[name_m]Hi[/name_m] Berries!
What [name_m]French[/name_m] names do you love? Also, what is your favorite name ([name_m]French[/name_m] or not) that you love, but cannot use (for whatever reason)?
I love [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] and [name_f]Delphine[/name_f]. My unusable names would be [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] and [name_f]Zelda[/name_f].
Your turn! 
I love [name_m]French[/name_m] names so I have quite a few favourites:
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Aveline[/name_f]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucie[/name_f]
[name_f]Marceline[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
Ones I like, but can’t use:
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] (have a [name_f]Jenna[/name_f]/[name_f]Jen[/name_f] in the family)
[name_f]Seraphine[/name_f] (dislike [name_f]Sara[/name_f]/[name_f]Sarah[/name_f], don’t want it as a nn)
[name_f]Mireille[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilou[/name_f]
Names I love but can’t use: [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] and [name_f]Katharina[/name_f]
Frankly any that’s too french (different pronunciation, accented, etc). As in doesn’t work cross-culturally. I have Geneviève on my list though, as a middle. Something I’d never consider for a first name unless I actually move to a francophone country.
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
Names I like but can’t use:
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] (sister’s name)
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f] (cousin name)
[name_f]Ellie[/name_f] (cousin name)
I can’t use any [name_m]French[/name_m] name as a Turkish person but I love [name_f]Yvette[/name_f] the most. A non [name_m]French[/name_m] name I considered but have doubts is Alev. It means flame and I always imagine a cold, distant girl from upper class family. I don’t know if it’s a good thing or not. I am have a cold aura, as well as my sister, I don’t know if I can raise another mini me.
I love [name_f]Sabine[/name_f], [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] and [name_f]Claudine[/name_f].
Name I love and can’t use: [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]. Partner vetoed that very quickly!
Some I like:
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
BĂ©atrice
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
Clémence
Clémentine
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Domitille[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
EloĂŻse/HĂ©loĂŻse
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
LĂ©onie
LĂ©opoldine
[name_f]Lucile[/name_f]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
MĂ©lusine
[name_f]Mireille[/name_f]
Myrtille
Ombeline
Palmyre
PĂ©tronille
Philomène
[name_f]Pomeline[/name_f]
Quitterie
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
SĂ©raphine
I adore [name_m]French[/name_m] names but I agree with @luneth that many do not work cross-culturally so I probably wouldn’t use them. Most British people would find the pronunciations of names like [name_f]Mireille[/name_f] and [name_f]Domitille[/name_f] to be perplexing.
Esmé and Amélie. Swoon.
Oh and a name I love, but can’t use: [name_f]Bianca[/name_f]. Sigh.
[name_f]Giselle[/name_f], [name_f]Amelie[/name_f], [name_f]Celine[/name_f], [name_f]Esme[/name_f], [name_f]Clementine[/name_f].
I love [name_f]Selah[/name_f] but it sounds too similar to name we’ve already used, I love [name_u]Max[/name_u] but it got taken by a cousin, and I love LOTS of monosyllabic names, but our last name (Humm) is monosyllabic and I don’t like the way they sound together. I am especially said about [name_f]Mae[/name_f], which I definitely can’t use because it would sound like Mayhem.
My favourite [name_m]French[/name_m] names are definitely [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], [name_f]Margaux[/name_f], and [name_f]Antoinette[/name_f]. I adore the energy and bounce behind [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], as well as the history and vintage feel, [name_f]Margaux[/name_f] has a similar feel, with a stylish, 50s/60s film star imagery too, and I love the elegance and beauty of [name_f]Antoinette[/name_f]. My favourite GP names I wish I could use, but can’t, are [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] and [name_f]Florence[/name_f], both of which I find way too popular (where I live) to use.
Léonie, Noémie, and Azélie are some of my very favorites ([name_m]French[/name_m] names, and in general)–unfortunately vetoed by my husband.
I also like [name_m]French[/name_m] names that are no longer fashionable in [name_f]France[/name_f] like [name_f]Odette[/name_f], [name_f]Colette[/name_f], [name_f]Solange[/name_f], and [name_u]Simone[/name_u].
[name_m]French[/name_m] names that I love but really don’t transition well to English in my opinion: [name_f]Isolde[/name_f], Océane, and Salomé.
