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French baby names include many classic names that have ranked highly in the US for its entire history, such as Anne and Louis, Charlotte and Charles, and Josephine and Curtis (though it may surprise you to learn that Curtis is not only French, but perennially popular!).

French names in the US Top 200 for girls include Annabelle, Charlotte, Claire, Josephine, and Sophie. For boys, French names in the US Top 500 include Andre, Beau, Chase, Remy, and Russell. In France, popular names include Louise, Manon, Jules, and Bastien.

Unique French baby names attracting fresh attention in both France and beyond include, for girls, Capucine, Darcy, Delphine, Elodie, Maribel, Oceane, Ottilie, Quincy, Romilly, and Sylvie. For boys, Dion, Emilien, Florent, Julius, Lionel, Montague, Pom, and Quincy.

The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.

The full roster of baby girls and baby boys continues below.

Charles

Meaning: man, free man

Origin:French from German
290
Beauchamp

Meaning: the beautiful field

Origin:French
5625
Sully

Meaning: stain or from the south meadow

Origin:French or English
1268
Roy

Meaning: king or red-haired

Origin:French or Celtic
720
Orville

Meaning: gold town

Origin:French
2275
Warren

Meaning: park-keeper

Origin:English from French
252
Jacques

Meaning: supplanter

Origin:French variation of James and Jacob
1790
Delano

Meaning: from the forest of nut trees

Origin:French surname
1423
Amaury

Meaning: work power

Origin:French form of Amalric
1522
Thibault

Meaning: courageous people

Origin:French from German
1628
Cyprien In Spanish and Greek, Cyprien is a variation...
Origin:Greek
1633
Croix

Meaning: cross

Origin:French
1772
Gaspard

Meaning: bringer of treasure

Origin:French variation of Jasper
1774
Maxence

Meaning: greatest

Origin:French form of Latin Maximus
1958
Alain The meaning of Alain is ‘little rock’. It is...
Origin:French, variation of Alan
2028
Diggory

Meaning: Lost one

Origin:French
2031
Sabien The meaning of Sabien is associated with 'th...
Origin:Latin
2323
Yannick

Meaning: God is gracious

Origin:Breton
2504
Mathieu Mathieu is a widely used, primarily masculin...
Origin:Hebrew
5312
Villard

Meaning: battle fortress

Origin:French from German
5608