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The French usually differentiate gender by the spelling of a name (eg. Jean vs Jeanne, François vs Françoise etc...) but there are some names that are shared by both genders. Here is a list of common and rare names that are used for males and females in France. Do you like any of them? Would you be more inclined to use some of them for one gender only?

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Alceste
Alexis
Alix
Amabile
Amance
Amynthe
Arcade
Astrée
Caliste
Camille
Claude
Cléanthe
Cléophe
Crescence
Cyrille
Didyme
Dominique
Élisée
Eustase
Évangèle
Ezélie
Fauste
Fleurien
Florence
Florentien
Floride
Florien
Fortune
Gaudence
Gentile
Glycère
Hyacinthe
Isée
Jade
Jéronyme
Jocelin/Jocelyn
Jordan/Jordane
Lénaïck/Lénaïk
Léonce
Léonide
Lucrèce
Ludovique
Lysandre
Mabile
Malou
Marie - mostly used as a middle name for males (eg. Jean-Marie)
Matisse
Michou
Milane
Narcisse
Néhémie
Omère
Orphée
Philaé
Placide
Pompée
Prisque
Prudence
Purdey
Rilou
Robin
Rodin
Sacha/Sasha
Sandre
Septime
Silène
Sophonie
Stéphane
Symphore
Tesseract
Théogène
Verlaine
Vianney
Victorique
Yanick/Yannick
Ylane