500+ French Dog Names

Balletic, à la pirouette.

Oriana's not-quite-as-pretty French cousin.

Woody Allen used this name for his daughter to honor jazz hero Sidney Bechet -- and it could work for a boy as well.

But what happens when Jeune grows vieille.

Josephe is much less well-known in the English-speaking world than Josephine or Joanna.

Sensuous to a fault.

Probably too close for comfort to "toilette." Antonia conveys the same idea with a more mellifluous sound.

Chardonnay's twin sister.

One of the most picturesque and enchanting areas of France could become a distinctive baby name.

Feminine form of Armand, has an elegant charm.

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

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.