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I came across a link to a site with "20 French names you'll want to steal immediately." I'm not sure they have the right meanings for all of them. Feel free to comment, complain, etc.

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Aveline- hazel tree
Bale- royal (doesn't seem right, but I'm not fluent in French, either) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/B%C3%A2le
Bellamy- fine friend
Cabot- to sail (Because John Cabot was a navigator?) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cabot
Coralie- coral
Danton- var. of Dante
Elize- var. of Lisa, means pledged to God
Henri- var. of Henry
Janvier- January
Jorden- var. Jordan
Landry- ruler (close, I guess) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Landry
Luc- man from Lucania
Marielle- dim. of Marie
Montgomery- man power (close) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Montgomery
Solene- var. of Solange
Mathis- sounds like Matisse, alt. to Matthew
Anaelle- grace (???)
Olivier- olive tree
Fleur- flower
Remi- oarsman (close) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/remi

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This message was edited 8/23/2015, 3:38 PM