French Submitted Names

French names are used in France and other French-speaking regions. See also about French names.
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Rosamée f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Luxembourgish (Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a contraction of Rose and Aimée via the form Amée.
Rosamie f English (Rare), Filipino, Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic)
Perhaps a diminutive of Rosamund (compare Annemie, Rosemay), though it is claimed to be a combination of Rose with French amie "friend".
Rosarie f Irish (Rare), French (African, Rare), Filipino (Rare), English (Rare)
French feminine form of Rosaire and an English variant of Rosary. This name is most prelavent in Ireland and in parts of French-influenced Africa.
Rosée f French (Quebec, Rare)
Means "dew" in French, presumably a French equivalent of Rocío.
Roselaine f French (Quebec), French (Rare)
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Roselène, a variant of Roseline and a contraction of Rose and Madelaine.
Roselène f French (Rare)
Contraction of Rose and Hélène. In some cases it might also have been a variant of Roseline.
Rou m Norman
Norman form of Rollo.
Roulaund m Norman, Old Norman
Rouenneis Norman form of Roland.
Roupert m French (Archaic), French (African, Rare)
French variant of Rupert. It has fallen out of use in France, but the name is still used in francophone Africa (albeit rarely).
Rousalie f Norman
Norman form of Rosalie.
Roussel m French (African)
Transferred use of the surname Roussel.
Roxan m French
Masculine form of Roxanne.
Ruddy m English, French
Diminutive of Rodolphe, Rudolph or Rudolf.
Rufin m Bulgarian, Croatian (Rare), French, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Provençal
Bulgarian, Croatian, French, Provençal, Polish, Russian and Serbian form of Rufinus.
Rusticien m French
French form of Rusticianus.
Rustique m French
French form of Rusticus.
Sabin m Romanian, Basque, English (Rare), Polish (Rare), French (Rare), Bulgarian (Rare)
English, Romanian, Basque, French and Polish form of Sabinus. Sabin of Bulgaria was the ruler of Bulgaria from 765 to 766.
Sadi m French
This is the name of the physician Sadi Carnot.
Sagamore m Wampanoag, French (Rare)
Derived from the word sagamore, which is an anglicization of a Native American word that means "chief".... [more]
Sainte f French (Rare)
French form of Sancta.
Saint-Jean m French
French form of St John, given in honor of any of the several saints named John (French Jean).
Saint-Louis m Haitian Creole, French
Given in honour of Louis IX of France (also known as Saint Louis).
Sallustien m French
French form of Sallustianus.
Samaël m Dutch, French
Dutch and French form of Samael.
Sanaé f French (Modern), Belgian
Comes from the popularity of the name Sana, can also come from the trend of Japanese first names therefore from Sanae.
Sandre m & f French (Rare), Provençal
Short form of Alexandre and Aleissandre for men and French form of Sandra for women.... [more]
Saphir m Arabic (Modern, Rare, Archaic), Hebrew (Modern, Rare), French (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
The meaning of Saphir is primarily from Sapphire: a precious stone, usually blue (but the stone can also be yellow or red.)... [more]
Satine f French (Modern)
Derived from satin, the French word for the fabric satin, combined with -e, a French feminine suffix. It was popularized in France after it was used as the name of a character, a courtesan, in the 2001 film Moulin Rouge!.
Saturnin m French, French (Belgian, Rare), Gascon, Provençal, Polish (Archaic)
French, Gascon, Provençal and Polish form of Saturninus.
Saül m Catalan, French (Rare), Biblical French
Catalan and French form of Saul.
Saundrène f Norman
Norman form of Sandrine.
Sauve m French
French form of Salvius.
Sauveur m French
French cognate of Salvador.
Savin m French (Archaic)
French form of Savinus.
Savinien m French
French form of Sabinianus. Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac, a French author and the inspiration for Edmond Rostand’s most famous drama Cyrano de Bergerac, is a bearer of this name.
Sébrina f French
Variant of Sabrina.
Sécondien m French
French form of Secundianus.
Séléna f French
French form of Selena.
Sentell m & f French
“Brave men”
Septimanie f French (?)
Jeanne-Louise-Armande-Élisabeth-Sophie-Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis (1740-1773), daughter of the 3rd Duke of Richelieu, was a salonnière of the French Ancien Régime. She was married to the Count of Egmont and also known as Septimanie d'Egmont.
Septime m & f Louisiana Creole, French (Archaic)
French form of Septimus and Septimius, as well as the French feminine form of Septima.... [more]
Sérafine f French (Quebec)
Québécois form of Séraphine.
Séraphène f Norman
Norman form of Seraphina.
Sergette f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Serge. However, it could also be considered to be a diminutive of Sergine, as -ette is a French feminine diminutive suffix.
Servaisie f French (Archaic)
Feminine form of Servais and variant of Servasie.
Servan m French, Breton
French and Breton form of Servanus.
Servane f French
Feminine form of Servan.
Servat m French (Archaic)
French form of Servatius and rarer variant of Servais.
