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[Opinions] French Names

by Elizabeth (guest)

10/31/2007, 4:32 PM

I love french names, especially old french names. What are some fantastic french names?

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- Emma Jenny (Emma McHnery)

11/2/2007, 8:53 AM

nt.

- Valencia (Vraiment)

11/1/2007, 8:40 AM

Clemence and Clothilde are favorites of mine for some reason.

I also like Marguerite and Helene. :)

- GasolineAllie

11/1/2007, 8:03 AM

Angeline is my favorite, but I also love Leonie, Adele, Celeste, Cecile, and Pascale.

- Mar (X-Mar)

10/31/2007, 11:36 PM

Toussaint, Thierry, Didier are my favs :)

- flavie (guest)

10/31/2007, 8:12 PM

Theophile
Sebastien
Sebastienne (f)
Damienne (f)
Flavie
Eulalie
Antoine
Maguerite
Aurelie
Raphael
Falchionne
Fanchonne
Barbe (f)
Fabrette
Dominique
Archangel
Aquarelle
Apollonia
Hypolithe
Avocette
Berndette
Bernadine
Brigitte
Francois
Jacqueline
Jacque
Zoe
Zoelie
Zoelle
Verrill
Cybele
Soubrette
Simone
Philothea
Perrine
Odette
Mouline
Monique
Lucienne
Genevieve
Francine
Florian
Eupheme
Dorothee
Dorienne
Dionne
Destine
Dauphine
Constant
Chrestien
Chrestienne (f)
Leonie
Marcelline
Michel
Pascal
Napoleon
Olivier
Odilo
Paladin
Remi
Nicol
Braze
Blanc
Avril
Apolon
Andre
Cerise (seh-REEZ
Charmain
Charmian
Chenette
Aceline (ahs-LEEN)

- Kristen (iamkristen)

10/31/2007, 6:51 PM

Cecile

boo

- afmastro

10/31/2007, 6:06 PM

Lilou
Elodie
Amabel
Esme

- Melusine (tara)

10/31/2007, 5:33 PM

Melusine :)

- Bear (guest) +4

10/31/2007, 5:17 PM

Me too, me too. How about:

Francoise, Pascale, Ines, Martine, Colombe, Segolene, Clemence, Polaire, Edwige (variant of Hedwig), Seraphine, Ludivine, Hortense, Celestine, Wilhelmine, Aurore, Mathilde, Clothilde, Germaine, Gervaise, Hilaire, Ottilie, Victorine, Bernadette, Ameliane, Marcelline, Isabeau, Odile, Emmanuelle, Honorine, Sandrine, Alix, Gisele, Adele, Eugenie, Ghislaine, Henriette, Severine, Zephrine, Yolande, Violette, Melisande, Antoinette, Leonie, Mireille, Anais, Christiane, Georgine, Marguerite, Sylvie, Beatrice, Manon, Solange, Amandine, Alphonsine, Frederique, Veronique, Eulalie, Jeanette, Albertine, Monique, Lucrece, Lucette, Sidonie, Ursule, Brigitte, Yvette, Yvonne, Evaine;

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- Tassiegirl +1

10/31/2007, 7:04 PM

I live in a French-speaking area of Canada,and what interests me in your lists, is that many of the names,especially the mens' names, are in daily use, while some never made it accross the water from France.
Thierry, for example, is almost never used here, though I have a relative in France named that.
Yvonnes and, especially, Yvettes, are thick upon the ground-Yvette, especially, has a political signifigance..it's come to mean a conservative, at-home housewife.

- Bear

10/31/2007, 7:34 PM

Yvette as a conservative, at-home housewife? Wow. That's definitely not the picture in my mind. Good information. Thanks. I picture an Yvette more as a young coquette.

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- khaotickharma +1

10/31/2007, 5:59 PM

Great list! I love Serge, Olivier, Melisande, Anais, Edmond, Gaspard and Sebastien.

I'll add

Marcellette
Augustin
Vienne
Desiree (my French name)

- Bear

10/31/2007, 6:19 PM

Thanks. I love Desiree, Augustin and Marcellette.

