French (Acadian) Submitted Names

These names are a subset of French names used more often in the province of New Brunswick in Canada. See also about French names.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Adéa f French (Rare), French (Swiss, Rare), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic)
Cognate of Adea as well as an elaboration of Ade and Ada 1.

Adea f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Icelandic (Archaic), Louisiana Creole (Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic)
Short form of Adelaida.

Adélarine f French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic)
Possibly a feminine form of Adélard.

Adonatille f French (Acadian), Louisiana Creole
Acadian and Creole form of Donatille.

Adorestine f French (Acadian), Louisiana Creole
Variant of Dorestine.

Albinette f Medieval French, French (Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Medieval French diminutive of Albine.

Alcidie f French (Archaic), French (Belgian, Rare), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic), Louisiana Creole (Archaic)
Feminine form of Alcide.

Aldéa f French (Acadian, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)

Annon m French (Acadian)
French variation of Anno.

Arcilia f Spanish (Rare, Archaic), American (South, Archaic), French (Acadian), French (Quebec)
Hispanic variant of Arcelia, Southern variant of Arcelia and Acadian and Québécois variant of Arcélia.

Arilda f History (Ecclesiastical), French (Quebec, Rare), French (Acadian, Archaic)
Saint Arilda is an obscure female saint from Oldbury-on-Severn in the English county of Gloucestershire who probably lived in the 5th or 6th century. She may have been of either Anglo-Saxon or Welsh origin.

Arthémie f French (Acadian, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic), Louisiana Creole (Archaic)
Corruption of Artemis.

Arthenise f French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic), Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Arthémise.

Athénaïse f Louisiana Creole, French (Acadian)
Variant of Athénaïs.

Aurienne f French (Acadian)

Basilie f Louisiana Creole, French (Acadian), French (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Basile.

Basilique m & f French (Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Basiliscus which was also used as a feminine form of this name.

Basilisse f History (Ecclesiastical, Gallicized), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic)
French form of Basilissa.

Cédulie f Norman, French (Quebec), French (Acadian)
Norman form of Sédulie.

Cedulie f French (Acadian, Archaic), French (Quebec)
Variant of Cédulie.

Cléonice f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), French (Acadian)
French form of Kleonike.

Cléonise f French (Acadian)
Acadian variant of Cléonice.

Corantine f French (Acadian, Rare), Louisiana Creole (Rare)
Variant of Corentine.

Derilda f French (Acadian)

Doctrové m French (Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic)
Variant of Doctrovée.

Domitilde f French (Acadian), French (Quebec)
Variant of Domitille influenced by Mathilde.

Doralise f French (Cajun), American (South), Louisiana Creole, French (Acadian)
Variant of Doralice as well as an 18th- and 19th-century elaboration of Dora using the then-popular name suffix lise.

Dorestine f French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic), Louisiana Creole

Dorilda f French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic), Portuguese (Brazilian)

Édèse m French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical)
French from Aedesius.

Éléonise f French (Acadian)

Éléontine f Louisiana Creole, French (Acadian), French (Quebec)
Elaboration of Léontine, possibly influenced by Eléonore.

Elodea f English (American, Rare, Archaic), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic)
Derived from Elodea, a genus of several underwater freshwater perennials, often called the waterweeds, which was first described as a genus in 1803. The name itself is a New Latin coinage, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ἕλος (hélos) “marsh-meadow".

Emeranthe f French (Acadian)
Either a variant of Amarante or possibly of Emérance.

Éméthilde f French (Acadian)
Variant of Émétilde.

Emilienne f French (Acadian, Archaic)
Variant of Émilienne found in New Brunswick and Maine.

Émmeline f French, French (Acadian)
French form of Emmeline.

Émrick m French (Quebec, Modern), French (Acadian, Modern)
French Canadian form of Émeric.

Eudalie f Flemish (Rare), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic), Louisiana Creole (Archaic)
Variant of Odalie via the masculine form Eudes.

Eudonie f French (Rare, Archaic), French (Belgian, Rare, Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (African, Rare)
Feminine form of Eudon.

Exilda f English (Canadian, Rare), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Contraction of Extilda and variant of Hexilda and Escilda.

