French names!

Girl Names
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I’m half [name_m]French[/name_m] and was raised mostly in [name_f]France[/name_f] (apart from when travelling for my father’s work) and I would love to choose names of [name_m]French[/name_m] origin for our baby girls! One issue I have with the name we chose for our son, [name_m]Rufus[/name_m], is that some of my family sound down right comical when saying it.

Some ideas I have had are [name_f]Margot[/name_f], [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] or [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Louise[/name_f] or [name_f]Lilou[/name_f].

I would really appreciate some suggestions! I’m just looking for some ideas to play about with for our twins.

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Here is a list I have:

http://listography.com/seraphinairis/names/feminine_french_names_i_adore

Here is where I get ideas:

Maybe you can get some ideas from these! Good luck! :slight_smile:

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I love [name_f]Margot[/name_f] and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] (with the nn [name_f]Addy[/name_f])

Other french names I love,

[name_f]Amalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Brielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Camille[/name_f] - [name_f]Millie[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_f]Esme[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Liana[/name_f]
[name_f]Lisette[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f] - [name_f]Mira[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]

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My favourite [name_m]French[/name_m] name is [name_f]Mireille[/name_f] (meer-AYE) and I think [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] would be a lovely sister set.

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I like:

[name_f]Lucienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Ana[/name_f]ïs
[name_f]Camille[/name_f]
[name_f]Amandine[/name_f]
Maéva
Clémence
[name_u]Lou[/name_u]

I like the spelling [name_f]Margaux[/name_f] which is more common in [name_f]France[/name_f] than [name_f]Margot[/name_f].

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I love [name_f]Margot[/name_f]! Also [name_f]Adeline[/name_f]!
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Madel/name_fine

[name_m]French[/name_m] names are so gorgeous! Obviously add in accents if you please.

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I love [name_m]French[/name_m] names. Sorry if any of this repeat! Some suggestions:

[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Anais[/name_f]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Camille[/name_f]
[name_f]Celine[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleonore[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Heloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Ines[/name_f]
[name_f]Justine[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeva[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemie[/name_f]
[name_f]Pauline[/name_f]

I’m not sure if all of this have [name_m]French[/name_m] origin, but they give a [name_m]French[/name_m] vibe in my opinion. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps! :slight_smile:

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I also love [name_m]French[/name_m] names. I agree that they can be a bit tricky to pair with [name_m]Rufus[/name_m].
I think you can go the whimsical route with [name_m]Rufus[/name_m], [name_f]Lilou[/name_f], and [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
or go with [name_m]French[/name_m] names that are also vintage like [name_m]Rufus[/name_m] like [name_m]Rufus[/name_m], [name_f]Margo[/name_f] and [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] and [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] all come across vintage first not [name_m]French[/name_m] but I’m from [name_u]America[/name_u] so that might be part of the reason as well. I think there are definitely ways to make [name_m]French[/name_m] names work but not all of them.