French names that won't be "too French" in English

Looking for [name_m]French[/name_m] boy names that also work in English! Names that aren’t impossible to pronounce.

Here’s a little list!

[name_m]Alain[/name_m]
[name_m]Alphonse[/name_m]
[name_m]Arnauld[/name_m]
[name_m]Bale[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernon[/name_m]
[name_m]Burke[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_m]Danton[/name_m]
[name_m]Emilien[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferrand[/name_m]
[name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Leroy[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcellin[/name_m]
[name_m]Neville[/name_m]
[name_m]Orville[/name_m]
[name_m]Prewitt[/name_m]
[name_m]Renon[/name_m]
[name_m]Terrence[/name_m]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps! :slight_smile:

[name_m]Maxim[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcel[/name_m]
[name_u]Rene[/name_u]
[name_u]Andre[/name_u]
[name_m]Henri[/name_m]
[name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerard[/name_m]

[name_m]Marcel[/name_m]
Félix
[name_m]Arnaud[/name_m]
[name_m]Baptiste[/name_m]
Clément
[name_u]Auguste[/name_u]
[name_m]Gustave[/name_m]
[name_m]Basile[/name_m]
Léonard
Eugène
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_f]Camille[/name_f]
Grégoire
Nans
[name_m]Lancelot[/name_m]
Florestan
Noé
[name_u]Phil[/name_u]éas
Rémi
Timothée
Théotime
[name_m]Augustin[/name_m]
Zadig
Zéphyr
Léon
Léonis
[name_m]Martin[/name_m]
[name_m]Pierre[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_m]Guillaume[/name_m]
Pacifique
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_u]Val[/name_u]ère
Exupère
[name_m]Apollinaire[/name_m]
Berlioz
Louison
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Gaspard[/name_m]
[name_u]Elie[/name_u]
Mahel
[name_m]Eliaz[/name_m]
[name_m]Artus[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacques[/name_m]
[name_m]Ludovic[/name_m]
[name_m]Rodrigue[/name_m]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]
[name_m]Pascal[/name_m]
[name_u]Michel[/name_u]
[name_f]Hyacinthe[/name_f]
Léandre
[name_m]Mano[/name_m]é
[name_m]Priam[/name_m]
Arsène
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
Evariste
[name_m]Anselme[/name_m]
[name_u]Landry[/name_u]
Wandrille
[name_m]Eloi[/name_m]
Ferréol
[name_m]Fernand[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Alphonse[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_m]Emilien[/name_m]

Here are some [name_m]French[/name_m] names that are familiar to English-speakers and/or similar enough to English names to work. Some of them would be pronounced differently in English than in [name_m]French[/name_m] though.

[name_u]Adrien[/name_u]
[name_u]Andre[/name_u]
[name_u]Antoine[/name_u]
[name_m]Augustin[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_m]Bertrand[/name_m]
[name_u]Blaise[/name_u]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_m]Denis[/name_m]
[name_m]Emile[/name_m]
[name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Henri[/name_m]
[name_m]Jerome[/name_m]
[name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_m]Julien[/name_m]
[name_m]Justin[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Luc[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_m]Marc[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcel[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicolas[/name_m]
[name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_m]Olivier[/name_m]
[name_m]Pascal[/name_m]
[name_m]Philippe[/name_m]
[name_m]Pierre[/name_m]
[name_m]Raoul[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_u]Rene[/name_u]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_f]Stephane[/name_f]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_m]Yves[/name_m]

You guys are AMAZING!! So many names I didn’t even think of!

Have a [name_m]French[/name_m] friend who named her two boys [name_m]Felix[/name_m] and [name_u]Remi[/name_u]. Think they are both adorable!

[name_m]Etienne[/name_m]
[name_m]Fabien[/name_m]
[name_m]Emilien[/name_m]
[name_m]Florien[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurent[/name_m]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]

Personally, [name_m]Etienne[/name_m] is one of my favourite names, a lovely name I heard whilst I was living in [name_f]France[/name_f] and I think it’s completely usable also in an english speaking country

One addition to the many great names you’ve been given:

[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]

I like

[name_u]Maison[/name_u]
[name_m]Deveraux[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxence[/name_m]
[name_u]Blaise[/name_u]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Thibault[/name_m]
[name_m]Marceau[/name_m]
[name_m]Genet[/name_m]
[name_m]Vardon[/name_m]
Francoise
[name_m]Sylvain[/name_m]

Is [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] a common name in [name_m]French[/name_m] speaking countries?

[name_m]Pierre[/name_m]
Sébastien
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
Étienne
[name_m]Lyon[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacques[/name_m]
[name_m]Pascal[/name_m]
[name_u]Michel[/name_u]
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_m]Henri[/name_m]
[name_m]Olivier[/name_m]
[name_m]Philippe[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
[name_m]Fabien[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurent[/name_m]
[name_u]Fran[/name_u]çois
[name_m]Thibault[/name_m]
[name_u]Maison[/name_u]
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m]
[name_u]Antoine[/name_u]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
Matthieu
[name_m]Pablo[/name_m]
Aurélien
Émilien
[name_m]Luc[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Benoit[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximilien[/name_m]

My top five from the above would be…

[name_m]Pierre[/name_m]
Étienne
[name_m]Luc[/name_m]
Matthieu
[name_m]Olivier[/name_m]

The last three have variations in English speaking countries so won’t be ‘too [name_m]French[/name_m]’. [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] is a [name_m]French[/name_m] name I think everybody knows, and doesn’t seem as [name_m]French[/name_m] as it used to be. I think the Frenchiest of those names is Étienne, and even that wouldn’t be difficult for English speaking people.

I hope my rambling makes some sort of sense! :slight_smile: