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[Opinions] Re: Favorite French Names
in reply to a message by Gigi
I have many. Note that many of these aren't common in France, but that's because I adore uncommon French names!Feminine:
Adèle
Adrienne
Aglaé
Anastasie
Angèle
Athénaïs
Augustine
Aurélie
Aurore
Barbara
Béatrice
Bérénice
Berthe
Célestine
Charlotte
Chloé
Clémence
Clementine
Constance
Coralie
Cyprienne
Delphine
Diane
Dorothée
Élise
Élodie
Elvire
Émilie
Ernestine
Estelle
Eugénie
Euphrosine
Faustine
Félicité
Fernande
Flavie
Florence
Florine
Fortunée
Francine
Gaetane
Géraldine
Gilberte
Giselle
Guillemine
Honorée
Honorine
Hortense
Inès
Iphigénie
Irène
Isabelle
Isaure
Jacqueline
Joséphine
Julie
Julienne
Laure
Laurette
Léonie
Léontine
Lucienne
Lucille
Magali
Marcelle
Marguerite
Marthe
Mélanie
Mélodie
Natalie
Nicole
Noémie
Octavie
Odile
Olympe
Ophélie
Pascale
Paule
Pauline
Pélagie
Pénélope
Philomène
Rachel
Raphaelle
Raymonde
Rébecca
Régine
Rosalie
Rose
Sabine
Salomé
Sandrine
Séraphine
Sibylle
Simone
Solange
Suzanne
Sylvaine
Sylvie
Théodosie
Thérèse
Ursule
Valérie
Véronique
Violette
Vivienne
Yolande
Zénaïde
Zénobie
ZoéMasculine:
Achille
Albert
Alphonse
Amédée
Antonin
Armand
Benoit
Bienvenué
Célestin
Cyril
Élie
Élisée
Émile
Ernest
Eugène
Fabrice
Faustin
Félix
Fernand
Florent
Florian
Fortuné
Frédéric
Gérald
Germain
Gilbert
Gustave
Hector
Herbert
Hilaire
Horace
Ignace
Isidore
Jérôme
Jules
Laurent
Léon
Léonard
Lucien
Ludovic
Marcel
Marin
Martin
Maurice
Maxime
Nicolas
Olivier
Ovide
Pascal
Paul
Philippe
Raymond
Richard
Roland
Romain
Sébastien
Séraphin
Simon
Théodore
Thibault
Toussaint
Valentin
Victor
Xavier
ZacharieUnisex:
Camille
Candide
Claude
Hyacinthe
Léonide
Modeste
Narcisse - It's listed as masculine, but I've found women named Narcisse
Placide - It's also French for Placido
Théophile - Although I've usually heard it on males, I've sometimes heard it on females as well

This message was edited 7/27/2011, 6:00 PM

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