1200+ French Names (with Meanings and Popularity)

  1. Urbaine
    • Dimanche
      • Origin:

        French
      • Meaning:

        "Sunday"
      • Description:

        Pleasant-sounding word that could morph into a unique Sunday-picnic-type name.
    • Bartholome
      • Michéle
        • Rodolph
          • Richilde
            • Arnaut
              • Melaniu
                • Barnabé
                  • Régine
                    • Origin:

                      French from Latin
                    • Meaning:

                      "queen"
                    • Description:

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

                      English and French surname derived from a place-name, Gerville
                    • Description:

                      Randall Jarrell was an important mid-20th century poet; his surname makes a pleasingly soft name for a girl.
                  • Philis
                    • Toinon
                      • Georgienne
                        • Virginie
                          • Bernardin
                            • Platt
                              • Origin:

                                French
                              • Meaning:

                                "flat land"
                              • Description:

                                A surname with a lot of "juice," as they say, in Hollywood. In addition to veteran character actor Oliver Platt, there's La La Land producer Marc Platt and his actor son, Ben Platt, who won a Tony for Best Actor as the star of Broadway smash Dear Evan Hansen.
                            • Robine
                              • Origin:

                                French feminization of Robin, English
                              • Meaning:

                                "bright fame"
                            • Squire
                              • Origin:

                                French
                              • Meaning:

                                "esquire"
                              • Description:

                                Conjures up a tweedy English country gentleman with a large paunch.
                            • Éric