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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.

Zealand

Meaning: sea land

Origin:English place name from Dutch
1922
Embry

Meaning: flat-topped hill

Origin:English surname
5064
Veer

Meaning: brave

Origin:Sanskrit
1431
Fio

Meaning: flowering

Origin:Diminutive of Fiorenzo, Italian
1476
Frey

Meaning: lord, exalted one

Origin:Scandinavian
1477
Carsyn

Meaning: son of the marsh dwellers

Origin:Spelling variation of Carson, English and Scottish
3935
Kestrel Kestrel is a beautiful name usually treated ...
Origin:English, bird name
4201
Arie

Meaning: lion of God

Origin:Variation of Ariel and Ari
4578
October

Meaning: month name

Origin:English
5324
Tundra Every baby's name has a story behind it, and...
Origin:Geographical name
7155
Origin:English word name
8493
An

Meaning: peace or safe, secure

Origin:Chinese or Vietnamese
13012
Charlie

Meaning: free man

Origin:Diminutive of Charles or Charlotte
735