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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.

Finley

Meaning: fair-haired hero

Origin:Irish and Scottish
278
River A name as beautiful as River is another grea...
Origin:Nature name
1065
Phoenix

Meaning: dark red

Origin:Arizona place-name and Greek
123
Origin:Diminutive of James or Jeremiah
1688
Tate

Meaning: cheerful

Origin:Norse
2947
Lennox

Meaning: elm grove

Origin:Scottish
1964
Moss

Meaning: descendant of Moses

Origin:English
533
Remy

Meaning: oarsman

Origin:French from Latin
50
Hayden

Meaning: heather-grown hill

Origin:English
1534
Hale

Meaning: someone who lives in a hollow

Origin:English
433
Micah

Meaning: who is like the Lord

Origin:Hebrew
1275
Azriel

Meaning: God is my help

Origin:Hebrew
96
Ray The meaning of Ray is 'king' and it takes it...
Origin:Diminutive of Rachel or Raymond; word name
1592
Emerson

Meaning: son of Emery

Origin:English
241
Zuri

Meaning: good, beautiful

Origin:Kiswahili
749
Alex

Meaning: defending men

Origin:Diminutive of Alexandra or Alexis
1447
Lex

Meaning: man's defender

Origin:Diminutive of Alexis and Alexandra
5808
Sol

Meaning: sun

Origin:Spanish, Portuguese, Norse
2383
Jupiter

Meaning: godfather

Origin:Latin
2151
Mars A great name for both boys and girls, the me...
Origin:Roman mythology god of war
1016