We almost decided to use [name_f]Camille[/name_f] for our (upcoming) daughter, but though I like both the English (Cuh-MEEL) and [name_m]French[/name_m] (Cah-MEE) pronunciations it kind of bothers me how different they are (since our family is bilingual both would be used).
I love [name_m]French[/name_m] names! My favorite [name_m]French[/name_m] name is my favorite name in general, [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]. I also really love [name_f]Arianne[/name_f], [name_f]Adele[/name_f], [name_f]Aurore[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] (although I dislike the [name_m]French[/name_m] pronunciation), [name_f]Odette[/name_f], [name_f]Eugenie[/name_f], [name_f]Amelie[/name_f], [name_f]Aurelie[/name_f], [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Cecile[/name_f], [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Camille[/name_f], [name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f], etc.
As for [name_m]French[/name_m] names I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] but can’t personally use… I’m not sure I can think of any? I like some unusual [name_m]French[/name_m] names I’m not sure I could see using (like Evariste for a boy), but I’m not sure I love Evariste enough that I’d want to use it, anyway. [name_u]Auguste[/name_u] is the only one I’m not sure of–I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] it for a boy, but am not sure if it’s totally usable?
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]—I like this much better than anything else in the [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]/lyn camp
[name_f]Arielle[/name_f]—The name of an actress in the Starkid group: [name_f]Arielle[/name_f] Goldman
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]—I really liked this several years ago. I used it for a Neopet.
My favorite name of all time is unusable unless I move to [name_f]Ireland[/name_f]: [name_f]Aoife[/name_f].
I love [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], but the Cursed Child ruined the [name_f]Delphi[/name_f] family of names for me.
Favourite [name_m]French[/name_m] names;
Amélie
[name_f]Esme[/name_f]Ă©
Éloise
[name_f]Luci[/name_f]Ă©
[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Maelle[/name_f]/[name_f]Maelys[/name_f]
My favourite names we can’t use are:
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_f]Caitlin[/name_f]
[name_f]Elissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Jordanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Kayla[/name_f]
[name_f]Ashleigh[/name_f]
I adore [name_f]Marceline[/name_f], [name_f]Leonie[/name_f], and Miette, among others.
My favorite name that I can’t use is [name_f]Lola[/name_f]. My brother named his dog [name_f]Lola[/name_f].
When I moved to [name_u]America[/name_u], a little bit more than 3 years ago, and met my partner, I figured out that I could probably not use the [name_m]French[/name_m] names I love. For example, I love names ending with -in, -an or -on for a boy ([name_f]Jasmin[/name_f], [name_m]Augustin[/name_m], Embrun, LĂ©on, [name_m]Robinson[/name_m], Lyrian, Magellan, I just [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] them), but the pronunciation is completely different.
The problem is almost always about the pronunciation, as we want a name that is easily pronounceable in both languages. We often avoid the sounds -in, -an, -on, th, -Ă©e, u, names ending with R like -or, etc, etc.
I’m a fan of names ending with -ée. I love Ysée but it would probably turn into something like “easy” in English :(. I think the others: Haydée, Galatée, Gayané, [name_u]Alix[/name_u]ée, [name_f]Hana[/name_f]é, Astrée, Lysmée, Epopée, Jasmée, Rosamée, Isildée, Lunhildée, Aimée, would also be mispronounced.
I can also think of: Albertille ([name_m]Albert[/name_m]-ee), Thaïs (Ta-iss), [name_f]Elinor[/name_f], [name_m]Eb[/name_m]ène (eh-ben), [name_f]Avril[/name_f] (Avreel), [name_f]Iris[/name_f] (ee-reece), Aubrûme (oh-br-u-m), Maënor (mah-eh-nor).
And the ones vetoed by my partner: Céleste, Lizlune, Yslune, Primerose, …
There are probably more.
The [name_m]French[/name_m] names we are keeping at them moment are [name_f]Boheme[/name_f], Yselle, [name_m]Ad[/name_m]èle, Esmée, [name_f]Cerise[/name_f] & Automne.
Why do you think that [name_u]Auguste[/name_u] is not totally usable? 
[name_u]Auguste[/name_u] doesn’t feel much different from [name_u]August[/name_u] to me ([name_u]August[/name_u] is in our list).
Evariste is a variant of [name_u]Everest[/name_u]. They are totally usable in my opinion