Servet m Medieval French, French (Rare)
Medieval French diminutive of Servais (as -et is a French masculine diminutive suffix). This given name fell out of use in France after the Middle Ages, but it has since enjoyed an extremely modest revival in the late 1980s... [more]
Servien m French
French form of Servianus.
Servilien m French
French form of Servilianus. This name is mostly used in French-speaking parts of Africa. A known bearer of this name is Servilien Nzakamwita (b. 1943), bishop of the Rwandese city Byumba.
Sever m Catalan, Croatian, Russian, Norman
Catalan, Croatian, Russian and Norman form of Severus.
Sévériane f French (Rare), French (African, Rare)
French form of Severiana. Also compare Sévérienne, which is a bit more common and also better documented.
Severs m Norman
Norman form of Severus.
Shana f Northern Irish, Welsh (Anglicized, Rare), French (Modern)
Anglicized form of Siana, also used in French.
Sibeth f French (African, Rare)
Sibeth Ndiaye was appointed as spokesman of the French government in 2019.
Sidonnie f Norman
Norman form of Sidonia.
Sidouène m Norman
Norman form of Sidoine.
Silène m & f Greek Mythology (Gallicized), French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
French form of Silenus. While as a mythologcial name, Silène is masculine, it is used as an exclusively feminine given name today.
Siloé f & m Portuguese (Brazilian), French (Modern, Rare), Biblical French, Biblical Portuguese, Biblical Spanish
Derived from Siloé, which is the French, Portuguese and Spanish form of Siloam, the name of a spring mentioned in the New Testament which was the site of one of the miracles of Jesus: healing the man blind from birth.
Silvestrine f German (East Prussian), French
East Prussian German feminine form of Silvester as well as an obscure French feminine form of Sylvestre.
Silvin m English, Picard
English and Picard form of Silvinus.
Silvine f Picard
Picard form of Sylvaine.
Simonide f French (Archaic), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
French form and Brazilian Portuguese variant of Simonida.
Simplice m French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Simplicius. This was a middle name of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794).
Smaragde m French (Archaic), French (African, Rare)
French form of Smaragdos via its latinized form Smaragdus.
Socrate m French, Italian
French and Italian form of Socrates.
Soen m French (Modern)
Of unknown origin and meaning. A derivation from Soan has been suggested.
Sohane f French (Modern)
Feminine form of Sohan.
Soizig f French, Breton (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Soazig. It is used in the French-speaking world outside of Brittany as a diminutive of Françoise.
Solal m French (Modern), Literature
Transferred use of the Jewish surname. It was first used as a given name by Albert Cohen on the titular character of his 1930 novel Solal of the Solals.
Soléna f French
Semi-Gallicized form of Breton Solena.
Solina f French (Modern, Rare), Gascon, History (Ecclesiastical)
Latinate form of Soline and Gascon form of Sollemnia. Saint Solina of Chartres, also known as Solina of Gascony, fled to Chartres, France, to avoid marriage to a pagan... [more]
Sophonie m & f French (Rare)
French form of Sophonias. It was originally strictly a masculine name, but it has been used on females since the late 1980s, which is probably due to the name's strong resemblance to Sophie.
Sosthène m French
French form of Sosthenes.
Souline f French (Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Originally a local form of Soline found in the Poitou-Charentes region of France.
Soulougue m French (Cajun), African American, American (South)
Presumably a variant or misreading of the surname Soulouque.... [more]
Stanis m French (Rare)
Short form of Stanislas, used as a given name in its own right.
Staren f French (Quebec)
Of unknown origin and meaning.... [more]
Staurophile f French (Archaic)
French form of Staurophila. The use of this name was probably inspired by Le chemin royal de la croix (1676), which is one of the earliest French translations of Regia Via Crucis (1635), an important counter-reformation devotional emblem book written by the Dutch-born Flemish Benedictine monk Benedictus van Haeften (1588-1648)... [more]
Stécy f French (Modern)
Gallicized form of Stacy.
Steeven m French
Variant of Steven.
Steevy m French (Modern)
French variant of Stevie. This name saw a jump in popularity in 2001 thanks to Steevy Boulay (1980-) when he appeared in the first season of Loft Story (the French adaptation of Big Brother).
Steicy f Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern, Rare), French (Modern, Rare)
Portuguese adoption of Stacy, as well as a French variant.
Stessie f French (Modern, Rare)
French borrowing of Stacy.
Styve m French (Quebec)
Québécois form of Stephen.
Sully m French, French (Belgian, Rare)
Transferred usage of the surname Sully as a first name, used in reference to Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully.
Sullyvan m French
Variant of Sullivan.
Suzel f Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, French, Theatre
Suzel is the name of a main character in 'L'amico Fritz', an opera by Pietro Mascagni, premiered in 1891 from a libretto by P. Suardon (Nicola Daspuro, with additions by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti) based on the French novel 'L'ami Fritz' by Émile Erckmann and Pierre-Alexandre Chatrian.
Suzène f Picard
Picard form of Suzanne.
Suzon f French, Guernésiais
Diminutive of Suzanne.
Suzonne f Norman
Norman form of Susanna.
Swann m & f French (Modern)
Meaning uncertain, possibly a transferred use of the English surname Swann. It was popularized in France by the 1984 film Swann In Love (known as Un amour de Swann in French), itself based on Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time (1913).
