What are the most beautiful French names that come in mind?
Some for me are Jeanne, Maxine, Elise, Océane and Athénaïs.
Curious to see what you Berries will comment!
Let’s share the best of them here.
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_f]Agathe[/name_f]
[name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphi[/name_f]
[name_u]Louise[/name_u]
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_u]Laurence[/name_u]
[name_m]Raphaël[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcel[/name_m]
Étienne
[name_u]Charles[/name_u]
[name_m]Olivier[/name_m]
[name_f]Francoise[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliane[/name_f]
[name_f]Maelys[/name_f]
[name_f]Lili[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Blanche[/name_f]
[name_f]Cybele[/name_f]
[name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_u]Fayette[/name_u]
[name_u]Inès[/name_u]
Solène
[name_f]Lucie[/name_f]
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilou[/name_f]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Océane[/name_f]
[name_f]Clothilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Justine[/name_f]
[name_f]Romane[/name_f]
[name_u]Zoé[/name_u]
[name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_u]Lou[/name_u]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
Mylène
[name_f]Lilou[/name_f]
[name_f]Clémence[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Maiwenn[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurembiaix[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_f]Roxanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaux[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_f]Boheme[/name_f]
Cielle
[name_u]Esme[/name_u]
[name_f]Ondine[/name_f]
[name_f]Soleil[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Nicole[/name_f]
[name_f]Amandine[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
Some of my faves…
Agnès
[name_f]Albane[/name_f]
[name_f]Albertine[/name_f]
Aliénor
[name_u]Alix[/name_u]
[name_f]Amélie[/name_f]
[name_f]Anaïs[/name_f]
Anémone
[name_f]Annick[/name_f]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariane[/name_f]
[name_f]Aude[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurélie[/name_f]
[name_f]Bertille[/name_f]
[name_f]Bijou[/name_f]
[name_f]Bleuenn[/name_f]
[name_f]Brune[/name_f]
[name_u]Camille[/name_u]
[name_f]Capucine[/name_f]
[name_u]Caro[/name_u]
[name_f]Cécile[/name_f]
Célestine
Célimène
[name_f]Cézanne[/name_f]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_f]Clémence[/name_f]
Clémentine
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
Cyprille
Daphné
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Eléonore[/name_f]
[name_f]Elvire[/name_f]
[name_f]Esmée[/name_f]
[name_f]Estée[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
Ève
[name_f]Geneviève[/name_f]
[name_f]Honorine[/name_f]
[name_u]Inès[/name_u]
[name_f]Isabeau[/name_f]
[name_f]Isaure[/name_f]
[name_f]Iseult[/name_f]
[name_f]Joliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_u]Florentine[/name_u]
[name_f]Laure[/name_f]
[name_u]Laurence[/name_u]
[name_u]Léonie[/name_u]
Léonore
Léontine
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Ludivine[/name_f]
[name_f]Magali[/name_f]
Maguelone
Mahaut
[name_f]Malou[/name_f]
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Marceline[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaux[/name_f]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f]
[name_f]Mazarine[/name_f]
[name_f]Morgane[/name_f]
Myrtille
[name_f]Ninon[/name_f]
[name_f]Noémie[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottoline[/name_f]
[name_m]Ozanne[/name_m]
[name_u]Pascale[/name_u]
[name_f]Pascaline[/name_f]
[name_f]Pétronille[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippine[/name_f]
[name_f]Philomène[/name_f]
[name_f]Pomeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Prune[/name_f]
[name_f]Raphaëlle[/name_f]
[name_f]Romane[/name_f]
[name_f]Roxane[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_u]Salomé[/name_u]
[name_f]Séverine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sidonie[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Sixtine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybille[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_f]Valérie[/name_f]
[name_f]Yasmine[/name_f]
Ysée
[name_f]Yseult[/name_f]
[name_f]Zabou[/name_f]
[name_f]Zélie[/name_f]
[name_u]Zoé[/name_u]
[name_u]Zola[/name_u]
These are all over the map stylistically and many are not in style at all right now in [name_u]France[/name_u], but as a foreigner I still admire them!
[name_f]Clémence[/name_f]
[name_f]Anaïs[/name_f]
Élodie
[name_f]Amélie[/name_f]
[name_u]Léonie[/name_u]
[name_f]Margot[/name_f]
(Esmé is pretty, but not actually [name_u]French[/name_u], and not used in [name_u]France[/name_u]. Used to love it until some Germans pointed out “Es may” sounds like “eat me” in [name_m]German[/name_m]. )
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_u]Marie[/name_u]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
I know, the actual [name_u]French[/name_u] version is [name_f]Esmée[/name_f], which is in the top 400. [name_u]Esmé[/name_u] is actually (at least traditionally) masculine, but almost not used nowadays in [name_u]France[/name_u].
