French Surnames as first names

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.