Sylvanie f French
Variant of Sylvaine.
Sylvère m French, French (Belgian, Rare)
Variant spelling of Silvère. A known bearer of this name is the French literary critic and cultural theorist Sylvère Lotringer (b. 1938).
Sylvine f French, French (Belgian)
French feminine form of Silvinus.
Symphora f Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman, French (African)
Feminine form of Symphoros and its latinized form Symphorus. Also compare the Greek noun συμφορά (symphora) meaning "a bringing together, collecting, contribution" as well as "misfortune, tragedy".... [more]
Symphore m & f French (Archaic), French (African, Rare), French (Quebec, Archaic)
French form of Symphorus (masculine) and Symphora (feminine). This name has always been predominantly used on men, and today there are no known living female bearers.... [more]
Symphoriane f French (Rare), French (African, Rare)
Variant of Symphorienne, which is the standard French form of Symphoriana.
Symphorien m French (Rare), French (African), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Symphorianus. Known bearers of this name include the French physician and humanist Symphorien Champier (1471-1539) and the French police chief and senator Symphorien Boittelle (1813-1897).
Symphorin m French (Archaic), French (African, Rare), French (Quebec, Archaic), German (Archaic)
French and German form of Symphorinus. There have probably also been cases where this name is a corruption or a rare variant of Symphorien (French) and Symphorian (German).
Symphorine f French (Rare), French (African, Rare), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Symphorina. There have probably also been cases where this name is a corruption or a rare variant of Symphorienne.
Tali m & f Arabic, French (Rare)
Rising, Ascending, Going up
Tatave m Picard
Diminutive of Octave.
Taulbee f & m Norman
Taulbee is an ancient Norman name that arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Taulbee family lived in Lincolnshire. Their name, however, is a reference to Taillebois, Normandy, the family's place of residence prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
Tave m Picard
Diminutive of Octave.
Tavie f Picard, French
Diminutive of Octavie.
Térébentine f French (Modern, Rare)
Used by French politician Cécile Duflot for her daughter born in 2008.
Tesseract m & f Literature (Rare), French (Quebec)
The name of the four-dimensional analogue of the cube.... [more]
Théane f French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a Gallicized form of Theano, an elaboration of Théa and a contraction of Théa and Anne 1.
Théau m French
Contracted form of Thélau and Théliau, which are both French forms of the Germanic given name Teilo (see Till).... [more]
Théodolinde f French (Archaic)
French form of Theodolinde. Théodolinde de Beauharnais, Princess of Leuchtenberg (13 April 1814 – 1 April 1857), Countess of Württemberg by marriage, was a Franco-German princess... [more]
Théogène m & f French (Archaic), Louisiana Creole, French (African)
French form of Theogenes. In modern times, this name is found primarily in Rwanda.
Théoline f French (Rare)
Contracted form of Théodelinde, folk etymology, however, occasionally considers this name a contraction of Théo and Line.
Théophanie f French (Rare)
French learned form of Theophania.
Theotis m French (Cajun), Louisiana Creole, American (South)
Apparently created as a strictly masculine form of Théotiste.
Théotiste f Louisiana Creole, French (Rare, Archaic)
While apparently originally a unisex name, Théotiste seems to have been used predominantly on females since at least the early 1800s.... [more]
Thérésa f French
French form of Theresa.
Theriault m French (Quebec)
A bearer of the surname from the Angoumois region of France was documented as Thériault or Terriot in Sainte-Famille, Quebec, in 1713, with the secondary surname Granmaison.
Théroigne f French (Belgian, Rare)
A pseudonym based off of the birth surname of Théroigne de Méricourt (1762-1817), a leading feminist in the first years of the French Revolution, who was born Anne-Josèphe Terwagne in Wallonia (Belgium).
Thibeau m Medieval French, French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Flemish
Medieval French diminutive of Thibault, Thibert and other given names that start with Thib-, as -eau is a medieval French diminutive suffix.... [more]
Thibou m Medieval French, French, Flemish (Rare)
Medieval French alternate spelling of Thiboult and its variants Thiboud and Thibout, as the pronunciation of all these names is identical... [more]
Thiophile m Norman
Norman form of Theophilus.
Thiphaine f French
French cognate of Tiffany which had fallen out of usage after the Middle Ages and was rediscovered in the 1970s. The fact that in modern times this name is most commonly used in Brittany has led folk etymology to believe that this was a Breton name.
Thiry m Norman
Norman form of Theodoric.
Thomasse f Medieval English, Medieval French, French (Archaic)
Feminine form of Thomas. One French bearer was Thomasse Bernard Debussy (d. 1671), an ancestress of composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918).
Thomassine f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Thomas.
Thoreau m English (Rare), French (Rare)
From the French surname Thoreau, named after the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
Thorgan m French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
This is the name of Belgian footballer Thorgan Hazard. His name was inspired by the Belgian comic strip "Thorgal".
Thylane f French (Modern, Rare)
Allegedly derived from Vietnamese Thùy, Thủy or Thy and Lan 1... [more]