Girl names from 1900 france🥀

Girl Names
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hello everyone !! :mantelpiece_clock: as i already did the list of my favourite names from the most popular names in france 2020, now i will do a step back in time and do the 1900 one !! :musical_keyboard: Popular Names in France 1900 - Behind the Name

the names are not in preference order and are names that i would give a child if i could. :coffee::sunflower:

  • anne, louise, eugenie, lucie, anna, rose, blanche, léonie, élise, cécile, mathilde, émilie, léontine, charlotte, marie-louise, élisabeth, camille, amélie, victorine, émma, aline, valentine, odette, adèle, irène, aimée, céline, isabelle, irma, clotilde, éva, sophie, noémie, noélie, bernadette, anaïs, aurélie, constance, éléonore, delphine, adélaïde, lydie, zélie, esther, édith, emilia, nathalie, zoé, felicite, héloïse, marie-antoinette, mireille, marie-rose, clara, anastasie, élodie, gisèle, martine, céleste, alida, zélie, seraphine, olympe, véronique, marie-anne, jane, violette, edmée, olive, yolande, erna, inès, sara, élina, dorothée, eveline, beatrix, nancy, noëlle, apolline, coralie, noeline, mina, marie-lucie
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I love french names!
my favorites from this list, that I would take into consideration if i had a french partner, are:
eugenie, lucie, blanche, cécile, irène, clotilde, [name_f]éva[/name_f], esther, inès

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[name_u]Léonie[/name_u], Léontine, Adéle, [name_f]Céline[/name_f], [name_f]Noémie[/name_f], [name_f]Lucie[/name_f], Élodie, [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] and [name_f]Mina[/name_f] are my faves!!

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Gorgeous list, just wow!!

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[name_f]Beautiful[/name_f] names! I’m in love with Marie-Louise, [name_f]Odette[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f], [name_f]Lydie[/name_f], [name_f]Zoé[/name_f], Marie-Rose & Olive🌹

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[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] is probably my favourite [name_u]French[/name_u] name, and she was number 3 in 1900 :heart_eyes:

other names on this particular list I love:
Agnès, [name_f]Aurélie[/name_f], Clot(h)ilde, [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_f]Eleonore[/name_f], [name_f]Elodie[/name_f], [name_f]Eloise[/name_f], [name_f]Evelina[/name_f], [name_f]Héloïse[/name_f], [name_f]Honorine[/name_f], [name_f]Hortense[/name_f], [name_f]Inès[/name_f], Irène, [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], [name_f]Theodora[/name_f] & [name_f]Zelie[/name_f] :wilted_flower:

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I wonder if the 100 Year [name_m]Rule[/name_m] is a thing in [name_f]France[/name_f] too! [name_f]My[/name_f] students were all born in 2011+ so it’s slightly off but I have kids named [name_u]Louise[/name_u], [name_f]Lucie[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_u]Léonie[/name_u], [name_f]Emma[/name_f] (no accent), [name_f]Adèle[/name_f], [name_f]Anaïs[/name_f], [name_f]Héloïse[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Séraphine[/name_f], [name_f]Olympe[/name_f], [name_f]Inès[/name_f], and [name_f]Sara[/name_f]. I also know adults named [name_f]Aurélie[/name_f], [name_f]Véronique[/name_f], [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f], and [name_u]Anne[/name_u] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f].

[name_f]My[/name_f] personal favorites from the top 100 in 1900:
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f], [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_u]Léonie[/name_u], [name_u]Camille[/name_u], [name_f]Adèle[/name_f], [name_f]Odette[/name_f], and [name_u]Simone[/name_u]

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Not sure this is really accurate, but I love: Louise, Anna, Cécile, Adèle, Irène, Irma, Edmée, Aimée, Léontine, Odette, Zélie, Héloïse.

My great grandmother was Léonie. My cousins are Emilie and Lucie, my mom Martine, my best friends Céline and Sophie. Definitely not the same generation :smiley: Elina, Noélie/Noéline, Clara, Zoé are names from 2000. I have never heard of Alida, Nancy, Beatrix and Jane here in France.

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That is how I would classify the names:

  • 1900-1940: Léontine, Elisabeth, Odette, Irène, Bernadette, Edith, Gisèle, Yolande

  • 1950-1960: Martine, Mireille, Véronique, Eveline, Noëlle, Nathalie

  • 1970-1980: Emilie, Isabelle, Aurélie, Delphine, Lydie

  • 1990: Amélie, Aline, Céline, Sophie, Noémie, Anaïs, Elodie, Sarah, Coralie

  • 2000: Anna, Emma, Eva, Noélie, Emilia, Zoé, Inès, Noéline, Mina

  • Not really given in France: Erna, Jane, Beatrix, Nancy, Mina, Olive, Alida, Irma

  • Old names popular right now: Louise, Valentine, Léonie Rose, Charlotte, Adèle, Zélie, Héloïse, Céleste, Violette

  • Classic old names that are not super common (very preppy): Eugénie, Clotilde, Victorine, Aimée, Constance, Eléonore, Adélaïde, Esther, Anastasie, Félicité, Séraphine, Olympe, Apolline

  • Classic and popular names: Lucie, Anne, Elise, Cécile, Mathilde, Camille

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Thanks!