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[Opinions] Popular French Baby Names

by MariaNikolaievnaRomanova (MariaNikolaievnaRoma)

3/15/2009, 9:41 AM

I was perusing www.aufeminin.com today, checking out the annual popular baby names lists, and found several cute names that I'd never seen/heard of before. Here are some that caught my eye:

Girls:

Lilou
Kenza
Lamia
Tiphaine
Ninon
Maëlys
Lison
Naïs
Capucine
Anaëlle
Solène
Axelle
Maguy
Alizée
Meline
Selen
Noélie
Aude
Gaëlle
Maeva
Pierrette
Maëlle

Boys:
Aubin
Timeo
Emelien
Romain
Maxime
Joris
Maxence
Corentin
Enzo
Maël
Thibault
Tanguy
Malo
Florentin
Yanis
Florent
Mehdi
Aurelien
Kenzo
Gabin
Aymeric

What do you think? Do you see any you like?

#French

This message was edited 3/15/2009, 9:43 AM

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- Marija Luminitsa

3/15/2009, 9:01 PM

That is an interesting list. I like:
Capucine
Meline --guessing this is a French form of the Greek, Melina
Noélie
Pierrette

Emelien
Romain
Maxime
Enzo
Thibault
Tanguy
Florentin
Florent
Aurelien

- khaotickharma

3/15/2009, 5:39 PM

Capucine!

I have had an odd love of that name for quite some time. I'd never use it, but it just makes me think of an adorable French girl in black boots with a bob haircut. It's chic.

Kenza might be a new GP of mine... it sounds pretty cool. And for the boys, I'm loving Enzo and Romain.

- cedesm

3/15/2009, 5:25 PM

Nais is such a cute shortening of Anais! I would stay away from Alizee though as that's the name of a cheapo alcoholic beverage in the States and would sounds kind of trashy.

- Mareasi (Free_Spirited_Girly)

3/15/2009, 11:38 AM

ooo i quiye like Aubin & the varient Albin :)

- Eden Electra (Jade-Elise1981) +1

3/15/2009, 10:31 AM

I had come across quite a few of them before, but a lot of them are new to me.

I like/love*:
Lilou
Kenza
Ninon
Maëlys*
Capucine
Alizée
Maëlle

Boys:
Emelien
Romain
Maxime
Maxence
Corentin
Enzo*
Aurelien
Kenzo*

P.S. Love your maybe-babies, especially Evangeline, Violet, Clara, Inès and Pomeline ♥

- MariaNikolaievnaRomanova (MariaNikolaievnaRoma)

3/15/2009, 10:50 AM

Thank you very much! :)

- zebra_cakes

3/15/2009, 9:54 AM

Names that look interesting/pretty (but that I probably don't really know how they're pronounced):

Lilou
Maelys (mah-elyse? Or May leese?)
Anaelle
Maeva
Maelle

Aubin

Thibault is interesting.. I have friends with the last name Thibeault... I never associated it with Shakespeare's Tybalt until now!

Gabin must be the French form of Gavin?

(Vote on my list? http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9516801 )

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