1200+ French Names (with Meanings and Popularity)

In France, this would be like naming your child Star.

Strictly for the girls.

Straightforward but very unusual choice, deriving from a place name in Italy.

Place-name waiting to be discovered.

Frostine, best known in the U.S. as the name of the Candyland queen, is newly fashionable in France and is certainly a choice that any little girl the world over would love. Fanciful, if over-the-top, but a perfect name for a winter baby girl.

Particularly pretty French version of the biblical standard.

Scottish actor Dougray (born Stephen) Scott made us aware of this name when he took on his French grandmother's surname as his stage name.

Cyrille is a unisex French name, and its association with the suddenly suave Cyril has turned from a liability into an advantage.

A variation made famous by Australian Aboriginal tennis champ Evonne Goolagong.

Now that Lily has become hugely popular, parents in love with this flower name are looking further afield for substitutes such as Liliane and Liliana.