[name]Hi[/name] everyone,
I would like to know if there is any difference or what a name can reflect between French people and Americans.
For example: In USA, [name]Oscar[/name], [name]Tobias[/name], [name]Charlie[/name] and [name]Gabriel[/name] are maybe classics while in [name]France[/name] [name]Oscar[/name] would be preppy, [name]Gabriel[/name] popular, etc.
I could be wrong but I would say Preppy here is different then here, I would define it as “snobby” but I’m assuming you mean in fashion and right now in [name]France[/name] that’s old names like [name]Isaure[/name]. I might be wrong about what you mean so feel free to correct me but that’s how I’ll break it down for now by my opinion: I will define BCBG french as Hipster/Nameberry popular, popular as names big in [name]America[/name] and Classic as classic.
BCBG/Nameberry
[name]Eliott[/name]
[name]Archibald[/name]
[name]Zephyr[/name]
[name]Robinson[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
Exupery (probably wouldn’t be used in the US
[name]Ernest[/name]
[name]Phineas[/name]
[name]Tobias[/name]
[name]Ernest[/name] (In a hipster way)
Théotim (Any Theotime, [name]Theophile[/name], etc, really wouldn’t be used here but [name]Theodore[/name] is getting popular)
Popular
[name]Elliot[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Liam[/name]
Classic
[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
BCBG
Ysée (not really used here because it might be hard for some to pronounce)
Esmee (growing popularity due to Twilight)
[name]May[/name] (dated but [name]Mae[/name] is popular in a hipster/Nameberry way)
[name]Nell[/name] (BCBG popular)
[name]Themis[/name] (really wouldn’t be used)
[name]Alix[/name] ([name]Alex[/name] is popular, I could see [name]Alix[/name] catching on)
[name]Cerise[/name] (Not really used here but it would be BCBG, anything unusual would be BCBG)
[name]Cleo[/name]
[name]Elinor[/name]
[name]Maxine[/name]
[name]Norah[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Romy[/name]
[name]Tess[/name]
[name]Violette[/name]
Popular and popular
[name]April[/name]
Automn ([name]Autumn[/name] is used here but it’s dated from the 80s)
[name]Liv[/name] ([name]Olivia[/name] is VERY popular right now, [name]Liv[/name] is a nickname for it)
Abigaïl
Heïdi
[name]Scarlett[/name]
[name]Grace[/name] - classic as well
[name]Rachel[/name]
[name]Rose[/name] - Classic
[name]Violet[/name] - this spelling is becoming popular
[name]Hope[/name] this helps, I like lots of your choices!
I’m from [name]Canada[/name], which has fairly similar naming trends as the States, but also has French influence because of [name]Quebec[/name]. I’m going to say preppy is sort of upper-class, hipster names.
[name]Eliott[/name] - preppy & classic
[name]Archibald[/name] - preppy & classic
[name]Zephyr[/name] - preppy
[name]Nathaniel[/name] - popular
[name]Nils[/name] - honestly don’t know how to place this, as I’ve never heard it before
[name]Milo[/name] - preppy
[name]Robinson[/name] - classic & preppy
[name]Jude[/name] - preppy
[name]Oscar[/name] - preppy
[name]Gabriel[/name] - preppy
Exupery - again, never heard it here
[name]Ernest[/name] - classic
[name]Phineas[/name] - preppy
[name]Charlie[/name]/[name]Charles[/name] - classic
[name]Caleb[/name] - popular
[name]Isaac[/name] - popular & preppy
[name]Tobias[/name] - preppy
[name]Liam[/name] - popular
Théotim - never heard it, but I suppose [name]Theo[/name] as in [name]Theodore[/name] would be preppy
Ysée - never heard it, maybe preppy?
Esmee - preppy
[name]May[/name] - classic
[name]Nell[/name] - classic & preppy
[name]Themis[/name] - again, not used here
[name]April[/name] - popular (and dated)
[name]Alix[/name] - [name]Alex[/name] would be popular, [name]Alix[/name] isn’t really used here
[name]Autumn[/name] - popular
[name]Liv[/name] - preppy
[name]Cerise[/name] - not used here
[name]Cleo[/name] - preppy
[name]Elinor[/name] - classic ([name]Eleanor[/name])
[name]Maxine[/name] - classic & preppy
Heïdi - classic
[name]Scarlett[/name] - preppy
[name]Grace[/name] - classic
[name]Norah[/name] - classic
[name]Anna[/name] - classic
[name]Rachel[/name] - classic & popular
[name]Rose[/name] - classic
[name]Romy[/name] - preppy
[name]Tess[/name] - preppy
[name]Violette[/name] - preppy
Abigaïl - popular
Waouw. Thank you very much for your help 
This is what I want.
I see. There are many differences between [name]France[/name] and the USA.
I will remove the names unknown ([name]Themis[/name], Théotim, [name]Cerise[/name], [name]Alix[/name], Exupery -middle name maybe-).
