739 French Girl Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

So many names sound better with a French accent, and Petronille is one of them -- it feels unusual in an elegant way. But in the US, you'd have to be adventurous to choose it.

Naming babies for personal heroes is the cool contemporary trend followed by Woody Allen when he honored New Orleans jazz clarinetist Sidney Bechet in his daughter's name--adding the middle name Dumaine after a cornet player who was another of his musical heroes. Bechet has a nice, catchy Gallic feel.

Pleasant-sounding word that could morph into a unique Sunday-picnic-type name.

While the usual French word for queen is Reine, Régine is the francisized version of Regina.

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