Unusual, classic names that work well in French

General Name Discussion
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I’m looking for five unusual, classic names that work well in both [name_m]French[/name_m] and English. They are for siblings, so they also need to work well together. I’m looking for three girls names, and two boys. Can anyone help?

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I really like [name_m]Lazar[/name_m] and [name_m]Lucien[/name_m] for boys.
For girls I like [name_f]Nora[/name_f], [name_f]Mona[/name_f], [name_f]Seraphine[/name_f], [name_f]Nadine[/name_f].

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Some ideas:
[name_f]Marielle[/name_f], [name_f]Apolline[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
Raphaël, [name_m]Joachim[/name_m]

Are you looking for names that are uncommon in the UK, [name_f]France[/name_f] or both?

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Thanks @jbnyc

Thanks @lumen I’m looking for names that are uncommon in both the UK and [name_f]France[/name_f].

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Célestine
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Heloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Agathe[/name_f]
[name_f]Honorine[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
Inès
Léonie
[name_f]El[/name_f]éonore
[name_f]Amandine[/name_f]
Mylène
Cécile
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sable[/name_f]
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilie[/name_f]

[name_m]Cyprien[/name_m] (which I know through Youtube… he’s my favorite [name_m]French[/name_m] Youtuber!)
Maixent (nn [name_u]Max[/name_u], bien sûr!)
Cédric
Étienne
[name_m]Calixte[/name_m] (it’s weird in English but there’s the nn [name_u]Cal[/name_u]!)
Aristide
Barthélemy (nn [name_m]Bart[/name_m]?)
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Cas[/name_m]?)
[name_m]Corentin[/name_m] ([name_u]Cory[/name_u]?)
[name_m]Henri[/name_m]
[name_m]Julien[/name_m]
[name_m]Pascal[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
Théophile ([name_u]Theo[/name_u]? [name_u]Phil[/name_u]? Although its prn is tay-oh-[name_m]FEEL[/name_m])
Sébastien ([name_m]Seb[/name_m], [name_m]Baz[/name_m], [name_m]Bastien[/name_m], etc.)

et P.S. - parlez-vous français? si c’est vrai, moi aussi! si je m’ai trompé en supposant que vous êtes un(e) francophone, je suis desolée!

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[name_f]Rhea[/name_f] ([name_u]Ray[/name_u]-uh)
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] (hel-[name_m]LAY[/name_m]-nuh)
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f] (I loooove this name)
[name_f]Annika[/name_f]
[name_f]Alize[/name_f]
[name_f]Chloe[/name_f] (in french it would have an accent over the e)
[name_f]Margaux[/name_f]

[name_m]Damien[/name_m]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_u]Adrien[/name_u]
[name_u]Remi[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]