For “Preppy”, I mean “snobby” or BCBG. Like children who live in the Upper [name]East[/name] Sider for example.
Indeed, old and “snobby” names become a little fashion (not popular) in [name]Paris[/name] ([name]Gaspard[/name], [name]Augustin[/name] [name]Louis[/name], [name]Victoire[/name], [name]Leonie[/name], [name]Isaure[/name], etc).
Agent99: There is a difference between Eliott and Elliot ?
Oscar - Popular
Charlie/Charles - Very popular, classic
Liam - Popular
Scarlett - Popular
Grace - Popular and classic
Rose - Classic, reasonably popular
Abigaïl – Popular
I’m from the UK, though
Actually, how you pronounce Ysée ?
Honestly I’ve never heard Ysée, I’ve heard of Ysé so I’m assuming it’s a variation? I would pronounce it “ee see” or here people might say “ee say”, it would pretty much sound like “easy” which would be really problematic here. www.forvo.com might have a pronunciation of it but the site appears to be down right now.
In case I’m wrong how would you prn it?
People who are “Old Money” in the US tend to give their kids family names or very classic names. New Money would tend to give their kids Nameberry names.
Many people are looking to their grandparents and great-grandparents generation to reclaim some of those names ([name]Max[/name], [name]Sam[/name], [name]Ruby[/name], [name]Abigail[/name] etc.)
Nameberry names:
[name]Archibald[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Nils[/name] (This would probably be used by a person of Scandinavian heritage in the US)
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Robinson[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Phineas[/name]
[name]Caleb[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Tobias[/name]
[name]Ernest[/name]
Classic
Popular
[name]Elliott[/name]
[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Liam[/name]
Dated/old-fashioned
[name]Ernest[/name]
Hippie name
[name]Zephyr[/name]
Girls
Nameberry names
Esmee
[name]May[/name]
[name]Nell[/name]
[name]April[/name]
Automn
[name]Liv[/name]
[name]Cleo[/name]
[name]Elinor[/name]
[name]Maxine[/name]
[name]Norah[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Tess[/name]
Popular/trendy
[name]Scarlett[/name]
[name]Grace[/name]
Classic
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Rachel[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
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@flokoflo: [name]Eliot[/name], [name]Elliot[/name], [name]Eliott[/name] are all the same name, it just a preference of which spelling you like better
Ok. I pronounce ee-zay. Maybe it’s a variant of Yse. I found: “Athenian orator of the fourth century. Pupil of Isocrates, Ysée became famous for its excellent argument.”
You can listen here (in French): http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
Great, I see. Thanks for this information and for your answer 
By the way, what’s the definition of Nameberry ?
Ok ! Fine.
I think I prefer [name]Eliott[/name] as in [name]France[/name] (or maybe [name]Elliott[/name]).
Thanks.
I live in a French Canadian community and here is my opinion!
[name]Eliott[/name] - Not very popular
[name]Archibald[/name] - Not used here much if at all.
[name]Zephyr[/name] - Older name, not used anymore.
[name]Nathaniel[/name] - Very very popular
[name]Nils[/name] - Not used here
[name]Milo[/name] - Uncommon here
[name]Robinson[/name] - Uncommon here
[name]Jude[/name] - Not used here much, might become more common
[name]Oscar[/name] - Classic
[name]Gabriel[/name] - Popular
Exupery - ??
[name]Ernest[/name] - Older name, not used anymore
[name]Phineas[/name] - Not used here much at all
[name]Charlie[/name]/[name]Charles[/name] - Classic and popular
[name]Caleb[/name] - Extremely popular
[name]Isaac[/name] - Becoming more popular
[name]Tobias[/name] - Classic, not used much
[name]Liam[/name] - Super popular
Théotim - ??
Ysée - ??
Esmee - Never used until recently, becoming more common
[name]May[/name] - Older name, not used much now
[name]Nell[/name] - Not used here
[name]Themis[/name] - ??
[name]April[/name] - uncommon but used a little bit
[name]Alix[/name] - Not used here
Automn - uncommon, but used a little bit ([name]Autumn[/name])
[name]Liv[/name] - Not popular
[name]Cerise[/name] - Not used here
[name]Cleo[/name] - Older name, used for men
[name]Elinor[/name] - Not used here anymore
[name]Maxine[/name] - A little common
Heïdi - uncommon
[name]Scarlett[/name] - Popular
[name]Grace[/name] - very very popular
[name]Norah[/name] - uncommon
[name]Anna[/name] - Classic and very popular ([name]Anne[/name] is more popular)
[name]Rachel[/name] - extremely common
[name]Rose[/name] - Common
[name]Romy[/name] - uncommon
[name]Tess[/name] - popular
[name]Violette[/name] - uncommon
Abigaïl - poppular
Thanks Uselesskitty !