Help narrowing our list of French names!

Hello!

We have a list now… Could use some help narrowing it down though! My hub is French so please use a French accent when saying them ;). Surname is [name]Moreau[/name] and our other children are named [name]Armand[/name] and [name]Albine[/name] (Beany).

Boy:
[name]Auguste[/name]
[name]Florian[/name]
[name]Rene[/name]
[name]Thierry[/name]
[name]Arvin[/name]
[name]Bertrand[/name]
[name]Blanchard[/name]
[name]Evrard[/name]
[name]Laurence[/name]
[name]Marcel[/name]

Girl:
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Violette[/name]
[name]Vienne[/name]
[name]Brigitte[/name]
[name]Henriette[/name]
[name]Mireille[/name]
[name]Yvette[/name]
[name]Aura[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]
[name]Merle[/name]

Many thanks, [name]Lily[/name]

Faves from your list are…
Boy:
[name]Auguste[/name]
[name]Thierry[/name]
Girl:
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Violette[/name]
[name]Yvette[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]

I really like [name]Auguste[/name] and [name]Adele[/name]! :slight_smile:

I have a French last name (du [name]Bray[/name]) as well so I totally relate to having a name that has to sound good in both English and French :slight_smile:

My personal favorites are [name]Florian[/name], [name]Thierry[/name] or [name]Marcel[/name] for a boy. [name]Adele[/name], [name]Vienne[/name] or [name]Mireille[/name] for a girl. I don’t think I would use [name]Blanchard[/name], it is very harsh and to similar to [name]Blanche[/name]. [name]Nor[/name] would I go with [name]Laurence[/name], which is generally a feminine name in [name]France[/name]. (although [name]Laurence[/name] for a little girl would be darling!) If you are in an English speaking country I would have to veto [name]Mireille[/name] and [name]Thierry[/name] for spelling/pronunciation issues. So sad :frowning:

My favorites are [name]Auguste[/name] and [name]Laurence[/name]; [name]Yvette[/name], [name]Adele[/name] and [name]Henriette[/name]. Although I like [name]Marcel[/name], [name]Marcel[/name] [name]Moreau[/name] seems too similar to [name]Marcel[/name] [name]Marceau[/name].

I like (in order, most to least):

[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name], and [name]Marcel[/name]
[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name], and [name]Auguste[/name]
[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name], and [name]Laurence[/name]
[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name], and [name]Evrard[/name]

[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name], and [name]Vienne[/name]
[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name], and [name]Adele[/name]
[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name], and [name]Mireille[/name]
[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name], and [name]Esme[/name]
[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name], and [name]Brigitte[/name]

I love French names! :slight_smile:
My favorite from the boys are:
[name]Auguste[/name] (though a third ‘A’ name might not be the way to go…)
[name]Florian[/name]
[name]Thierry[/name]
[name]Laurence[/name]

From the girls list, I like:
[name]Adele[/name] (again, a third ‘A’ really becomes a theme at this point)
[name]Violette[/name]
[name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Mireille[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]

Good luck! :smiley:

I love French names! :slight_smile:
My favorite from the boys are:
[name]Auguste[/name] (though a third ‘A’ name might not be the way to go…)
[name]Florian[/name]
[name]Thierry[/name]
[name]Laurence[/name]

From the girls list, I like:
[name]Adele[/name] (again, a third ‘A’ really becomes a theme at this point)
[name]Violette[/name]
[name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Mireille[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]

Good luck! :smiley:

Boy:
[name]Florian[/name]
[name]Evrard[/name]

Girl:
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Violette[/name]

my top 2 for each gender. :slight_smile:

For boys I like:
[name]Auguste[/name]
[name]Laurence[/name]
[name]Marcel[/name]

For a girl I like:
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Violette[/name]
[name]Vienne[/name]
[name]Brigitte[/name]
[name]Aura[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]

For boys I love
[name]Auguste[/name]
[name]Florian[/name]
[name]Thierry[/name]
[name]Blanchard[/name]

For girls I love
[name]Violette[/name]
[name]Vienne[/name]
[name]Henriette[/name]
[name]Yvette[/name]
[name]Merle[/name]

my favourites with your other children’s names are:
[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name] and [name]Thierry[/name]
[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name] and [name]Florian[/name]
[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name] and [name]Henriette[/name]
[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name] and [name]Yvette[/name]
[name]Armand[/name], [name]Albine[/name] and [name]Merle[/name]

Boy Favorites:
[name]Auguste[/name]
[name]Arvin[/name]
[name]Bertrand[/name]
[name]Evrard[/name]
[name]Laurence[/name]
[name]Marcel[/name]

The ones I eliminated were mostly for English pronunciation issues, though if you’re only in [name]France[/name] that will matter less. I love [name]Thierry[/name] in French…

Girl Favorites - all logical in English as well as lovely in French:
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Brigitte[/name]
[name]Mireille[/name]
[name]Yvette[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]

[name]Merle[/name] - I’m sorry, I think of the [name]Oakie[/name] from Muskogee, even though that’s not fair to a little girl

[name]Auguste[/name] and [name]Adele[/name] are my favorites.

[name]Florian[/name] and thierry for boys violette for girl

From the boys names I like [name]Auguste[/name] and [name]Florian[/name]. My brother is called [name]Florian[/name] and we are half French half English and from experience I know that the name works well in both countries/languages.
I like [name]Adele[/name] and [name]Violette[/name] for a girl.