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French Girls Names
I'm currently reading a book about French women, and I've fallen in love with the beautiful French names.
What are some of your favorite French names?
And, if you had a daughter (or two, or three), and had use French names, what would you choose?
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I'd name my girls Sylvie Madeleine, Clarisse Ophélie, and Delphine Mireille.Other French names I really like are:
Camille (ka-MEE)
Corinne (ko-REEN)
Caroline (ka-ro-LEEN)
Claire
Marielle
Maëlle
Maëlys - I love Delphine Maëlys as well.
Vivienne
Viviane / Vivianne
Alice (a-LEES)
Alexandrine
Célestine
Céleste
Arlette
Coralie
Estelle
Lucinde
Eveline
Geneviève
Mariève
Ghislaine
Fleur
Maeva
Marie
Margot / Margaux
Mélisande
Noelle
Pauline
Rosalie
Rose
Rosemonde
Roselle
Sandrine
Sidonie
Simone
Solène
Marjolaine
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French names seem to pop up a lot on my favorite middle name list. I never would have said I liked French girl names but apparently I do. Colette
Elise
Marguerite
Charlotte
Lisette
Amelie
Brigitte
Cecile
Coralie
Eloise
Genevieve
Helene
Isabelle
Jacqueline
Julienne
Juliette
Noelle
Rosalie
Sophie
Sylvie
Vivienne
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hmm I like alot... but I guessCharlotte, Ludivine and Amelie :)
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I named my daughters Caroline and Beatrice, so all I'd need to do is change the pronunciation slightly.I've always enjoyed Solange!
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I love French names for girls! My three daughters would be Noelle, Eveline and Charlotte.I also love:
Rosalie
Eulalie
Seraphine
Helene
Caroline
Corinne
Josephine
Lisette
Sylvie
Melisande
Celeste
Emmeline
Esmee
Margot
Vivienne
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You should come to Switzerland...French names galore. I've been in name nerd heaven since I moved here ;) Had my first French class tonight, and my teachers name is Lucienne! Love it.Love lots of French girls names. My particular favourites:
Elodie
Anais
Delphine
Vivienne
Sylvie
Athenais
Zenaide
Anouk
Arielle
Lucienne
Odette
ZephyrineIf I had to name daughters with French names, I'd have:
Elodie Zenaide
Anais Delphine
Vivienne Anouk
Sylvie Athenais
Arielle Zephyrine

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My favourites are (with appropriate accents; it's just such a hassle to do them on my laptop):Aude
Brigitte
Celeste
Ghislaine
Katarin
Melusine
Mireille
Rose
VereneI'm liking the combo Celeste Katarin, but if I were to actually use it I'd probably go with Celeste Katarina.

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Adele
Adrienne
Camille
Elise
Gabrielle
Josephine
Maelle
Nadine
SimoneTaya Gabrielle
Camille Josephine

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