French (Swiss) Submitted Names

These names are a subset of French names used more often in French-speaking regions of Switzerland. 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.

Adelet f Medieval French, French (Swiss, Archaic)

Adorlée f French (Swiss, Rare)
Presumably an elaboration of Adorée.

Amadé m French (Swiss), German (Swiss), Hungarian
Variant of Amédée and Amadeusz.

Améthyste f French (Rare), French (Swiss, Rare)
French cognate of Amethyst.

Barbelle f French (Swiss, Archaic)
Diminutive of Barbe (compare also Bärbel).

Basch m French (Swiss, Archaic)
Short form of Baschtian, an obsolete form of Bastian.

Besançon m French (Swiss, Archaic)
From the surname Besançon. Besançon Hugues (1487-1532) was a Swiss political and religious leader who was a member of the Grand Council of Geneva.

Bluette f French (Swiss, Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), French (Archaic)
Derived from French bluet, a variant of bleuet, "cornflower".

Carélie f French (Belgian, Rare), French (Swiss, Rare)
Cognate of Carelia. The name coincides with the place name Carélie.

Célina f Gascon, French (Swiss)
Variant of Céline.

Christophle m French (Swiss, Archaic)
Gallicized form of Christoffel.

Coralise f French (Rare), French (Swiss), French (Belgian, Rare)
Elaboration of Coralie.

Cosman m French (Swiss, Archaic)

Éléonie f French (Rare), French (Quebec, Rare), French (Swiss, Rare)
Contracted form of Éléonore via the diminutive Léonie.

Emer m French (Archaic), French (Swiss, Archaic)
Archaic short form of Émeric and Emerich.

Emérentienne f French (Rare), French (Swiss, Rare), Luxembourgish (Rare)
Variant of Émérentienne.

Émiline f French (Rare), French (Swiss, Rare)
French form of Emilina.

Etevenard m French (Swiss, Archaic)
Swiss-French derivative of Étienne found in the late 1600s.

Evatte f French (Archaic), French (Swiss, Archaic)
Diminutive of Ève and Eva found in the French Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and in the Swiss area around Montreux up until the late 1600s.

Fanchette f French (Archaic), French (Swiss, Rare)
Diminutive of Françoise (compare Fanchon).

Franceline f French (Swiss), French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), Haitian Creole, French (African)
Diminutive of Françoise via the short form France 1.

Gasparde f French (Archaic), French (Belgian, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Swiss, Archaic)
Feminine form of Gaspard.

Gilliane f French (Rare), French (Swiss, Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), French (Caribbean, Rare)
Variant of both Giliane and Gillian.

Gilonne f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), French (Swiss, Rare)
Feminine form of Gilon, an obsolete hypocoristic form of Gilles.

Henrion f French (Swiss, Archaic)
Local feminine form of Henri by way of combining the name with the diminutive ending -on (compare names like Marion 1 and Alison) found in Montreux up until the early 1700s.

Imier m French (Archaic), French (Swiss, Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Himerius. While this name is archaic in France, it is still occasionally used in French-speaking Switzerland.

Isaline f French, French (Belgian), French (Swiss), Flemish
Variant of Isoline influenced by Isabelle.

Jeantat m French (Swiss, Archaic)
Local diminutive of Jean 1 found in the Montreux region up until the late 1600s.

Jérômie f French (Rare), French (Swiss, Rare), French (Belgian, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Feminine form of Jérôme, which is the modern French form of Hieronymos (see Jerome).... [more]

Jéromine f French (Rare), French (Quebec), French (Belgian, Rare), French (Swiss, Rare)
Feminine form of Jérôme, which is the modern French form of Hieronymos (see Jerome).... [more]

Kateline f French (Modern, Rare), French (Quebec, Rare), French (Swiss, Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare), Flemish (Rare)
Variant of Cateline.

Laïna f French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern), French (Swiss, Modern)
Variant of Leïna.

Lauranne f French, French (Swiss, Rare), Flemish (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), English (Rare)
Contraction of Laure and Anne 1.

Laurenne f French (Rare), French (African, Rare), French (Swiss, Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Flemish (Rare)
French form of Lauren which first surfaced in the 1950s.

Lionelle f French (Rare), French (African, Rare), French (Swiss, Rare), Flemish (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), English (Rare)
Feminine form of Lionel.

Lorienne f French (Quebec, Rare), French (Swiss, Rare)
French variant spelling of Laurienne, which is one of the main French forms of Lauriana.

Maurise f French (Archaic), French (Swiss, Archaic)

Mélitine f French (Rare), French (Swiss, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Melitini. While the name is archaic in Switzerland and Canada, it was revived in France in the early 1990s.

Nadiège f French, French (Swiss)
Variant of Nadège.

Naomé f French (Belgian, Rare), French (Rare), French (Swiss, Rare)

Noélie f French, French (Swiss), French (Belgian), French (Quebec)
Cognate of Noelia.

Noëline f French (Swiss, Rare)
Variant of Noéline.

Noria f Arabic (Maghrebi), French (Modern), French (Swiss, Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Variant transliteration of نورية (see Nouria).

Noriane f French (Modern, Rare), French (Swiss, Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Noria.

Ory m French (Swiss, Archaic)
Of uncertain origin and meaning, although current theories include a derivation from Ulrich via the form Oulry. This name has been found in French-speaking Switzerland up until the late 1600s.

Oulry m French (Swiss, Archaic)
Gallicized form of Ulrich used in the Montreux area of Switzerland up until the late 1600s.

Silvain m French, French (Belgian), Flemish, French (Swiss), German (Swiss)
Variant of Sylvain.

Tours m French (Swiss, Archaic)
Contraction of Saint Ours recorded in French-speaking Switzerland up until the 19th century.

Ulry m French (Swiss, Archaic)
Gallicized form of Ulrich found in French-speaking Switzerland up until the 1700s.

Ursine f German (Rare), German (Swiss, Rare), French (Rare), French (African, Rare), French (Swiss, Rare)
German variant and French form of Ursina.

Vuillaume m French (Archaic), French (Swiss, Archaic)
Variant of Guillaume found up until the 1700s in French-speaking Switzerland as well as in Lorraine and the Franche-Comté regions of France.

Vuillemette f French (Archaic), French (Swiss, Archaic)
Feminine diminutive of Vuillaume (compare Guillemette).

Ylena f French (Modern), French (Swiss, Modern)
Variant of Ilena.

Zoéline f French (Rare), French (Swiss, Rare), French (Belgian)
Elaboration of Zoélie.

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