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Names in France

by peregrine

8/12/2023, 7:07 AM

I recently got back from France. I’ve already posted some names I came across written on locks there, and in a cemetery, however I thought I would also hear some names I heard out and about! What do you think?

Dezire
Benoit
Didier
Hugo
Kyosuke
Jean-Paul
Hayat
Nassim
Louis + Alice (siblings)
Matis
Mario
Nehal
Kadiatou
Amélie
Celine
Jean-Baptiste
Chantelle

#France

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- ViviLC +1

8/12/2023, 6:05 PM

These seem like pretty standard French names. It also shows how diverse and multicultural France is.

Dezire: is it pronunced like Désirée?
Kadiatou: probably of Western African origin like Mali, Guinée or Sénégal.

- peregrine

8/13/2023, 1:05 AM

Thank you for your response! Dezire was written down, so I can’t say for sure what the pronunciation was. It was on a guy, which also sort of surprised me.

- InVain34

8/12/2023, 4:45 PM

I like Celine, Alice, Amélie, and Louis

- Nix (guest)

8/12/2023, 12:44 PM

I like (* are my favourites):

Benoit *
Hugo
Jean-Paul
Nassim
Louis *
Alice
Mario
Amélie

- Kerilyntaryn21

8/12/2023, 12:04 PM

I like Hugo, Celine, Alice and Chantelle

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