French name help!

General Name Discussion
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We are expecting our first bundle of joy in [name_f]September[/name_f] and are not finding out the gender so we are looking for 2 names! So far we have no names picked out…

We live in [name_m]Quebec[/name_m], [name_f]Canada[/name_f] and my husband will be speaking only [name_m]French[/name_m] to baby so we need a name that is easy to pronounce in both English and [name_m]French[/name_m]. We want something less common, weirder names are welcomed and we’d love the input of people in [name_m]French[/name_m] countries or communities. Names like Geneviève or [name_m]Emile[/name_m] are not exotic here, they’re considered classics.

[name_m]Quebec[/name_m] 2017 top 5 (whole list Retraite Québec - List of Baby Names )

[name_f]Emma[/name_f] / [name_m]William[/name_m]
Léa / [name_u]Logan[/name_u]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] / [name_m]Liam[/name_m]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f] / [name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] / [name_m]Jacob[/name_m]

We’re not anti-top 100 but we’d definitely prefer a rare name or at least something with a punch.

Preferably a shorter name (not [name_f]Alexandria[/name_f] for example)
Preferably not an A or ON finishing name ([name_f]Emilia[/name_f] or [name_u]Carson[/name_u])
Names don’t have to be French at all, just easily pronounced (Parker=bad, Olivia=good)

I know it’s a lot of demands but PLEASE HELP!!

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A few that come to mind:
[name_f]Lilou[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Marine[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarisse[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Violette[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucie[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
Otillie

[name_u]Maxime[/name_u]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Rueben[/name_m]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Basile[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_m]Loic[/name_m]

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[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Helene[/name_f]
[name_f]Anais[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariel[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]

[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Corentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Florin[/name_m]
[name_m]Florent[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcel[/name_m]

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Does the name need to have roughly the same pronunciation in both English and [name_m]French[/name_m] (i.e. [name_f]Lucie[/name_f]) or can it have an intuitive but different pronunciation in each language (i.e. [name_f]Catherine[/name_f])?
I went for more eccentric options since you like unusual names, so I hope these aren’t the wrong style?

Similar pronunciations in English and [name_m]French[/name_m]:

[name_f]Isaure[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Agathe[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoire[/name_f]

Fidèle
Sylvestre
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_u]Val[/name_u]ère
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]

Might get different pronunciations from English and [name_m]French[/name_m] speakers:

Edmée
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Edwige[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympe[/name_f]
Félicie

[name_m]Achille[/name_m]
Eusèbe
Faustin
[name_m]Aubin[/name_m]
[name_u]Cyrille[/name_u]
[name_m]Constant[/name_m]
[name_m]Octave[/name_m]
[name_m]Prosper[/name_m]

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These are fantastic, thank you!

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[name_m]How[/name_m] about…

Clémence
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
Céleste
[name_f]Margaux[/name_f]
[name_f]Capucine[/name_f]
[name_f]El[/name_f]éonore
Élise
Éloïse
[name_f]Romane[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariane[/name_f]
[name_f]Albane[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_m]Sol[/name_m]ène
[name_f]Coline[/name_f]

[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
Clément
Mathys
[name_m]Basile[/name_m]
Félix

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Girls
[name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Autumn/name_f
[name_u]Ellery[/name_u]
[name_f]Mallory[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicia[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoey[/name_f]
[name_f]Melanie[/name_f]
[name_f]Melodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Melody[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]

Unisex - some ‘more unisex’ than others…
[name_f]Carole[/name_f]
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]
[name_u]Eliott[/name_u]
[name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_u]Leslie[/name_u]

Boys
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Stephan[/name_m]
[name_m]Olivier[/name_m]
[name_m]Mark[/name_m]
[name_m]Salvatore[/name_m]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]

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Boy:

[name_u]Aubrey[/name_u]
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
[name_m]Albin[/name_m]
[name_m]Alcide[/name_m]
[LEFT]Amédée[/LEFT]
Aristide
[LEFT]Aurélien
[name_m]Calixte[/name_m]
[name_m]Corentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Constantin[/name_m]
[name_u]Corin[/name_u]
[LEFT][FONT=arial]Évariste
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
Kylian/[name_m]Kilian[/name_m]
[/LEFT]
[/FONT][LEFT][FONT=Optima][FONT=arial]Télesphore
Vespasien

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Girl:

[name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Aura[/name_f]
[name_f]Corisande[/name_f]
[name_f]Chante[/name_f]
[name_f]CHantal[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_f]Desiree[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Nolwenn[/name_f]
[name_f]Oceane[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemi/name_f