Girl Names of French Origin

French Names

French names

French and Old French names have a unique feel of romance to them, and are used in France and by French-speaking peoples. Baby names of French origin, for french, france.

Usage of these girl names reached its apex 44 years ago (usage of 14.25%) and is almost as conventional today (usage 11.7%, 18%), but with names like Bernadette becoming somewhat dated. The more fashionable baby names in this list are Eloise (#300), Rosalie (#310), Colette (#522), Felicity (#497) and Celine (#714), and there is also a revival in birth name popularity for Celine, Colette, Eloise and Rosalie. Overy (top 25%) and Abrey (49%) are conventional surnames.

Here is the list of French names for boys.

Abelia - Almond

Page 1/21 of 409 French names.

Top 1000 baby names ranking of French names: Adela, Adelaide, Adeline, Adrienne, Aimee

Abelia 1 .. French feminine form of Abel. Not Top 1000 name. See also Adelia.

Abra 2 .. .. of a fourth century French saint. Unusual, but Abra is similar to common -bra last names Asbra (top 92%), Obra (65%). See also Abir.

Acadia 3 .. the French settlers of Nova Scotia .. Not in Top 1000. See also Arcadia.

Aceline 4 .. "Noble." Aceline and Asceline were not among 2014's Top names. Feminine of Acelin.

AdelaAdela 5 .. .. is from the French Adèle .. Adela has decreased in popularity as a girls' name circa 1910-1919. See also Ahdella.

Adelaide and variantsAdelaide [Adela, Adeline, Alice, .. more] 6 .. .. adal heid, via French Adélaï .. Usage of Adela as a birth name has decreased circa 1910-1919.

Adelie 7 .. .. élie is the French elaboration of .. Rarely used as a birth name. See also Edelie.

AdelineAdeline 8 .. French diminutive of Adela. Used occasionally .. Adeline has become increasingly popular with parents since 1940-1949. See also Adelice.

Adelisa 9 .. A blend of Adela and Lisa. Adelisa was not among 2014's Top names. See also Adelita.

AdrienneAdrienne 10 .. French feminine form of Adrian. Fashion .. Adrienne became less trendy last year, falling -34 rankings as a girls' name to reach #811. See also Abrienne.

Top 1000 baby names ranking of French names: Alice, Alison

Agate 11 .. The agate is a semiprecious gemstone .. Agate is not a Top 1000 name. See also Agata.

AimeeAimee 12 .. "Beloved." Ranked in Top 1000. From French "aimer" meaning "to love" ..

Alaine 13 .. French feminine form of Alain. Alaine is not a Top 1000 name. See also Blaine.

Alair 14 .. French variant of Hilary. Gender-neutral name. Alair was not a Top birth name in 2014.

Alberga 15 .. .. related to the French and Italian .. Rarely used as a girls' name, Alberga exists more commonly as a last name.

Alice and variantsAlice [Adelisa, Alison, .. more] 16 .. .. of the Old French name Adeliz .. Usage of Alice, Alison, etc. as children's names in 2014 was 4.8% more than the previous year.

AlisonAlison 17 .. Norman French diminutive form of Alice .. Gender-neutral name. Popularly used, with usage of 0.063% for Alison as a baby name in 2014, higher than 0.0615% in 2013.

Allura 18 .. "To entice, attract." Not in popularity charts. Based on the noun, which means ..

Allyriane 19 .. French name. The lyre was a .. Allyrna and Arlyriane are kreatif variations.

Almond 20 .. Almandine is the French form. Almond is a unique women's name, registering often (top 3%) as a surname. See also Almina.

Quick Reference

Index of names [and variants] for French names for girls.

1. Abelia - Almond
Abelia, Abra, Acadia, Aceline, Adela, Adelaide [Alice, ..], Adelie, Adeline, Adelisa, Adrienne, Agate, Aimee, Alaine, Alair, Alberga, Alice [Alison], Alison, Allura, Allyriane, Almond

2. Alouette - Argene
Alouette, Alphonsine, Amabel [Belle], Amanda, Amarantha, Amber, Amor, Amorette, Amy [Esme, ..], Amya, Anais, Ancelote, Angelica, Anise, Anne [Ninon, ..], Annette, Anouska, Antoinette, Ardelle, Argene

3. Arlette - Blanche
Arlette, Armande, Auberta, Aubrey, Auda, Austine, Avery, Avis, Avril, Babette, Bay, Beatrice, Beige, Belle, Bernadette [Bernadine], Bernadine, Bertha, Bianca [Blanche], Bijou, Blanche [Bianca]

4. Blanchefleur - Carol
Blanchefleur, Blondell, Bonnie, Brie, Brier, Brigitte, Brittany, Burnett, Cadette, Caitlin, Calypso, Cameo, Camilla, Candida [Candy], Candy, Caprice, Capucine, Caresse, Carnation, Carol [Lottie, ..]

5. Caroline - Cher
Caroline [Charlene], Cassia, Catherine [Caitlin], Celeste [Celine], Celina [Selena], Celine [Celina], Cendrine, Cerise [Cherise], Cezanne, Chalice, Chandelle [Shantelle], Chandler, Chanel [Shanelle], Chaney, Chante, Chantal [Shantelle], Charlene, Charlotte [Sherry, ..], Charmaine, Cher [Sherry, ..]

