Adèle is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," from the element adal.
Girl French 362 in 2025
Noé Noé is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "rest" or "comfort," the French and Spanish form of Noah.
Boy French 355 in 2025
Soleil Peaked in 2025 · 5,930 births since 1981
Girl French 370 in 2025
Elina Elina is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "torch" or "bright," a Finnish, Baltic and Italian form of Helen.
Girl French 355 in 2025
Léa Léa is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the French form of Leah, the elder sister of Rachel in Genesis.
Girl French 321 in 2025
Darcy Darcy is a name of Norman French origin meaning "from Arcy," a place in Normandy.
Unisex French 341 in 2025
Lance Lance does not mean a spear.
Boy French 279 in 2025
Julie Julie is a girl's name, the French form of Julia, from a Roman family name of uncertain origin.
Girl French 308 in 2025
Odette Odette is a girl's name meaning wealth, a French diminutive of Oda — and it is the white swan in Swan Lake, opposite her black double Odile, both traditionally danced by the same ballerina.
Girl French 303 in 2025
Leroy Leroy is a boy's name that is simply the French for the king, taken as one word.
Boy French 269 in 2025
Anaïs Anaïs has no settled origin — Occitan, a form of Anne, and a Greek borrowing are all proposed.
Girl French 310 in 2025
Violette Violette is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "violet," and in France it belongs to an agent executed at Ravensbrück at twenty-three.
Girl French 298 in 2025
Lucien Lucien is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "light," the French form of Lucian.
Boy French 265 in 2025
Naël Naël is a boy's name with two possible sources: an Arabic name meaning "achiever" or "winner," and a Breton short form of Nathanaël.
Boy French 280 in 2025
Quentin Quentin is a boy's name meaning fifth — a Roman birth-order name, given to a fifth child or one born in the fifth month.
Boy French 238 in 2025
Beaux Peaked in 2025 · 3,216 births since 1977
Unisex French 251 in 2025
Gage Gage means a pledge, and it names the object rather than the person — the thing handed over as security.
Boy French 235 in 2025
Curtis Curtis is a boy's name from a Norman French nickname meaning courteous, and it is one of very few names that describes manners rather than birth, appearance or trade.
Boy French 232 in 2025
Simone Simone is a girl's name meaning he has heard, the French feminine of Simon.
Girl French 254 in 2025
Corinne Corinne is a girl's name from the Greek for a maiden, and it was borne by a poet said to have beaten Pindar five times in competition.
Girl French 253 in 2025
Joelle Joelle is the only rising name in this group, and one of very few at this volume anywhere in our data — it peaked in 2017, while almost everything of comparable size peaked between 1950 and 1995.
Girl French 253 in 2025
Jolie Peaked in 2008 · 15,519 births since 1947
Girl French 243 in 2025
Bernadette Bernadette is a girl's name meaning brave as a bear, and its bearer was a fourteen-year-old miller's daughter whose visions at Lourdes in 1858 turned a Pyrenean grotto into one of the most visited places on earth.
Girl French 241 in 2025
Salomé Salomé is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "peace," and the woman the name is best known for is never actually named in the gospels.
Girl French 239 in 2025
Blaise Peaked in 2015 · 15,489 births since 1913
Boy French 256 in 2025
Lorraine Lorraine is a girl's name from the French region, whose own name means the kingdom of Lothair — a Frankish king's realm that was carved out of Charlemagne's empire and slowly disappeared.
Girl French 238 in 2025
Lyam Lyam is a boy's name, a French respelling of Liam, itself a short form of the Irish Uilliam and so of William.
Boy French 198 in 2025
Rene Rene is a name from the Latin for reborn, given at baptism to mark spiritual rebirth.
Boy French 210 in 2025
Renee Renee is a girl's name from the Latin for reborn, given at baptism to mark spiritual rebirth.
Girl French 223 in 2025
Marian Marian is a girl's name that either joins Mary and Ann or diminutives Mary alone — the sources disagree.
Girl French 217 in 2025
Inès Inès is a girl's name meaning "pure" or "holy," the French and Spanish form of Agnes.
Girl French 213 in 2025
Lucie Lucie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," the French form of Lucy.
Girl French 207 in 2025
Aubrielle Peaked in 2017 · 5,281 births since 1991
Girl French 202 in 2025
Adrien Adrien is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "from Hadria," a town that also gave the Adriatic its name.
Boy French 189 in 2025
Jean Jean is a unisex name in our data: the French form of John, meaning "God is gracious," and separately a Scottish feminine form of Jane.
Unisex French 264 in 2025
Angelique Angelique means angelic, and the Greek root behind it simply means a messenger — the wings arrived much later in art, layered onto an ordinary word that described a person carrying news from one place to another.
Girl French 193 in 2025
Margaux Margaux is a girl's name meaning "pearl," a French respelling of Margot created in the twentieth century and associated with the Bordeaux wine commune.
Girl French 191 in 2025
Marc Marc is a boy's name from a Roman name probably meaning dedicated to Mars, the god of war, and it is the source of the month of March.
Boy French 162 in 2025
Eliette Peaked in 1933 · 8,733 births since 1902
Girl French 181 in 2025

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