Browse Names

Alexandrie f French (Rare)
French variant of Alexandra.

Amarante f French (Rare)
French form of Amarantha.

Amour m & f French (Rare)
French form of Amor.

Arianne f French (Rare)
Variant of Ariane.

Arnaude f French (Rare)
French feminine form of Arnold.

Avril f French (Rare), English (Rare)
French form of April. A famous bearer is the Canadian musician Avril Lavigne (1984-).

Azélie f French (Rare)
Perhaps a form of Azalaïs. It was borne by Saint Marie-Azélie Guérin (1831-1877), also called Zélie, the mother of Thérèse of Lisieux.

Baptistine f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Baptiste.

Bathilde f French (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements batu and hilt, which both mean "battle". This is another name used to refer to Saint Balthild. It is also borne by a character in Adolphe Adam's ballet Giselle (1841).

Bernardine f French (Rare)
French feminine form of Bernardino.

Candide m & f French (Rare), Literature
French form of Candidus or Candida. The French philosopher and author Voltaire used this name for the main character (a male) in his satire Candide (1759). In French candide also means "naive", which is descriptive of the book's protagonist.

Cornélie f French (Rare)
French form of Cornelia.

Cunégonde f French (Rare)
French form of Kunigunde. Voltaire used this name in his novel Candide (1759).

Daphnée f French (Rare)
French variant form of Daphne.

Débora f Spanish, Portuguese, French (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese and French form of Deborah.

Dieudonnée f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Dieudonné.

Flavienne f French (Rare)
French feminine form of Flavian.

Fleurette f French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Diminutive of Fleur.

Florette f French (Rare)
French diminutive of Flora.

Florianne f French (Rare)
Variant of Floriane.

Guenièvre f French (Rare)
French form of Guinevere.

Haydée f Spanish, French (Rare)
Spanish and French form of Haidee, from Lord Byron's Don Juan (1819). It was later used by Alexander Dumas for a character in The Count of Monte Cristo (1844).

Hildegarde f French (Rare)
French form of Hildegard.

Isabeau f Medieval French, French (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
Medieval French variant of Isabel. A famous bearer of this name was Isabeau of Bavaria (1385-1422), wife of the French king Charles VI.

Jacinthe f French (Rare)
French cognate of Hyacinth 2.

Jacquette f French (Rare)
Feminine diminutive of Jacques.

Laurentine f French (Rare)
French feminine form of Laurentinus.

Léonide m & f French (Rare)
French masculine and feminine form of Leonidas.

Léonne f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Léon.

Livie f French (Rare), Czech (Rare)
French and Czech feminine form of Livius.

Lucinde f French (Rare)
French form of Lucinda.

Madelon f French (Rare), Dutch
French diminutive of Madeleine, now more common as a Dutch name.

Marcellette f French (Rare)
French feminine diminutive of Marcellus.

Maximilienne f French (Rare)
French feminine form of Maximilian.

Mélisande f French (Rare)
French form of Millicent used by Maurice Maeterlinck in his play Pelléas et Mélisande (1893). The play was later adapted by Claude Debussy into an opera (1902).

Mirabelle f French (Rare), English (Rare)
Derived from Latin mirabilis meaning "wonderful". This name was coined during the Middle Ages, though it eventually died out. It was briefly revived in the 19th century.

Osanne f French (Rare)
French form of Osanna.

Pétronille f French (Rare)
French form of Petronilla.

Romée f French (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
French feminine form of Romeo.

Roselle f Various
Diminutive of Rose. This is the name of a type of flowering shrub (species Hibiscus sabdariffa) native to Africa but now grown in many places, used to make hibiscus tea.

Scholastique f French (Rare)
French form of Scholastica. It is more common in French-speaking Africa than France.

Sévérine f French (Rare)
Variant of Séverine.

Tatienne f French (Rare)
French form of Tatiana.

Ursule f French (Rare)
French form of Ursula.

Vérène f French (Rare)
French form of Verena.

Yseult f French (Rare)
French form of Iseult.

Zénaïde f French (Rare)
French form of Zenaida.

Zéphyrine f French (Rare)
French feminine form of Zephyrinus (see Zeferino).