Favorite Parisian French names

[name_m]Hi[/name_m]! What are your favorite Parisian and [name_m]French[/name_m] names ([name_m]French[/name_m]-Canadian names included)? I like [name_f]Clarette[/name_f] and most [name_m]French[/name_m] names that end with “ette”. I find [name_f]Camille[/name_f] to be quite elegant and [name_f]Avril[/name_f] extremely classy. My favorite [name_m]French[/name_m] variations of names would be [name_f]Amandine[/name_f] ([name_f]Amanda[/name_f]), [name_f]Ariane[/name_f] ([name_f]Ariana[/name_f]) and Felicite/[name_f]Felicienne[/name_f] ([name_f]Felicity[/name_f]). What names do you like?

[name_f]EDIT[/name_f]: I accidentally titled this thread “Parisian [name_m]French[/name_m]” instead of “Parisian and [name_m]French[/name_m]”. I apologies for any confusions.

‘‘Parisian and [name_m]French[/name_m]’’ still doesn’t make a lot of sense to me? Some really stereotypically [name_m]French[/name_m] names I like, or people I’ve known, are;

[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sistine[/name_f] / [name_f]Sixtine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] / [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Romane[/name_f]
[name_f]Fantine[/name_f]
[name_f]Clothilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Clelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Salome[/name_f]
[name_f]Celestine[/name_f]
Maryne
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurore[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliane[/name_f]
[name_f]Leontine[/name_f]
[name_f]Liliane[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
Aissatou
Tristane
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Violette[/name_f]

Some [name_m]French[/name_m] names I like:
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
Amicie
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
Athénaïs
Aurélie
Aurélienne
Béatrice
Célestine
Clélie
Clémence
Clémentine
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Domitille[/name_f]
[name_f]El[/name_f]éonore
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
Eloïse
[name_f]Emilienne[/name_f]
Garance
[name_f]Isaure[/name_f]
Léonie
Léontine
Léopoldine
[name_f]Lucile[/name_f]/[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
Ludivine
[name_f]Magali[/name_f]
Maïwenn
[name_f]Margot[/name_f]/[name_f]Margaux[/name_f]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Marielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Mireille[/name_f]
Myrtille
Noémie
Ombeline
Palmyre
Pétronille
Quitterie
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
Thaïs
Zélie

Sorry for the long list. xD

[name_f]Clarette[/name_f] isn’t [name_m]French[/name_m] by the way. The closest [name_m]French[/name_m] name would be the (rare) [name_f]Clairette[/name_f].

Some [name_m]French[/name_m] names I know - sorry for the repeats :slight_smile:

Amélie
[name_f]Antoinette[/name_f]
[name_u]Armel[/name_u]
[name_f]Camille[/name_f]
[name_f]Chloe[/name_f]
[name_f]Clotilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
Fleure
[name_f]Flore[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgette[/name_f]
[name_f]Gigi[/name_f]
[name_f]Helene[/name_f]
[name_f]Laure[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lisette[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Lune[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Mireille[/name_f]
[name_f]Pippi[/name_f]
[name_u]Ren[/name_u]ée
[name_u]Roux[/name_u]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Viole[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvette[/name_f]

Ahh, lol. I was wondering what made a name distinctly Parisian-[name_m]French[/name_m]. :wink: My best friend was [name_m]French[/name_m] (Parisienne [name_m]French[/name_m], in fact!), and her name was Amélie, and her sister is Angélique. I think both of those are beautiful, and I also adore Angélique’s middle name, [name_f]Odette[/name_f], and Amélie’s daughter’s name, Avélaine. :slight_smile: I think they’re all beautiful.

Other [name_m]French[/name_m] names I love:

[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianne[/name_f]
Olivie
[name_m]Ad[/name_m]èle
Agnès (ahn-YESS)
Hélène
[name_m]Zo[/name_m]é
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] (I love the [name_m]French[/name_m] pronunciation, care-oh-leen)
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] (beautiful names that work in [name_m]French[/name_m], although I greatly dislike the [name_m]French[/name_m] pronunciations, haha! In [name_m]French[/name_m], with accents, they are (sort of. I’m bad at writing pronunciations from other languages!) zhahn-vee-ev and ah-deh-lah-eed/ah-deh-lye-eed)
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]/[name_f]Roselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Anabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Prune[/name_f] (wouldn’t use it because of the American meaning, but I think it’s adorable in [name_m]French[/name_m]. It means “plum”.)
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] (clay-mahn-teen in [name_m]French[/name_m])
[name_f]Liliane[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]-[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]-[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliane[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
Zélie
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Antoinette[/name_f]
[name_f]Arielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurore[/name_f]
Aurélie
[name_f]Capucine[/name_f]
Léna/[name_f]Leina[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] (just don’t go near a Frenchman with this name–the level of derision I’ve heard from the [name_m]French[/name_m] cracks me up when it comes to [name_f]Cosette[/name_f]–I think it’s beautiful and lovely, but a lot of [name_m]French[/name_m] find it super childish/cutesy, and not even to be an actual name, haha.)
[name_u]Ali[/name_u]énor (an old form of [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]–I think it’s gorgeous!)
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]/[name_f]Heloise[/name_f]
Esmée (es-[name_f]MAY[/name_f])
Eugénie (love this!)
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] (pronounced kah-TREEN in [name_m]French[/name_m])
[name_f]Lydie[/name_f] ([name_m]French[/name_m] form of [name_f]Lydia[/name_f])
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Marine[/name_f]
[name_f]Mireille[/name_f]
[name_f]Nathalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ondine[/name_f]
[name_f]Pomeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Sixtine[/name_f] (SEES-teen)

Good luck!

Thanks for taking the time to compose long lists of names, everyone! [name_m]French[/name_m] names are gorgeous I agree. Thank you once again for your inputs.

Of your list, [name_f]Camille[/name_f] is my favorite. I also love [name_f]Odette[/name_f] for a middle name.