739 French Girl Names

Une amie for Gwyneth's little girl.

Heard in Scotland, not in Schenectady.

The sleek French version of Veronica has considerable class and chic.

One of the least appealing of the ella-ending names, especially if you check pernicious in the dictionary.

Romantique French name invoking Debussy's haunting score for the opera Pelléas and Mélisande.

That extra a adds a world of grace to this name.

Best-selling Prep author Curtis Sittenfeld made this one of the many boy names for girls" gaining in popularity and acceptability.

Cachet is one of those word names -- Cliché is the most egregious example -- that sounds lovely but seems slightly ridiculous when taken literally.

A British surname that was used only for males until Mrs. Norman Mailer, Norris Church (born Barbara), came under the public eye.

Desired and chosen by many, despite (or because of) its blatantly sensual image.

This, the simplest French female version of Paul, was brought into the U. S. mix by novelist Paule Marshall, whose roots are in the West Indies.