Exiléa f French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Exilia.

Extilda f Medieval Scottish (Latinized), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Hextilda.

Farelie f Louisiana Creole, French (Acadian)

Felonise f French (Cajun), American (South), French (Acadian)
Variant of Félonise.

Hermiline f French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic)
Variant of Ermiline.

Isabia f English (Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic), French (Belgian, Archaic), Spanish (Caribbean, Archaic)
Cognate of Isabea.

Isaire f French (Rare, Archaic), Picard (Rare, Archaic), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic), French (Belgian, Rare, Archaic)

Isalie f Louisiana Creole (Archaic), American (South, Archaic), French (Acadian), French (Rare)

Ladoïska f Louisiana Creole, Picard, French (Acadian), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Variant of Lodoïska.

Laititia f French (Acadian, Archaic), Louisiana Creole (Archaic), English (Archaic)

Léonise f French (Acadian), Louisiana Creole

Lesida f French (Acadian)

Lévite m French (Acadian, Rare)
Derived from the French noun lévite meaning "Levite" (as in, a descendant of Levi).... [more]

Liontine f French (Acadian, Archaic)
Variant of Léontine.

Lucienna f Flemish (Rare), Louisiana Creole, French (Acadian, Rare), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Latinate variant of Lucienne.

Maïus m French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic)
A rare Acadian name. Possibly derived from the Latin name for the month of May mensis Maius.

Marcélie f Louisiana Creole, French (Acadian)

Meranthe f French (Acadian)
Truncated form of Emeranthe.

Métilde f French (Acadian, Rare)
Acadian variant of Mathilde.

Odéa f French (Acadian, Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Variant of Odée.

Odia f American (South), French (Acadian, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic), Louisiana Creole
Variant of Odéa and cognate of Odea. This name was borne by singer Odia Coates (1941–1991).

Onezia f French (Acadian), Louisiana Creole

Orélie f Louisiana Creole, French (Acadian), French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Variant of Aurélie.

Osine f French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic)

Osithe f History (Ecclesiastical), French (Acadian, Archaic)
French form of Osyth.

Ositte f Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic), French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Ozitte and Osithe.

Ozélie f French (Acadian, Archaic)

Ozille f French (Acadian)
Certainly related to Ozile and possibly to Ozella.

Philonise f French (Acadian)
Variant of Philonice.

Precille f French (Quebec, Rare), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic)
Most likely a variant of Priscille.

Présille f French (Rare, Archaic), French (Huguenot, Rare, Archaic), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic), French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Priscille.

Prisque f & m French (Rare), French (African, Rare), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic)
French form of Prisca and Priscus.

Rhéal m French (Quebec), French (Acadian)
Possibly a variant of Réal.

Rosamie f English (Rare), Filipino, Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic)
Perhaps a diminutive of Rosamund (compare Annemie, Rosemay), though it is claimed to be a combination of Rose with French amie "friend".

Rosémond m French (Acadian), Louisiana Creole, French (Archaic)

Soulange f Louisiana Creole, French (Acadian)
Variant of Solange.

Tersille f French (Acadian)
Variant of Tharsile.

Tharsile f French (Acadian)

Theodorine f Louisiana Creole (Archaic), French (Acadian, Rare)
Variant of Théodorine.

Théonie f French (Rare), French (Acadian, Rare), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Belgian, Archaic), French (Caribbean, Archaic)
French form of Theonia.

Théonille f History (Ecclesiastical), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic), French (Archaic), French (Belgian, Archaic)
French form of Theonilla.

Ulyssia f French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic), Louisiana Creole, French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Ulysse.

Valsin m French (Acadian), French (Cajun)

Victoirine f French (Rare, Archaic), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic)
Elaboration of Victoire.

Zabette f French (Acadian, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic), Louisiana Creole (Archaic)

Zemire f French (Acadian, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Variant of Zémire.

Zéolide f French (Acadian), Louisiana Creole
Likely an 18th and 19th-century elaboration of the (very) rare feminine name Zéolie with the then-popular feminine name suffix -ide.

Zépheline f French (Acadian)
Likely a variant of Zéphyrine.

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