500+ French Dog Names

Creative surname choice, associated with the great French postimpressionist Edouard Villard.

Possible musical tribute name to the waiflike, husky-voiced midcentury French singer who was given this last name because of her birdlike quality.

A unique New Age possibility with a pleasing sound.

And this sounds like the synthetic fabric washed with Fabrice.

Unusual surname with rowdy quality.

Predominantly male choice that nevertheless has a pretty sound and fashionable unisex feel.

Likely to be pronounced AW-bert in English, short forms Aubie and Bertie give this rare French name quirky modern appeal.

Mailer is one of the more unusual of the on-trend occupational surnames. Recommended for fans of the macho writer Norman Mailer.

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.

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

Charming Gallic possibility but with some obvious playground problems.

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

Name with aristrocratic overtones.