🥐 french gender neutral names

Gender Neutral Names
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as you know, i love french names!

please suggest me some gender neutral names in french that are not just camille, charlie, and dominique.

thank you!

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[name_u]Alix[/name_u]
[name_f]Amable[/name_f]
[name_u]Amour[/name_u]
[name_u]Cyrille[/name_u]
[name_m]Léonce[/name_m]

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[name_u]Alexis[/name_u]
[name_u]Andrea[/name_u]
Andréa
[name_f]Brune[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilian[/name_f]
[name_u]Lou[/name_u]
[name_u]Maxime[/name_u]
[name_m]Maé[/name_m]
[name_m]Manel[/name_m]
[name_u]Noa[/name_u]
[name_u]Noé[/name_u]
[name_u]Sacha[/name_u]

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Adraste
[name_f]Allaire[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurele[/name_f]
[name_u]Bechet[/name_u]
[name_u]Blaise[/name_u]
[name_u]Ciel[/name_u]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_u]Hilaire[/name_u]
[name_u]Janvier[/name_u]
[name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_u]Lior[/name_u]
[name_m]Maxence[/name_m]
[name_m]Michon[/name_m]
[name_u]Remi[/name_u]
[name_u]Roux[/name_u]
Silouane
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]

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Gloire
Élisée
Philogone
Maurille
Athanase
Venance

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I never heard about these names! [name_f]Do[/name_f] you know the meaning or etymology behind them?

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Here :)

Gloire

  • Means glory given to a handful of boys and girls since the 80s

Élisée

  • French version of Elisha

Philogone

  • French version of Philogonos meaning loving one’s children.

Maurille

  • French version of Maurilius / Maurus.

Athanase

  • French version of Athanasius meaning immortal. Since records began about 1/4 of bearers have been female but it’s a rare name.

Venance

  • French version of Venantius meaning hunting. Incredible rare with only a handful of bearers of both sexes since records began.

Most of these have probably been used as female names in honor of Saints.

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[name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_u]Nouvel[/name_u]

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[name_u]Claude[/name_u] and [name_u]Léo[/name_u]

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Anne
Augustin / Augustine
Bellamy
Calixte
Camille
Céleste / Célestin / Célestine
Claire
Danièle / Danièlle
Dione
Dominique
Emanuèle / Emmanuèlle
Étienne
Frédérique
Gabrièle / Gabrièlle
Jade
Jean
Jocelyn
Joie
Joyce
Laurence
Léon / Léone
Michèle / Michèlle
Mars
Narcisse
Noël
René / Renée
Rivière
Sébastien / Sébastienne

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This is a tricky one…
Your examples were all the female versions of the names…

[name_u]Michele[/name_u] / [name_f]Michelle[/name_f]
[name_u]Clair[/name_u] / [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m] / [name_f]Emilie[/name_f]
[name_m]Claud[/name_m] / [name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_m]Luc[/name_m] / [name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_m]Jacques[/name_m] / [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u] / [name_u]Maurice[/name_u]
Francois / [name_f]Francine[/name_f] (Francis / Frances)
[name_u]Adrien[/name_u] / [name_f]Adrienne[/name_f]

Gender Neutral

  • [name_u]Jean[/name_u]
  • [name_u]Marie[/name_u]
  • Jean-Marie

Not necessarily [name_u]French[/name_u] but how about:

  • [name_f]Zoë[/name_f] / [name_f]Zoey[/name_f]
  • [name_u]Jade[/name_u]
  • [name_u]Jules[/name_u]
  • [name_u]Juniper[/name_u]
  • [name_u]Florence[/name_u] /Constance / [name_f]Prudence[/name_f] / etc
  • [name_f]Lois[/name_f]
  • [name_u]Carmen[/name_u]
  • Norden
  • [name_u]Arden[/name_u]

Actually, Greek names that were adopted and popularized by the [name_u]French[/name_u] might be something to look into:

  • [name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
  • [name_u]Atlas[/name_u]
  • [name_f]Ceres[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Calliope[/name_f]

[name_u]Adrian[/name_u]
[name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_u]Julian[/name_u]
Lavery

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Some good names have been mentioned but I haven’t seen [name_f]Sidonie[/name_f] mentioned (and if it has been mentioned I apologise to the poster).

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Angé
[name_m]Arte[/name_m]
[name_u]Clarence[/name_u]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_m]Etienne[/name_m]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_u]Hilaire[/name_u]
[name_u]Lou[/name_u]
Yaél

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[name_u]Axelle[/name_u]
[name_u]Arielle[/name_u]
[name_u]Auguste[/name_u]
[name_u]Beau[/name_u]
[name_u]Bellamy[/name_u]
[name_u]Bleu[/name_u]
[name_u]Blaize[/name_u]
[name_u]Camille[/name_u]
[name_f]Candice[/name_f]
[name_u]Chance[/name_u]
[name_u]Chandler[/name_u]
[name_u]Charley[/name_u]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_u]Courtney[/name_u]
[name_u]Curtis[/name_u]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_u]Dominique[/name_u]
[name_u]Ember[/name_u]
[name_u]Fayette[/name_u]
[name_u]Gaby[/name_u]
[name_u]Germaine[/name_u]
[name_u]Henri[/name_u]
[name_u]Hilaire[/name_u]
[name_u]Janvier[/name_u]
[name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f]
[name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_u]Remi[/name_u]
[name_u]Rene[/name_u]
[name_u]Sacha[/name_u]
[name_u]Sidney[/name_u]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_u]Solstice[/name_u]
[name_m]Sorell[/name_m]
[name_u]Tracy[/name_u]

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I live in France and I have to say that most of these names are not given in France or not unisex :see_no_evil: I don’t think French people are into gender neutral names like Americans. Our names often have a different spelling, for example Gabriel and Gabrielle, Joël and Joëlle, Jean and Jeanne.

Swann
Indigo
Alix
Claude
Nova
Ambre
Loïs
Maé
Eden
Louison
Ange
Calixte
Lou
Zola
Sol
Sacha / Sasha
Charlie
Camille
Maxime
Maxence
Aubéri
Léonce
Théophée
Valence
Céleste
Cézanne
Provence

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Thanks for this super interesting insight, [name_u]Charlie[/name_u]! While I expected for all other names you listed to be gender neutral, I thought [name_f]Ambre[/name_f] was femenine only, but now that I see it it seems SO neutral to me, can be worn perfectly by a boy too!

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