French Town Names

General Name Discussion
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Here are a few names of towns in [name_f]France[/name_f] that could be used for boys or girls.
(Some are partial names, removed the saint part for a few)

Based on [name_f]English[/name_f] speaker and familiar names. There are other [name_u]French[/name_u] towns that sound pretty but are tricky to spell/pronounce.

Albert
Albi
Ambert
Amboise
Amiens
[name_u]Anne[/name_u]
Ardenne
Auray
[name_f]Avallon[/name_f]
[name_f]Avrille[/name_f]
[name_f]Bastia[/name_f]
[name_m]Beaumont[/name_m]
Beaune
Belfort
[name_u]Blain[/name_u]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m]
[name_f]Brie[/name_f]
[name_f]Brionne[/name_f]
[name_f]Brittany[/name_f]
[name_u]Burgundy[/name_u]
Caylus
Caudry
[name_f]Chantilly[/name_f]
Charlieu
Chemmile
[name_u]Clair[/name_u]
Dammarie
[name_m]Dax[/name_m]
[name_f]Derval[/name_f]
Fleury
Gourdon
Issoire
Lisieux
[name_f]Jolie[/name_f]
Josselin
Journet
Lalinde
Lavandou
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_f]Lilas[/name_f]
Lille
Lillebonne
[name_f]Loire[/name_f]
Lorient
[name_f]Lorraine[/name_f]
Loudun
[name_f]Lourdes[/name_f]
Mably
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
Mailly
[name_f]Maisy[/name_f]
[name_u]Marie[/name_u]
Martinique
Marseille
[name_f]Martel[/name_f]
Mayet
Mayotte
[name_m]Mirabeau[/name_m]
Mirande
Montigny
Montilla
Morlaix
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f]
[name_m]Nazaire[/name_m]
[name_f]Olivet[/name_f]
Orleans
[name_u]Paris[/name_u]
[name_m]Pierre[/name_m]
[name_u]Quentin[/name_u]
[name_m]Quillan[/name_m]
Rambert
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_f]Reine[/name_f]
Remire
[name_f]Roanne[/name_f]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m]
Rochefort
[name_f]Rochelle[/name_f]
[name_u]Romilly[/name_u]
Rouen
[name_m]Roye[/name_m]
Royan
[name_f]Saran[/name_f]
[name_f]Suzanne[/name_f]
Synthe
Toulousse
Troyes
Valence
[name_u]Vernon[/name_u]

Tassin La [name_f]Demi[/name_f] [name_f]Lune[/name_f]
([name_f]Demi[/name_f] [name_f]Lune[/name_f] is pretty cool)

Which ones do you like, either as a proper name or as a guilty please?

I like [name_f]Avrille[/name_f], Belfort, Dammarie, Mirande, Orleans, [name_m]Pierre[/name_m], Rambert, and [name_m]Roye[/name_m].

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lovely list!

my favourites are ardenne, bram, charlieu, clair, fleury, issoire, jolie, lille, maisy, reine & suzanne!

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I like [name_f]Lilas[/name_f], [name_m]Mirabeau[/name_m] and [name_f]Reine[/name_f]

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So many lovely ones but my fave of these has to be Lavandou :heart_eyes:

I also really like Annecy, which is in the south east of [name_f]France[/name_f].

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Wonderful list! [name_f]My[/name_f] favourite ones are [name_m]Beaumont[/name_m], [name_m]Leon[/name_m], [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f], [name_u]Marie[/name_u], [name_u]Quentin[/name_u] and [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]. [name_m]Leon[/name_m] is the only one I could actually consider using, though.

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My favourites are Dammarie, Martinique, [name_m]Raphael[/name_m], [name_f]Reine[/name_f] & [name_f]Suzanne[/name_f]

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Albert, [name_u]Anne[/name_u], Ardenne, [name_f]Avallon[/name_f], [name_m]Beaumont[/name_m], [name_m]Bram[/name_m], [name_u]Clair[/name_u], [name_m]Leon[/name_m], [name_f]Lilas[/name_f], Lourraine, Mably [name_f]Maisy[/name_f], [name_u]Marie[/name_u], [name_m]Mirabeau[/name_m], [name_f]Olivet[/name_f], [name_u]Paris[/name_u], [name_m]Raphael[/name_m], [name_m]Robert[/name_m], [name_u]Romilly[/name_u] and [name_f]Demi[/name_f] [name_f]Lune[/name_f] would be great names!

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That’s FRENCH?!-

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Yeah the cheese is named after the place in [name_f]France[/name_f] where it originated.

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Lovely list! [name_f]My[/name_f] favourites are Ardenne, [name_m]Bram[/name_m], Lavandou, Mably, [name_m]Mirabeau[/name_m], [name_f]Olivet[/name_f], [name_f]Reine[/name_f] and [name_u]Romilly[/name_u].

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Definitely [name_f]Lorraine[/name_f], which feels like cheating because it was my top name for a long time. I also like Mailly and [name_f]Jolie[/name_f]! There are several of these I’d be happy to have as a name, [name_f]Lilas[/name_f], [name_f]Lourdes[/name_f], [name_u]Romilly[/name_u]… thanks for sharing!

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I agree. :slight_smile:

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My faves as names:

Valence
[name_f]Olivet[/name_f]
[name_m]Mirabeau[/name_m]
[name_f]Lilas[/name_f]
Fleury
[name_m]Dax[/name_m]
Ambert

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I really like Mailly too but I feel like non [name_u]French[/name_u] speaking people would struggle with the prononciation a lot!

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What is the correct pronunciation?

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it’s kind of like my-ee

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