6. Cherelle - Claire
Cherelle, Cherene, Cherida, Cherie [Sherry, ..], Cherilyn, Cherise [Sherisa], Cherish, Cherry [Cheryth, ..], Cheryl [Cherilyn, ..], Cheryth, Cheyenne, Chloe, Chorine, Christabel, Christina [Christine], Christine, Christmas, Cinderella, Cinnamon, Claire [Clarice]

7. Clarette - Cosette
Clarette, Clarice, Clarimond, Claudette, Claudine, Clelia, Clemence [Clementine], Clementine [Clemence], Clotilda, Clove, Cluny, Coco, Colette [Coco], Consuelo, Coralie, Corin, Corinna [Corinne], Corinne, Corisande, Cosette

8. Courtney - Delphine
Courtney [Kourtney], Cree, Creola, Crescent, Cyrilla, Dabney, Daffodil, Daisy, Dalmace, Danielle, Daryl, Daveney, Dawn, Debonnaire, Deja, Delancey, Delaney, Delfina [Delphine], Delight, Delphine

9. Demi - Eileen
Demi, Denise, Desiree, Destiny, Diana, Didiane, Dielle, Dionne, Dior, Dixie, Dominique, Doreen, Dorsey, Dory, Douce, Easter, Edwige, Eglantine, Eibhlin, Eileen

10. Elaine - Fawn
Elaine [Lainey], Eleanor [Helene, ..], Elise [Lieselotte], Elita, Elodie, Eloise [Heloise], Eluned [Lynette], Emma [Ima], Emmeline, Ermine, Ermintrude, Esme, Estee, Estelle [Estee], Eugenia, Evangeline, Evette, Evonne [Ivonne], Fanny, Fawn

11. Fayette - Genevieve
Fayette, Felice, Felicity, Fifi, Fleur, Flower, Fontanne, Fran, Frances [Francine, ..], Francesca, Francine, Frankie, Gabrielle, Gael, Gala, Gallia [Gala], Garland, Gay, Geneva, Genevieve [Jenevieve]

12. Georgette - Ivonne
Georgette, Georgia [Georgette], Germaine, Ghislaine, Gigi, Gilberte [Gigi], Giselle, Guinevere [Genevieve], Helen [Helene, ..], Heloise [Eloise], Henrietta, Hermine [Ermine], Honesty, Hortense [Hortensia], Hortensia, Huette, Ila, Ima, Ivette, Ivonne [Evonne]

13. Jacqueline - Kiki
Jacqueline, Jaime, Janet, Jasmine, Jean [Jeannine], Jeanette, Jeannine, Jenevieve, Jerrie, Jewel, Joanna, Jocelyn, Jodelle, Joelle, Joie, Jolie, Joy [Joie], Julie, Karlotta [Lottie], Kiki

14. Kourtney - Lorraine
Kourtney, Lacey, Lainey, Lakeisha, Laraine, Lareina, Laurence, Lavonne, Leala, Lela, Leona [Leontyne], Leonie [Leonie], Leontyne, Liana [Liane], Liane, Lieselotte, Lily, Linette [Lynette], Loire, Lorraine [Laraine]

15. Lottie - Marian
Lottie, Louise [Heloise], Lourdes, Lucille, Lynette [Linette], Lyric, Macon, Macy, Madeline [Maud], Madonna, Magali, Magnolia, Mallory, Manon, Margaret [Marjorie, ..], Margery [Marjorie], Margo, Marguerite, Maria [Marietta], Marian [Marion]

16. Marianne - Merle
Marianne, Maribel, Marie, Marietta, Marilyn, Marion [Marian], Marjolaine, Marjorie [Margery], Marquise, Marseilles, Martinique, Maud, Mauve, Mavis, Mazarine, Melanie, Melisande, Meridel, Meriel [Merle], Merle

17. Michelle - Oralia
Michelle, Mignon, Millicent [Melisande], Mimi, Minuit, Mireio, Mystique, Nadine, Nanette [Ninon], Natalie [Natividad], Natividad, Nicole [Nicolette], Nicolette, Ninon, Noelle, Normandie, Odelia [Ottilie], Odette, Oleisa, Oralia

18. Orane - Risa
Orane, Ottilie [Ottilie], Pansy, Paquita, Paris [Parrish], Parrish, Pascale, Payne, Pernella, Perry, Pierette, Pleasant, Provence, Questa, Quincey, Raina, Raoule, Remy, Renee, Risa

19. Riva - Sidney
Riva, Rochelle, Romaine, Rosalie, Royale, Royce, Roza, Sable, Salamanca, Satin, Scarlett, Scout, Selena [Celine], Serenity, Shanelle, Shantelle, Shereen, Sherisa, Sherry [Shereen], Sidney

20. Simone - Villette
Simone, Solange, Soleil, Sophia, Sorrel, Soubrette, Stephanie, Suzanne, Taylor, Tempest, Theresa [Tracy], Tracy, Trista, Turkessa, Twyla, Valerie, Van, Vanity, Vedette, Villette

21. Yannick - Zola
Yannick, Ynez, Yolanda, Ysabel, Yvette [Ivette], Yvonne [Yvette, ..], Zelia, Zizi, Zola

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