mv1029's Personal Name List

French and Catalan form of Agnes.

Form of Alexander in several languages. This name was borne by the French author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), who wrote The Three Musketeers.

Medieval French variant of Alice, also sometimes used as a masculine name. This is the name of the hero (a young Gaulish man) of a French comic book series, which debuted in 1948.

French diminutive of Amanda.

French form of Amadeus.

French diminutive of Angela.

Feminine diminutive of Antoine. This name was borne by Marie Antoinette, the queen of France during the French Revolution. She was executed by guillotine.

French form of Antoninus. This name was borne by the French playwright Antonin Artaud (1896-1948).

French form of Apollonia.

French form of Arnold.

French variant of Albert.

French form of Augustus. A notable bearer was the philosopher Auguste Comte (1798-1857).

French feminine form of Aurelius.

Means "baptist" in French, originally deriving from Greek βάπτω (bapto) meaning "to dip". This name is usually given in honour of Saint John the Baptist, and as such it is often paired with the name Jean.

French form of Basil 1.

Short form of Sébastien.

French form of Benedict.

French and German form of Bridget. A famous bearer is the French model and actress Brigitte Bardot (1934-).

French feminine and masculine form of Camilla. It is also used in the English-speaking world, where it is generally only feminine.

French form of Cedric.

French feminine form of Caelestinus.

French diminutive of Charles.

French form of Christopher.

French form of Chrodechildis, the Latin form of a Frankish name composed of the elements hruod "fame, glory" and hilt "battle". Saint Clotilde (whose name was originally recorded in forms such as Chrodechildis or Chrotchildis in Latin sources [1]) was the wife of the Frankish king Clovis, whom she converted to Christianity. It was also borne by others in the Merovingian royal family. In the Middle Ages this name was confused with Chlodechilda, in which the first element is hlut "famous, loud".

Diminutive of Nicole.

Either a French form of Koralia, or a derivative of Latin corallium "coral" (see Coral).

French form of Cyprianus (see Cyprian).

Feminine form of Edmé.

French form of Edward.

Probably from Aeliana, the feminine form of the Roman name Aelianus, which was derived from the Roman family name Aelius. This was the name of an obscure early saint and martyr from Amasea.

French form of Alodia.

French form of Eloise.

French form of Emmeline.

French form of Emmerich.

French form of Aemilius (see Emil). This name was borne by the author Émile Zola (1840-1902) and the sociologist Émile Durkheim (1858-1917).

French feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily).

French feminine form of Aemilianus (see Emiliano).

French form of Eric.

From an Old French name meaning "star", ultimately derived from Latin stella. It was rare in the English-speaking world in the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century, perhaps due to the character Estella Havisham in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations (1860).

French form of Stephen.

French form of Eve.

French form of Evelina.

French form of Fabianus (see Fabian).

French feminine form of Faustinus (see Faustino).

French form of Felicianus (see Feliciano).

French, Spanish, Portuguese and Hungarian form of Felix.

Diminutive of Fleur.

French form of Florentina.

French form of Frank.

French form of Franciscus (see Francis). François Villon (1431-1463) was a French lyric poet. This was also the name of two kings of France.

French form of Frederick. A famous bearer was the Polish composer Fryderyk or Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849).

French form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).

French form of Jasper.

Possibly from a Germanic name derived from the element gast meaning "guest, stranger". This is the usual French name for Saint Vedastus, called Vaast in Flemish. The name was also borne by several counts of Foix-Béarn, beginning in the 13th century.

French form of Gautbert or Waldebert.

French form of Walter.

From the medieval name Genovefa, which is of uncertain origin. It could be derived from the Germanic elements *kunją "clan, family, lineage" and *wībą "wife, woman". Alternatively it could be of Gaulish origin, from the related Celtic element *genos "kin, family" combined with a second element of unknown meaning. This name was borne by Saint Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris, who inspired the city to resist the Huns in the 5th century.

French form of George. This name was borne by the French artists Georges Seurat (1859-1891) and Georges Braque (1882-1963).

French feminine form of George.

French form of Gerald.

French form of Giles.

French form of Gregorius (see Gregory).

French form of William.

French form of Eloise.

French feminine diminutive of Henri.

French form of Inés.

French form of Irene.

French feminine form of Jacques, also commonly used in the English-speaking world.

French form of Iacobus, the New Testament Latin form of James.

Modern French form of Jehan, the Old French form of Iohannes (see John). Since the 12th century it has consistently been the most common male name in France. It finally dropped from the top rank in 1958, unseated by Philippe.

The French theologian Jean Calvin (1509-1564) and the philosophers Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) and Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) are well-known bearers of this name. It was also borne by the German-French Dadaist artist Jean Arp (1886-1966).

Combination of Jean 1 and Baptiste, referring to Saint John the Baptist.

French diminutive of Jeanne.

French and Dutch feminine form of Joel.

French feminine form of Joseph. A notable bearer of this name was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814).

Diminutive of Joséphine.

French, Spanish and Portuguese form of Joshua.

French form of Julius. A notable bearer of this name was the French novelist Jules Verne (1828-1905), author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and other works of science fiction.

French form of Iulianus (see Julian).

French diminutive of Julie.

