500+ French Dog Names

A unique New Age possibility with a pleasing sound.

This sweet, fruity French name debuted in the American charts in 2020 (but dipped out again the following year). Although it's offbeat, the spunky nicknames Prue and Nell(ie) definitely work in its favor.

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

Fanchon is a sweet and affectionate Gallic choice.

French saintly name, used for both boys and girls. Although not common in France, it has been used in small numbers for boys in the 2010s and 2020s. Candide, in its sense as the French word for "naive", was the title character of a satirical novel by Voltaire.

And this sounds like the synthetic fabric washed with Fabrice.

Unusual surname with rowdy quality.

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

An undiscovered last-name-first option.

Charming Gallic possibility but with some obvious playground problems.

Charming Gallic name uncommon in France, and unknown in this country, with literary credibility as the title of a Charlotte Brontë novel.

There are plenty of French guys named Fabrice, but here, it sounds more like a laundry product.

Hilaire, a name that has rarely been exported out of its native France, was originally bestowed in honor of the fourth century bishop and theologian St. Hilaire of Poitiers.

An English surname derived from the French place name Beauvais, which in turn comes from the name of an ancient Gaulish tribe, the Bellovaci.