150+ French Last Names

  1. Bayless
    • Origin:

      French occupational name
    • Meaning:

      "bailiff"
    • Description:

      Offers much less than Bay.
  2. Renaud
    • Origin:

      French variation of Reginald
    • Description:

      Attractive if phonetically confusing; also pronounced exactly the same as the Renault car.
  3. Gervaise
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "skilled with a spear"
    • Description:

      Unusual saint's name rarely heard outside Roman Catholic rectories until it made an appearance on a reality-TV show; has an attractive French feel.
  4. Arnaud
    • Origin:

      French variation of Arnold
    • Meaning:

      "ruler, strong as an eagle"
    • Description:

      French given and surname.
  5. 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.
  6. Coty
    • Origin:

      French surname
    • Description:

      Cosmetic reinvention of Cody.
  7. Genet
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "broom (shrub); or descended from John or Eugene"
    • Description:

      A relatively common French surname associated with sometimes scandalous French novelist/dramatist Jean Genet. The name may derive from genêt, the French name for the broom shrub. Alternatively, it can derive from the French forms of Eugene, John or Janet as an ancestral surname.
  8. Toussaint
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "all saints"
    • Description:

      Has been used in the past by parents wishing to invoke the blessing and protection of all the saints, also given to boys born on November 1, All Saints' Day.
  9. Rosamel
    • Origin:

      Spanish and French
    • Meaning:

      "rose and honey"
    • Description:

      A French surname turned Spanish masculine given name, Rosamel likely derives from the combination of rose + Greek mel "honey".
  10. Germain
    • Origin:

      French variation of Germanus
    • Meaning:

      "from Germany"
    • Description:

      Saint Germain, the intellectual center of Paris, lends the name a creative aura. But most Americans would say jer-mayn. The Latin Germanus may mean sprout or bud, or brother.
  11. Delorean
    • Origin:

      French surname
    • Meaning:

      "from the laurels"
    • Description:

      DeLorean is an Anglicized variation of the French surname Deslauriers, originally used for someone who lived near laurel.
  12. Basquiat
    • Origin:

      French surname
    • Description:

      As a first name, Basquiat is used as in honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the neoexpressionist whose art touched on themes of race, wealth disparity, and humanism.
  13. Theroux
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "the wells"
    • Description:

      This surname of Louis and Justin, is perhaps a topographic name for someone living by ‘the wells’, from a plural variant of Occitan théron ‘well’.
  14. Hazard
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "chance, luck"
    • Description:

      Chance has risen far on the baby-naming charts, but Hazard has a considerably more dangerous edge. It was the middle name of famed US naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry.
  15. Rousseau
    • Origin:

      French surname
    • Meaning:

      "little redhead"
    • Description:

      Rousseau gives French flair to other red-haired names like Russell and Rory. It is associated with the influential eighteenth century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as the painter Henri Rousseau.
  16. Gautier
    • Origin:

      French variation of Walter
    • Meaning:

      "ruler of an army"
    • Description:

      Often spelled Gauthier, this could make a distinctive way to honor Grandpa Walter, but first syllable pronounced 'goat' might be a problem.
  17. Dashiel
    • Origin:

      Anglicization of French surname de Chiel, meaning unknown
    • Description:

      Variation of Dashiell.
  18. Beauchamp
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "the beautiful field"
    • Description:

      Pronounced Beecham, but still too fancy and fey. Likewise Beaufort (beautiful fort), Beaufoy (beautiful beech tree), and Beaumont (beautiful mountain).
  19. Hatton
    • Origin:

      English, French and Gaelic surname
    • Meaning:

      "heather enclosure; battle; servant of Saint Catan"
    • Description:

      The surname Hatton has three primary origins — English, French, and Irish/Scottish Gaelic. The English variation is a combination of compounds meaning "heather" and "settlement," while the French is derived from Germanic given names beginning with Hadu-, meaning "battle."
  20. Gervais