French form of Iustina (see Justina). This is the name of the heroine in the novel Justine (1791) by the Marquis de Sade.

French form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

French diminutive of Laura.

French form of Leah.

French form of Leo.

French feminine form of Leonius.

French form of Leontina.

French form of Leopold.

Diminutive of Élisabeth.

Combination of Lou and Anne 1.

French form of Ludovicus, the Latinized form of Ludwig. This was the name of 18 kings of France, starting with Louis I the son of Charlemagne. Others include Louis IX (Saint Louis) who led two crusades and Louis XIV (called the Sun King) who was the ruler of France during the height of its power, the builder of the Palace of Versailles, and the longest reigning monarch in the history of Europe. It was also borne by kings of Germany (as Ludwig), Hungary (as Lajos), and other places.

Apart from royalty, this name was only moderately popular in France during the Middle Ages. After the French Revolution, when Louis XVI was guillotined, it became less common.

The Normans brought the name to England, where it was usually spelled Lewis, though the spelling Louis has been more common in America. Famous bearers include French scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French actor Louis de Funès (1914-1983), Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), who wrote Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and American jazz musician Louis Armstrong (1901-1971).

French feminine form of Louis.

French and Welsh form of Lucas (see Luke).

French and Czech form of Lucia.

French form of Lucianus.

Feminine form of Lucien.

French form of Lucilla. A famous bearer was American comedienne Lucille Ball (1911-1989).

French form of Magdalene.

Feminine form of Maël.

French feminine form of Marcellinus.

French feminine form of Marcellinus.

French short form of Margaret.

French form of Margaret. This is also the French word for the daisy flower (species Leucanthemum vulgare).

French and Czech form of Maria. It has been very common in France since the 13th century. At the opening of the 20th century it was given to approximately 20 percent of French girls. This percentage has declined steadily over the course of the century, and it dropped from the top rank in 1958.

A notable bearer of this name was Marie Antoinette, a queen of France who was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. Another was Marie Curie (1867-1934), a physicist and chemist who studied radioactivity with her husband Pierre.

In France it is occasionally used as a masculine name in pairings such as Jean-Marie.

Combination of Maria and Louise. In the Philippines it is usually a combination of Maria and Lourdes.

French form of Marlene.

French form of Mateo or Matteo.

Variant of Matthias.

French variant form of Matthew.

Form of Matilda in several languages.

French form of Maximus.

From the Occitan name Mirèio, which was first used by the poet Frédéric Mistral for the main character in his poem Mirèio (1859). He probably derived it from the Occitan word mirar meaning "to admire". It is spelled Mirèlha in classical Occitan orthography. A notable bearer is the French singer Mireille Mathieu (1946-).

Combination of Marie and Hélène. It can also be used as a French form of Milena.

French form of Nicodemus.

French form of Nicholas.

Diminutive of Nicole.

Feminine variant form of Noël.

French form of Naomi 1.

Czech variant form of Olivia.

French and Dutch form of Oliver. This is also a French word meaning "olive tree".

French form of Ophelia.

French form of Oriana.

French form of Oriana.

French feminine form of Paulinus (see Paulino).

French feminine form of Perrin, a diminutive of Pierre.

French form of Philip.

French form of Peter. This name has been consistently popular in France since the 13th century, but fell out of the top 100 names in 2017. It was borne by the philosopher and theologian Pierre Abélard (1079-1142), the scholar Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827), the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), and Pierre Curie (1859-1906), a physicist who discovered radioactivity with his wife Marie.

French form of Rayner.

French form of Raphael.

From a French surname meaning "ruler" in Occitan. This name is often given in honour of Saint Jean-François Régis (1597-1640), a French Jesuit priest.

French form of the Latin name Remigius, which was derived from Latin remigis "oarsman, rower". Saint Rémy was a 5th-century bishop who converted and baptized Clovis, king of the Franks.

French form of Reynold. This name was used in medieval French literature for the hero Renaud de Montauban, a young man who flees with his three brothers from the court of Charlemagne after killing the king's nephew. Charlemagne pardons the brothers on the condition that they enter the Crusades. A loose version of the character also appears in medieval Italian extensions of the tales, in the Italian form Rinaldo.

French feminine form of René.

French form of Romanus (see Roman).

French diminutive of Rose.

French form of Sebastianus (see Sebastian).

French form of Zipporah.

French form of Seraphina.

French feminine form of Sidonius.

French feminine form of Simon 1. A famous bearer was Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), a French feminist and philosopher.

French form of Sophia.

French form of Stephen.

French form of Silvanus.

Variant of Sylvaine.

French and Czech form of Silvia.

French form of Theobald.

French form of Timothy.

Means "all saints" in French. This is the name of a Christian festival celebrated on November 1 (All Saints' Day).

French and Czech form of Valeria.

French form of Veronica.

French form of Victoria.

French form of Violet.

French form of Viviana, as well as a Portuguese variant. It is also the French form of Vivien 2.

Medieval French form of Ivo 1. This was the name of two French saints: an 11th-century bishop of Chartres and a 13th-century parish priest and lawyer, also known as Ivo of Kermartin, the patron saint of Brittany.

French feminine form of Yvon. It has been regularly used in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century.

French feminine form of Zephyrinus (see Zeferino).