270+ French Boy Names

  1. Demetre
    • Verino
      • Purvis
        • Origin:

          French and English
        • Meaning:

          "providing food"
        • Description:

          This spelling does not dispel the "perv" connection.
      • Grégoire
        • Jordon
          • Bouvier
            • Origin:

              French occupational name
            • Meaning:

              "herdsman"
            • Description:

              So tied to being Jacqueline Kennedy's maiden name that it's best saved for a girl.
          • Jöel
            • Yvet
              • Nicaise
                • Ourson
                  • Qutien
                    • Picard
                      • Origin:

                        French from Basque
                      • Meaning:

                        "from Picardy"
                      • Description:

                        Associated with the "Star Trek" commander of the USS Enterprise.
                    • Ballou
                      • Origin:

                        French
                      • Meaning:

                        "from Bellou"
                      • Description:

                        This surname-name comes with some great connotations: Addie Ballou the American feminist, Kurt Ballou — guitarist with the band Converge, or Adin Ballou — abolitionist and pacifist. It has a trendy, whimsical sound that sets it apart from more traditional surnames like Cooper, Hunter, and Archer and puts it more in the camp of the softer international names like Aaru, Bayou, and Finlo.
                    • Ismaël
                      • Frédéric
                        • Villiers
                          • Origin:

                            French
                          • Meaning:

                            "town-dweller"
                          • Description:

                            Name with aristrocratic overtones.
                        • Bachelor
                          • Origin:

                            French
                          • Meaning:

                            "unmarried man"
                          • Description:

                            Bachelor feels more like a prediction than a name.
                        • Franchot
                          • Origin:

                            French variation of Francis
                          • Description:

                            Old-time movie actor Franchot Tone (born Stanislas -- Franchot was his mother's maiden name) earned this name its own place in the book. An interesting, provocative choice.
                        • Danial
                          • Pascale