What are some long and rare [name_m]French[/name_m] names with cute nicknames? The name can be vintage or old-fashioned or modern. The nickname doesn’t necessarily have to be [name_m]French[/name_m]. Can you please recommend names and nicknames that are unexpected? When I say unexpected I mean a nickname that you would be surprised to hear if you knew the full first name and vice versa. This is a terrible example because it’s so common now but [name_f]Alexandria[/name_f] and [name_u]Lexi[/name_u] are an interesting pair. [name_u]Alex[/name_u] is the first thing that comes into my mind when I think of [name_f]Alexandria[/name_f] because it’s at the beginning of the name. I like nicknames that are derived from the middle of a name.
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] nn [name_f]Emmy[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabeau[/name_f] nn [name_u]Beau[/name_u] or Izzo
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f] nn [name_f]Jetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Roxanne[/name_f] nn [name_f]Roxy[/name_f]
Thank you! Those are beautiful.
Léo - Léontine, Léonie, Léopoldine
[name_f]Lili[/name_f] - [name_f]Liliane[/name_f], [name_f]Eulalie[/name_f], [name_f]Apolline[/name_f], [name_f]Dalila[/name_f]
[name_u]Lexi[/name_u] - [name_f]Alexandrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Mimi[/name_f] - [name_f]Myriam[/name_f], [name_f]Camille[/name_f], [name_f]Mireille[/name_f], [name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmie[/name_f] - Émilie, Émeline, [name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f], Émerence
[name_f]Vivi[/name_f] - [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f], [name_f]Eveline[/name_f], Véronique, [name_f]Victorine[/name_f], [name_f]Victoire[/name_f]
[name_f]Pollie[/name_f] - Léopoldine, [name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
Here’s a little list!
[name_f]Amandine[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelique[/name_f]
[name_f]Appolinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianne[/name_f]
Bernicia
[name_f]Cantrelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Chambray[/name_f]
[name_f]Chantelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Christelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Delancy[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Geraldine[/name_f]
[name_f]Jonquille[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Mellicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Nicolette[/name_f]
[name_f]Petronille[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemarie[/name_f]
[name_f]Romanette[/name_f]
[name_f]Sandrine[/name_f]
Sylviane
[name_f]Thomasina[/name_f]
[name_f]Vinciane[/name_f]
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps! 
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f] : minnie, sammie, essie
[name_f]Fabienne[/name_f] : enna, bienna, bea/ bee, bennie, abbie
[name_f]Veronique[/name_f] : nika, nikki, niqa, riqie, rika, ronnie, eron, vonnie
[name_f]Evangelique[/name_f] : angie, angeli, [name_u]Angel[/name_u], van, vana
[name_u]Dominique[/name_u] : minnie, mickie, monique/ minique, nika, mika, minna
[name_f]Laurette[/name_f] : aura, retta, rette
[name_f]Nicolette[/name_f] : [name_f]Colette[/name_f], cole, ettie, etta
[name_f]Therese[/name_f] : rhys / [name_u]Reese[/name_u], ree, essie, trace, eris, eri / erri
My first thoughts were [name_f]Antoinette[/name_f] nn [name_f]Toni[/name_f], [name_f]Etta[/name_f], [name_f]Ettie[/name_f], [name_f]Nettie[/name_f] etc. and [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]/[name_f]Henriette[/name_f] nn [name_f]Hettie[/name_f], [name_f]Ria[/name_f], [name_f]Enna[/name_f].
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecile[/name_f]
It’s a rare example, but my best friend was [name_m]French[/name_m], and her daughter’s name is Avelaine. She went by [name_f]Lainey[/name_f] sometimes, which I think is cute. I like [name_f]Ave[/name_f] (like [name_f]Ave[/name_f] [name_f]Maria[/name_f]–ah-vay), [name_f]Ava[/name_f], etc., too. That was my first thought. Her other daughter, Ysaline, went by Ysa.
Other ideas:
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] ([name_f]Sybil[/name_f], [name_u]Isa[/name_u], [name_u]Billie[/name_u])
[name_f]Ariane[/name_f] ([name_f]Ria[/name_f]? [name_u]Ryan[/name_u]? [name_u]Ari[/name_u]? [name_f]Annie[/name_f]?)
[name_f]Noemie[/name_f] ([name_f]Emmy[/name_f]?)
[name_f]Odette[/name_f] (not very long, but you could do [name_f]Etta[/name_f]?)
[name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f] (I don’t even know. [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Emmy[/name_f], [name_f]Elle[/name_f]? The [name_f]Emmanuella[/name_f] I know goes by [name_f]Emma[/name_f], and [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] is short for [name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f] for [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] Rossum, I think.)
[name_f]Liliane[/name_f] ([name_f]Lia[/name_f]?)
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]/[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] “[name_f]Della[/name_f]”
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]/[name_f]Heloise[/name_f] “[name_f]Lola[/name_f]”
I love [name_m]French[/name_m] names–both short and long–but I’m struggling to come up with long [name_m]French[/name_m] names that have an unexpected nickname haha.
Hopefully someone’s ideas are less rubbish than mine are, haha.
Good luck!
Thank you so much, everyone, for your lists! The names and nicknames go very well together. I’ve seem some extremely creative ones too, so thank you!
I absolutely love [name_m]French[/name_m] names!! Here are some of my ideas:
Béatrice: [name_u]Tris[/name_u]
[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f]: [name_f]Bri[/name_f]
[name_f]Hyacinthe[/name_f]: CiCi
[name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f]: [name_f]Lina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marjolaine[/name_f]: [name_u]JoJo[/name_u]/[name_u]Jo[/name_u]/[name_f]Lainey[/name_f]
Pénélope: [name_f]Elle[/name_f]
Stéphanie: [name_f]Ana[/name_f]
[name_f]Viviette[/name_f]: [/b][/b][/b]Vie