1200+ French Names (with Meanings and Popularity)

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

Once exclusively male name, Daryl Hannah made the Darrell spelling just as appropriate for girls -- and maybe even more feminine than masculine these days.

Unique, soft, and flowing.

Associated with the "Star Trek" commander of the USS Enterprise.

This surname-name comes with some great connotations: Addie Ballou the American feminist, Kurt Ballou — guitarist with the band Converge, or Adin Ballou — abolitionist and pacifist. It has a trendy, whimsical sound that sets it apart from more traditional surnames like Cooper, Hunter, and Archer and puts it more in the camp of the softer international names like Aaru, Bayou, and Finlo.

Name with aristrocratic overtones.

Bachelor feels more like a prediction than a name.