One thing: I messed up and put Hilaire as a girl's name. It's a boy's name of course. I must have been thinking about my sister Hilary. (I wasn't logged in when I posted it or I would have changed it right away.)

- violetta-rose (V) (guest)

10/31/2007, 5:16 PM

Some of my personal faves...

Minette

Janelle

Renita

Lottie

Janette

Gage

That's all i have right now. Good luck and God bless!

- queenv

10/31/2007, 5:09 PM

I'm no expert at all on French names, but I know that Solange is a French name. It was the name of Scarlett O'Hara's French grandmother in Gone With the Wind. No one else mentioned it, so I thought I would.

- MariaNikolaievnaRomanova (MariaNikolaievnaRoma)

10/31/2007, 5:04 PM

Manon
Nanon
Maïlys
Mathilde
Clémence
Amélie
Aurore
Victoire
Pauline
Eugénie
Hélène
Thérèse
Aimée
Julie
Charlotte
Mélusine
Christine
Louise
Pomeline
Rudabet
Pascale
Chantal

Emeric
Gaspard
Pascal

- littleRainbow

10/31/2007, 4:56 PM

I like:

boys:

Étienne
Lucien
Noël
Alexandre
Émilien
Julien
Lionel
Thierry
Alexis
David
Yannic
Jean
Michel
Bastien
Émile
Thibault
Gabriel
Aurelien
Mathieu
Louis
Nicolas
Jaques
Marc
Henri

girls:

Justine
Sophie
Julie
Anaïs
Michelle
Claire
Noelle
Louise
Amélie
Lucie
Lucienne
Clarisse
Aurélie
Fleur
Bastienne
Micheline
Laure
Chloé
Julienne
Élise
Zoé
Adeline
Marie
Françoise
Anouk
Noémie
Vienne
Gabrielle
Solène

- mum2bubba

10/31/2007, 4:47 PM

Genevieve

- Kate

10/31/2007, 4:40 PM

I copied this off my Palm Pilot. It's my incomplete list.

Girl Names

Adélaïde (a day la EED)
Adèle (a DEL), Adeline (a deh LEEN)
Adrienne (a dree EN)
Agnès (ag NES)
Aimée (eh MAY)
Alexandrie (a lek sahn DREE)
Alice (a LEES)
Amélie (a may LEE)
Anastasie (an a stah ZEE)
Anne (ANN), Annette (an NET)
Ariane (ar ee AHN)
Catherine (kat REEN)
Caroline (car o LEEN)
Cécile (say SEEL)
Céline (say LEEN)
Charlotte (shar LOT)
Danielle (dan YEL)
Éliane (ay lee AHN)
Élisabeth (ay lee za BET), Lisette (lee ZET)
Émilie (ay mee LEE)
Esmée (ez MAY)
Eugénie (yoo zhay NEE)
Hélène (ay LEN)
Héloïse (ay loh EEZ)
Henriette (awn ree ET)
Hortense (or TAWNS)
Irène (ee REN)
Jacqueline (zhahk LEEN)
Jeanne (ZHAHN), Jeannette (zhahn ET)
Joséphine (zho zay FEEN)
Julie (zhoo LEE)
Louise (loo EEZ)
Marie (ma REE), Mariette (ma ree ET)
Marguerite (mar GREET)
Michelle (mee SHEL)
Nathalie (nat ha LEE)
Noëlle (no EL)
Ophélie (oh fay LEE)
Renée (ren AY)
Sophie (soh FEE)
Thérèse (tay REZ)
Boy Names
Aimé (eh MAY)
Charles (SHARL)
Daniel (dan YEL)
Esmé (ez MAY)
Georges (ZHORZH)
Henri (awn REE)
Jacques (ZHAHK)
Jean (ZHAHN)
Joseph (zho ZEF)
Louis (loo EE)
Michel (mee SHEL)
Noël (no EL)
René (ren AY)

This message was edited 10/31/2007, 5:21 PM

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