No specific time, as the setting is fictional and only roughly inspired by real historical settings, so any [name_u]French[/name_u] names, rare or common, from the 18th or 19th centuries will work fine. Masc. and fem., because I have a lot of characters to name !
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Here are some names I found by searching notable [name_u]French[/name_u] people in the 17/1800s:
Henri
[name_u]Julien[/name_u]
[name_u]Jeanne[/name_u]
[name_m]Jacques[/name_m]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]-[name_m]Baptiste[/name_m]
[name_m]François[/name_m]
[name_u]Antoine[/name_u]
[name_m]Augustin[/name_m]
Étienne
[name_m]Pierre[/name_m]
[name_f]Armande[/name_f]
[name_m]Philippe[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_m]Alphonse[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurent[/name_m]
[name_m]Georges[/name_m]
Henriette
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_u]Louise[/name_u]
[name_f]Christine[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f]
[name_u]Marie[/name_u]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_u]Camille[/name_u]
[name_f]Eugénie[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Agathe[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
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Hi!!! Here are some names I was able to come up with. I hope they help!
Female:
[name_u]Dominique[/name_u]
[name_f]Pernelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_f]Annette[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudine[/name_f]
[name_f]Amorette[/name_f]
Magdeleine
[name_u]Camille[/name_u]
[name_f]Simonne[/name_f]
[name_f]Danielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilou[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Solene[/name_f]
[name_f]Marielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Estee[/name_f]
[name_f]Henriette[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenie[/name_f]
Male:
[name_f]Felis[/name_f]
[name_m]Etienne[/name_m]
[name_m]Bastien[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Leandre[/name_m]
[name_m]Benoit[/name_m]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
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Those are all names of historical figures from the French Revolution, members of their immediate family etc.
Double-barrel names were a norm but not a must.
People rarely used both names from the double-barrel.
[ex. Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just hated his first name because it was the same as the king’s. He would use Antoine and be livid at people for not doing the same]
MALE
Maximilien Francois-Marie Isidore “Maxime”
Augustin Joseph
Maurice
Georges-Jacques
Jacques-Rene
Jean-Paul
Jean-Marie
Pierre-Victurnien
Camille
Horace
Philippe
Fabre
Jean-Sylvain
Louis-Auguste
Louis-Charles
Louis-Joseph
Louis-Antoine
FEMALE
Henriette
Charlotte
Elisabeth
Eleonore
Gabrielle
Louise-Bastienne
Simone
Lucille
Olympe
Marie-Therese
Marie-Antoinette
Manon
Jacqueline
Marguerite
Theroigne
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