Beautiful French names for girls 🇫🇷

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! :ocean:
Let’s share the best of them here. :blue_heart:

[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]

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[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]

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[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]

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[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]

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[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]

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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!

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[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]. :wink:)

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[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_u]Marie[/name_u]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]

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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].

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I mean it’s a bit of a stretch…but I can’t unhear it now :sob:

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I hate to be predictable, but I love [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] :slight_smile:

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]

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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

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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]

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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]

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My favorites: Lisette, Amelie, Fleur, Cosette, Elise, Marie.

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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.

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