French Names from the 1830s

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Hi y’all!

I am came up with an idea about a family that lived during the 1830s in France. I have no idea about names, so I just wanted to get them out of the way. My protagonist runs away from home and falls in love with this guy whose a revisionist, ends up joint the revolution , her father find her and I don’t know what happens next.

The characters

Father: Works for the government, dislikes the revolutionary groups, gentle with this wife, but ignores their children.

Mother: Kind, gentle, very sickly and deeply devoted to her husband.

Son: (19) A woman’s man, ignores his younger siblings, was his father’s pride and joy.

Daughter (the protagonist): (17) Kind, good with children, witty, very independent.

Daughter: (14) Sweet, sickly, dependent.

Son: (7) Naughty, happy-go-lucky, demanding.

Daughter: (4) Caring and friendly.

Thanks in advance!

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[name_u]Germaine[/name_u]
[name_u]Gervaise[/name_u]
Élisabeth
[name_f]Hermine[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Jeanne[/name_f]
Amélie
Aimée
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_u]Julie[/name_u]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Clotilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]-[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_m]Jos[/name_m]éphine
[name_u]Fran[/name_u]çoise
Léonie
[name_u]Ren[/name_u]ée
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
Geneviève
[name_f]Ghislaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_m]Ad[/name_m]èle
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]

[name_m]Sylvain[/name_m]
Étienne
[name_m]Jacques[/name_m]
[name_m]Pierre[/name_m]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]-[name_m]Pierre[/name_m]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]-[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]-[name_u]Michel[/name_u]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]-[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_m]Georges[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Anatole[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexandre[/name_m]
[name_m]Prosper[/name_m]
[name_u]Fran[/name_u]çois
[name_m]Germain[/name_m]
[name_m]Gervais[/name_m]
[name_m]Henri[/name_m]
[name_m]Beno[/name_m]ît
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_f]Camille[/name_f]
[name_u]Ren[/name_u]é
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_m]Raoul[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
Gérard
[name_m]Pascal[/name_m]
[name_m]Julien[/name_m]
Félix
Eugène
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Philippe[/name_m]

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In my experience, [name_m]French[/name_m] names during the early 1800s were very similar to Puritan names in the US - either biblical classic choices, or off the wall, unique word names. Going by that, here are my suggestions.

Father: Works for the government, dislikes the revolutionary groups, gentle with this wife, but ignores their children.

[name_m]Alexandre[/name_m], [name_m]Gilles[/name_m], [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m], [name_u]Maxime[/name_u], [name_m]Cesar[/name_m], [name_m]Xavier[/name_m]

Mother: Kind, gentle, very sickly and deeply devoted to her husband.

[name_f]Marie[/name_f]-[name_f]Jeanne[/name_f], [name_f]Marie[/name_f]-[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f]

[name_m]Son[/name_m]: (19) A woman’s man, ignores his younger siblings, was his father’s pride and joy.

[name_m]Louis[/name_m], [name_m]Etienne[/name_m], [name_m]Jacques[/name_m], [name_m]Henri[/name_m] [name_m]Aurelien[/name_m], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]

Daughter (the protagonist): (17) Kind, good with children, witty, very independent.

[name_f]Marie[/name_f], [name_f]Amelie[/name_f], [name_f]Helene[/name_f], [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f]

Daughter: (14) Sweet, sickly, dependent.

[name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Adrienne[/name_f], [name_f]Blanche[/name_f], [name_f]Colette[/name_f], [name_f]Aimee[/name_f], [name_f]Claire[/name_f]

[name_m]Son[/name_m]: (7) Naughty, happy-go-lucky, demanding.

[name_m]Gaston[/name_m], [name_m]Bastien[/name_m], [name_m]Charles[/name_m], [name_m]Edouard[/name_m], [name_m]Christophe[/name_m], [name_u]Jean[/name_u]

Daughter: (4) Caring and friendly.

[name_f]Christine[/name_f], [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Victoire[/name_f], [name_f]Henriette[/name_f], [name_f]Angelique[/name_f],

A key thing to note though, many names were hyphenated (and still are) in [name_m]French[/name_m] cultures - most commonly [name_f]Marie[/name_f] for women, and [name_u]Jean[/name_u], [name_m]Charles[/name_m] and [name_m]Louis[/name_m] for men. With women, at least, sometimes women would all bear the “[name_f]Marie[/name_f]-”, and formally go by the second half of the hyphenated choice.

Example;
Mother: [name_f]Marie[/name_f]-[name_f]Angelique[/name_f] “[name_f]Marie[/name_f]” (usually the eldest used [name_f]Marie[/name_f], from my understanding)

DD1: [name_f]Marie[/name_f]-[name_f]Claire[/name_f] “[name_f]Claire[/name_f]”
DD2: [name_f]Marie[/name_f]-[name_f]Amelie[/name_f] “[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]”
DD3: [name_f]Marie[/name_f]-[name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f] “[name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f]”
DD4: [name_f]Marie[/name_f]-[name_f]Christine[/name_f] “[name_f]Christine[/name_f]”