1200+ French Names (with Meanings and Popularity)

French saintly name, used for both boys and girls. Although not common in France, it has been used in small numbers for boys in the 2010s and 2020s. Candide, in its sense as the French word for "naive", was the title character of a satirical novel by Voltaire.

Offers much less than Bay.

Randall Jarrell was an important mid-20th century poet; his surname makes a pleasingly soft name for a girl.

Ambrette is the name of a French dessert pear, and also a West Indian hibiscus seed.

Glitzy and pretentious.

This, the simplest French female version of Paul, was brought into the U. S. mix by novelist Paule Marshall, whose roots are in the West Indies.