I mean it’s a bit of a stretch…but I can’t unhear it now
I hate to be predictable, but I love [name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
Also, [name_f]Zelie[/name_f], [name_f]Lydie[/name_f], [name_f]Leontine[/name_f], [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] and [name_f]Celine[/name_f]
I second [name_f]Celine[/name_f] and [name_f]Zelie[/name_f]. Also:
[name_f]Therese[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Renee[/name_f]
Léoni
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
Azelie
Ahhh I love this.
[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites are:
[name_f]Anais[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelie[/name_f]
Colette/Cosette
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
Margeaux/ [name_f]Margaux[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_u]Antoine[/name_u]
[name_m]Bastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_m]Edouard[/name_m]
[name_m]Etienne[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurent[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_m]Mathis[/name_m]
[name_u]Remi[/name_u]
[name_m]Sylvain[/name_m]
I also love [name_f]Elise[/name_f] and [name_f]Océane[/name_f], both are so feminine but in completely different ways and I think that is so typical of [name_u]French[/name_u] names. I never considered [name_u]Jeanne[/name_u] to be [name_u]French[/name_u] before (I’m just now putting it together lol) but I like that one quite a lot too, it adds a lacey quality to [name_u]Jean[/name_u] (a name I find darling ever since early childhood).
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Zerline[/name_f]
[name_f]Zélie[/name_f]
[name_u]Léonie[/name_u]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Séraphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Milou[/name_f]
Likou
[name_f]Malou[/name_f]
Chenault
[name_f]Noémie[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelais[/name_f]
Adélie
[name_f]Aurélie[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurore[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophélie[/name_f]
[name_f]Nathalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Bijou[/name_f]
[name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Pomeline[/name_f]
[name_u]Marie[/name_u]
[name_f]Nanette[/name_f]
[name_f]Annette[/name_f]
[name_f]Françoise[/name_f]
[name_f]Léa[/name_f]
[name_f]Hélène[/name_f]
[name_f]Seine[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Henriette[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivette[/name_f]
[name_f]Viviette[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Aline[/name_f]
[name_f]Justine[/name_f]
[name_f]Victrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
Lou-Ann
[name_f]Mireille[/name_f]
[name_f]Capucine[/name_f]
[name_u]Inès[/name_u]
[name_u]Noé[/name_u]
Léontine
Solène
[name_f]Corinne[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lena[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_f]Théa[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginie[/name_f]
[name_f]Amélie[/name_f]
[name_f]Jolie[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudine[/name_f]
[name_f]Alizée[/name_f]
[name_f]Régine[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvonne[/name_f]
[name_f]Albertine[/name_f]
Charlène
[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Lisette[/name_f]
Gisèle
[name_f]Renée[/name_f]
[name_f]Violette[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvette[/name_f]
[name_f]Amandine[/name_f]
[name_u]Amour[/name_u]
Anaëlle
[name_f]Angeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Isaure[/name_f]
Loane
[name_f]Jeannette[/name_f]
[name_f]Magali[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaux[/name_f]
[name_f]Marceline[/name_f]
[name_f]Marine[/name_f]
[name_f]Aveline[/name_f]
[name_f]Michelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f]
Mylène
[name_f]Nicolette[/name_f]
[name_f]Perle[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemonde[/name_f]
[name_u]Sacha[/name_u]
Eléa
[name_f]Esmée[/name_f]
[name_f]Agathe[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Adélaïde[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Alphonsine[/name_f]
[name_f]Brigitte[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexane[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugénie[/name_f]
[name_u]Florentine[/name_u]
[name_f]Héloïse[/name_f]
[name_f]Liana[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Honorine[/name_f]
Lille
[name_f]Lucienne[/name_f]
[name_u]Mallory[/name_u]
[name_f]Pauline[/name_f]
[name_u]Zoé[/name_u]
[name_u]Salomé[/name_u]
[name_f]Denise[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Blanche[/name_f]
[name_f]Cerise[/name_f]
[name_f]Blisse[/name_f]
[name_f]Yolanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Severine[/name_f]
[name_f]Seychelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Nicole[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
[name_u]Marion[/name_u]
Célestine
[name_f]Elle[/name_f]
[name_f]Ila[/name_f]
[name_f]Muriel[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybille[/name_f]
[name_f]Romane[/name_f]
[name_f]Sirine[/name_f]
Nélia
[name_m]Manel[/name_m]
[name_f]Odile[/name_f]
[name_f]Lune[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeva[/name_f]
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_f]Mélanie[/name_f]
[name_f]Karine[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
Lyonnette
[name_f]Janelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Oriane[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronique[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_u]Louise[/name_u]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Emeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Monique[/name_f]
[name_f]Ambre[/name_f]
[name_u]Jade[/name_u]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoire[/name_f]
[name_f]Lua[/name_f]
[name_f]Mya[/name_f]
[name_f]Louna[/name_f]
[name_f]Myllena[/name_f]
[name_f]Albane[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
Azalaïs
[name_u]Carden[/name_u]
My favorites: Lisette, Amelie, Fleur, Cosette, Elise, Marie.
Came back to this post that I made almost 1 year ago. I think this has many gems so I am upping it in order for everyone to get some inspiration.