French Surnames as first names

Girl Names
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Here are some [name_f]French[/name_f] surnames as first names. What do you think of these on females?

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  • Beausoleil
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  • Bellet
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  • Binoche
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  • Bonnet/Bonet
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  • Boudreaux
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  • Bridoux
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  • Brindeau
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  • Brisson
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  • Candelon
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  • Castelot
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  • Champlain
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  • Chappelle
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  • Delisle
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  • [name_m]Delon[/name_m]
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  • Demailly
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  • Desrose
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  • Deslys
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  • Desmarais
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  • Devienne
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  • Fontaine
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  • [name_f]Joliet[/name_f]
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  • Leclair(e)
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  • Lalande
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  • Lamunière
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  • Laruelle
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  • Lavalette
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  • Lavanchy
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  • Lavillenie
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  • Lémery
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  • Lorieux
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  • Luneau
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  • Madiot
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  • Mandrillon
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  • Manoury
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  • Margotton
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  • Poncelet
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  • Popelin
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  • Ravanel
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  • Reverdin
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  • Rivière
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  • Rondelet
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  • Savary
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  • Simonet
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  • Tamarelle
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  • Verany
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  • [name_m]Verdon[/name_m]
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  • Verzelen
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I love [name_f]Joliet[/name_f]! [name_f]My[/name_f] other favorites are Chappelle, Delisle, Demailly, Laruelle, Rivière, Simonet, and Tamarelle.

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I love [name_f]Joliet[/name_f]! [name_f][/name_f] I’m more familiar with it as a medieval [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] variant. [name_f][/name_f] I’m not a huge fan of surnames as firsts for girls, bu t I do love the sound of Bridoux! [name_f][/name_f] I have also always liked Lisieux after the saint, though it wasn’t her surname.

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I am not a huge fan of surnames as first names either but since they seem on trend, I thought I would inspire people. I have had Lisieux on a middle name list but I like it because of the saint. I am not a fan of Therese itself.

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I like Beausoleil, Chappelle, Delisle, [name_f]Joliet[/name_f], and Tamarelle

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Ooh fun! Intrigued by Beausoleil (though it kind of feels masc to me? nn Beau?), Chappelle, Delisle, [name_f]Joliet[/name_f], Laruelle, Lémery, Luneau (!!).

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Would avoid quite a few in an [name_f]English[/name_f] speaking context [name_f][/name_f]- Bellet, Binoche, [name_f]Bonnet[/name_f], Castelot, Devienne, Leclair, Lavalette, Madiot, Margotton, Poncelet, Savary. But that’s just my brain connecting them to [name_f]English[/name_f] words, maybe others would feel differently.

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are Beausoleil, Chappelle, Devienne, [name_f]Joliet[/name_f]

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as someone who speaks french, beausoleil would always seem as bit strange for me on a girl because translated it means ‘handsome sun’ whereas belle would be used for a girl. :love_letter:

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These are so interesting! Broadly, I’d put them into three categories:

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Useable [name_f][/name_f]- Riviére, Tamarelle, Simonet, Luneau, Lémery, Laruelle (!), Leclaire (!), [name_f]Joliet[/name_f], Devienne, Deslys, Desrose (!), Demailley, Delisle, Chapelle, and Beausoleil (!)

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Intriguing, if a little trickier to pronounce/wear [name_f][/name_f]- Verzelen, [name_m]Verdon[/name_m], Verany, Savary, Rondelet, Reverdin, Ravanel, Manoury, Mandrillon, Loreiux, Lamuniere, Lalande, Fontaine, Desmarais, [name_m]Delon[/name_m], Candelon, Brideaux

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Unusable or deeply unconventional imho [name_f][/name_f]- Popelin, Poncelet, Margotton, Madiot, Lavillenie, Lavanchy, Lavalette, Champlain, Castelot, Brisson, Brindeau, Boudreaux, Bonnett, Binoche, Bellet

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[name_f]My[/name_f] unusable choices tend to be because they sound like a non name word in [name_f]English[/name_f] (would quite possibly be a different story in another language) like Bellet “Belly”, Madiot “Mad/idiot”, or Popelin “Pope-lynn”. I’ve also added a (!) for names I particularly like.

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As a [name_f]French[/name_f], I have never heard most of them.

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Beausoleil and Leclair are masculine, Fontaine or Laruelle would have a s3xual connotation. Chapelle is only one P, very religious. [name_f]Bonnet[/name_f] means hat and is masculine. Binoche, Boudreaux, Brisson, Lavillenie, Bellet, [name_m]Lafayette[/name_m], [name_m]Delon[/name_m], Rondelet, Popelin, would not be wearable. Candelon, Brindeau, Desmairais, Poncelet, Candelon hard to wear for a boy, unwearable for a girl.

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Luneau, Castelot, Delisle, Lorieux, Reverdin, [name_m]Verdon[/name_m], Champlain could probably work for a boy.

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Verany, Tamarelle, Simonet, Savary, Rivière, Ravanel, Manoury, Mandrillon, Madiot, Lémery, Lavanchy, Lamunière, Lalande, [name_f]Joliet[/name_f], Devienne, Deslys, Desroses, Demailly could probably work for a girl.

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Not sure about Verzelen and Margotton.