1200+ French Names (with Meanings and Popularity)

The I freshens up this name.

Name of Faulkner's great emotional villain in As I Lay Dying, Anse is not ordinarily used as a first name. It literally means cove in French, though the element ans means God in Old German and is found in names such as Ansel and Anselm.

Unique, soft, and flowing.

So tied to being Jacqueline Kennedy's maiden name that it's best saved for a girl.

Pronounced Beshette, this unfamiliar French appellation sounds fresh and feminine.