500+ French Dog Names

  1. Lacrosse
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "the cross"
    • Description:

      Could be used by fans of the game...or the Wisconsin city, but far from the easiest of names to carry.
  2. Dimanche
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "Sunday"
    • Description:

      Pleasant-sounding word that could morph into a unique Sunday-picnic-type name.
  3. Robinet
    • Origin:

      French diminutive of Robin, English
    • Meaning:

      "bright fame"
  4. 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.
  5. Quintille
    • Robine
      • Origin:

        French feminization of Robin, English
      • Meaning:

        "bright fame"
    • Vreni
      • Galette
        • Origin:

          French
        • Meaning:

          "pancake"
      • Bernon
        • Juillet
          • Origin:

            French
          • Meaning:

            "July"
        • Ermine
          • Origin:

            French
          • Meaning:

            "weasel"
          • Description:

            Fur names. We don't think so.
        • Candide
          • Origin:

            French from Latin
          • Meaning:

            "naive"
          • Description:

            The French version of Candida, and with no unfortunate medical connection, much more wearable. It has never been recorded in the US charts, but could be a charming alternative to names like Cosette, Celine, Celeste, or Constance. In France, although not common, it was used in small numbers in the 1970s and 1980s.
        • Questa
          • Origin:

            French
          • Meaning:

            "one who seeks"
          • Description:

            Sounds too much like the name of a minivan.