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Please throw some unusual French names at me, of both or either genders. I want a new set of ideas. It can be anything from uncommon to extinct it just can't be commonplace. Thank you.
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My pleasure~
Arthémise
Emeraude
Azalaïs
Ismérie
Sibylline
Corisande
Edelène
Coppélia
Brunissende
Garance
Raïssa
Violaine
Alaire
Edmée
Ursuline
Ptolémaïs
Chrysanthème
Claremonde
Vérène
Théoline
Léocadie
Aramis
Elzear
Roul
Apollinaire
Saturnin
Hélier
Nazaire
Métrophane
Quillien
Joévin
Mérovée
Callimaque
Lézin
Marquin
Nérée
Philothée
Célian
Arthémise
Emeraude
Azalaïs
Ismérie
Sibylline
Corisande
Edelène
Coppélia
Brunissende
Garance
Raïssa
Violaine
Alaire
Edmée
Ursuline
Ptolémaïs
Chrysanthème
Claremonde
Vérène
Théoline
Léocadie
Aramis
Elzear
Roul
Apollinaire
Saturnin
Hélier
Nazaire
Métrophane
Quillien
Joévin
Mérovée
Callimaque
Lézin
Marquin
Nérée
Philothée
Célian
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I'm just basing this off of rarely used names in my province.
Girls:
Ursule
Sybelle
Hermine
Joève
Laurelle
Valence
Izalie
Aimerence
Théoni
Lylia
Zoëlle
Odélie
Thalie
Boys:
Thibault (I feel like this is more popular in Europe, but it's not popular here)
Narcisse
Lysandre
Hélian
Ancelin
Lohann
Anatole
Cyrille
Laurick
Achille
Charlot
Blaise
Celestin
Aimerick
Girls:
Ursule
Sybelle
Hermine
Joève
Laurelle
Valence
Izalie
Aimerence
Théoni
Lylia
Zoëlle
Odélie
Thalie
Boys:
Thibault (I feel like this is more popular in Europe, but it's not popular here)
Narcisse
Lysandre
Hélian
Ancelin
Lohann
Anatole
Cyrille
Laurick
Achille
Charlot
Blaise
Celestin
Aimerick
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Male: Adémar, Amédée, Anicet, Baudoin, Casimir, Edern, Eustache, Evariste, Ferréol, Germinal, Hugolin, Ignace, Kléber, Lambert, Lothaire, Mériadec, Narcisse, Odilon, Placide, Sauveur, Silvére, Toussaint, Urbain, Vital, Wallerand, Zépherin
Female: Albanie, Alfredine, Argentine, Béline, Colombine, Cosette, Donatienne, Edmée, Eurielle, Franceline, Gervaise, Guylaine, Huguette, Irma, Josette, Laurentine, Léocadie, Lucienne, Mauricette, Moïsette, Odette, Palmyre, Paquerette, Roberte, Rosemonde, Sauvanne, Sylvianne, Toussainte, Ursule, Yvette, Yvonne
The above are all names which are known in France but which were very rarely being given to French babies born in the early 2000s, though some of them like Josette, Yvette, and Yvonne of course would have been much more common in some previous time periods.
Female: Albanie, Alfredine, Argentine, Béline, Colombine, Cosette, Donatienne, Edmée, Eurielle, Franceline, Gervaise, Guylaine, Huguette, Irma, Josette, Laurentine, Léocadie, Lucienne, Mauricette, Moïsette, Odette, Palmyre, Paquerette, Roberte, Rosemonde, Sauvanne, Sylvianne, Toussainte, Ursule, Yvette, Yvonne
The above are all names which are known in France but which were very rarely being given to French babies born in the early 2000s, though some of them like Josette, Yvette, and Yvonne of course would have been much more common in some previous time periods.
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I'm amazed at Germinal, having read the book ... ! And, yes, I knew a French Josette who died in her 90s a couple of years ago.
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