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[Opinions] Favourite French Names
by sprout
11/30/2022, 1:24 PM
I have a bit (actually, a lot) of an obsession with French names! My favourites are:Aimée*
Alice
Annabelle
Antoinette*
Arielle
Audrey*
Camille
Caroline
Constance*
Estelle*
Gabrielle
Julie*
Juliette*
Lucie*
Lucienne
Lucille
Madeline or Madeleine
Margot*
Marie
Mathilde
Maude
Olive
Odette*
Rosalie
Sylvie*Adrien
Blaise
Emmanuel*
Ernest*
Francis
Gilbert
Hugo*
Lionel
Louis
Lucien
Martin
Nathan*
Vincent Which are your favourites and least favourites from this list? What are your favourite French names?

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- cassilda in carcosa
12/5/2022, 3:47 PM
Camille is my middle name, and if I ever have a daughter, it'll be her middle name. We pronounce it the French way, and for that reason alone it'll never be a fn option, I find it very pretty but I do think if I had to be called 'Ka-MILL' all the time here in the UK it would drag, and a lot of English-speakers find it hard to say, at least at first.From your list, I like Caroline - prettier the French way, but good old UK Caroline is a staple and another mn option if I had more than one daughter, Constance, again, like both UK and French pronunciations although the UK is far more dated, Lucille, Lucienne, Madeleine, Olive, Rosalie, Sylvie.I also like Emmanuel, Hugo and Vincent.Others I like:Athénaïs - So extra, but I think it sounds very pretty. I don't think it's useable outside of mn/GP though.
Clémence
Clémentine
Coralie - Although this feels a little dull to me now
Delphine
Emmanuelle - This is growing on me as a MN.
Faustine
Florence - French prn is prettier
Geneviève
Laure
Léonie
Léontine
Léopoldine
Ludivine
Lydie
Magali
Marcelline
Margaux - not a fan of the spelling Margot.

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- fhangsweiyin
11/30/2022, 9:12 PM
I think Noé, the French version of Noah, is lovely! Also Edmé and Isabeau, archaic nicknames/versions of Edmund and Isabella. I already love the name Margot, and Magali feels like a fresh and fun version (though it's Occitanie, techincally). Mireille is also very pretty!
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- tolkienscholar
11/30/2022, 8:59 PM
Estelle! Yes! I am totally going to name one of my daughters that! Also Juliette! Exclamation points galore!
But no Anaïs? :(
Anyway, you can’t usually go wrong with French names. They’re just so gorgeous.
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- tibby   +1
11/30/2022, 2:04 PM
- sprout
11/30/2022, 2:12 PM
Oh, I forgot about Juliette! I’ll add it now.
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