1200+ French Names (with Meanings and Popularity)

  1. Kasim
    • Frédéric
      • Ouen
        • France
          • Origin:

            Place-name
          • Description:

            This geographic name has lots of Gallic elan. France Nuyen is a French-Vietnamese actress who starred in the Broadway hit The World of Suzie Wong.
        • Fabrice
          • Origin:

            French, from Latin
          • Meaning:

            "skilled craftsman"
          • Description:

            There are plenty of French guys named Fabrice, but here, it sounds more like a laundry product.
        • Félicité
          • Vachel
            • Origin:

              French
            • Meaning:

              "one who raises cows"
            • Description:

              This is a French occupational namename brought to the fore by poet Vachel Lindsay, born Nicholas Vachel (Vachel being his father's first name), considered the founder of modern poetry intended to be sung or chanted. and also author of the first book of film criticism in 1915.
          • Cantrelle
            • Origin:

              French
            • Meaning:

              "song"
            • Description:

              Vocal name seldom heard, with most elle-ending names these days dropped in favor of the more straightforward Elle and Ella.
          • Peita
            • Gérard
              • Verania
                • Oliviane
                  • Elvéra
                    • Jacque
                      • Squire
                        • Origin:

                          French
                        • Meaning:

                          "esquire"
                        • Description:

                          Conjures up a tweedy English country gentleman with a large paunch.
                      • Sévère
                        • Pierrette
                          • Origin:

                            Feminine form of Pierre, French version of Peter
                          • Meaning:

                            "rock"
                          • Description:

                            Pierrette is the French feminine form of Peter or Pierre, an antiquated if charming feminization in the style of Albertine.
                        • Narcisse
                          • Eugène
                            • Harriette