500+ French Dog Names

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

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.

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

Fur names. We don't think so.

The French version of Candida, and with no unfortunate medical connection, much more wearable. It has never been recorded in the US charts, but could be a charming alternative to names like Cosette, Celine, Celeste, or Constance. In France, although not common, it was used in small numbers in the 1970s and 1980s.

Sounds too much like the name of a minivan.