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French Names

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.

Lowen

Meaning: joy

Origin:Cornish
687
Kester

Meaning: one who carries Christ

Origin:Scottish form of Christopher
1651
Revel

Meaning: rejoice

Origin:English word name
2718
Bay

Meaning: berry

Origin:Latin
1764
Ali

Meaning: supreme, exalted

Origin:Short form of Alison or Alice or Arabic
2860
Cove

Meaning: small bay

Origin:English
1172
Seven Seven is an English origin name. In American...
Origin:Numerical word name
4437
Cal The English origin name Cal is a nickname fo...
Origin:Diminutive of Calvin
743
Jay

Meaning: jaybird

Origin:Latin
2213
Tide Tide is quite a unique name your handsome li...
Origin:Nature name
1419
Taylor

Meaning: tailor

Origin:English occupational name
898
Austen The name Austen is a beautiful gender-neutra...
Origin:Literary surname and shortened form of Augustus
2690
Frost

Meaning: freezing

Origin:English
3740
Basil

Meaning: royal

Origin:Greek
500
Ellison

Meaning: son of Ellis

Origin:English
1494
Dart Dart is usually a male name of Old English o...
Origin:English place- and word name
4946
Beacon

Meaning: signal light

Origin:English word name
13060
Quill Quill is not only original and memorable but...
Origin:Irish, diminutive of Quillan or Quiller; also English word name
1125
Peace

Meaning: peace

Origin:Word name
6140
Origin:English place name
9729