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Ah! this is totally my thing.

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I will just give you those of my user list, but my favorite French name is Clarisse, as it is my daughter's name and I fully admit to bias.

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Anyway...
Adrienne, Annette, Aurelie, Adélie and Arlette start the list with As. I find all of them more beautiful than their English counterparts and classy enough for real life use.

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Brigitte and Camille I have always loved, and I feel like they are just classy and strong names. They give the appearance of frill, but are still very bold.

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I like Chantal a lot too, but that is not used as much in France, just French.

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The rarer choices I like include Edmée, Fabiola and Faustine, as well as Félicie (but that is in honor of my sister Felicia).

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Giselle, Juliette and Vivienne are very recognizable at this point, and even popular - but I still love them, both for history and meaning. They are very romantic and stylish as well.

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Some of my absolute faves, that I am hesitant to actually use because people may falter on pronunciation, are Zénaïde, Solène, Maylis, Mélisande, Méline, Amandine and Dieudonnée. My husband likes many of these ones though - so we may yet decide to go bold and choose one of these (unlikely).

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The last of my list are names that are not that common, but fairly straightforward and normal by most standards: Nadine, Suzette, Priscilla, Celeste and Daphne. Nadine is our very top name for a girl right now... followed by Mirielle. Mirielle is technically an Americanized name, but it is very similar to Mireille, which I love by everyone forgets how to say.

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Hope that helps! As you can see, I swoon over French names.

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"How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to improve upon the world." -Ann Frank
Mama to my "bright star" Clarisse Bituin and Wife to Julius. Mahal na mahal from our little family to yours!