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As I've been working on the French branch of my family I've been taking note of some of the most interesting names.
I'd love to see repost with names others like!
Abbé
Abeline
Abraham
Achille
Adelaide
Adelard
Adele
Adelphine
Adhémar
Adjuteur
Adolor
Adolphe
Adolphine
Adrienne
Adronie
Agathe
Agenore
Aglae
Agnès
Aimee
Alberique
Albertienne
Albine
Alcide
Aldai
Aldei
Alderic
Aleaume
Alexandre
Alexandrienne
Alexine
Alfrede
Alfredine
Alice
Aline
Almine
Aloisie
Alphege
Alpherie
Alphonsime
Alphonsine
Alvare
Amable
Amandine
Amant
Amdonie
Amelie
Anatalie
Anbire
André
Angeline
Angelique
Angelle
Anise
Anreline
Anselme
Antoine
Antoinise
Apolline
Archange
Arielle
Armond
Arnesse
Arsene
Artùr
Atale
Atalide
Aubin
Augustin
Aurelie
Authenie
Auxilie
Azilde
Balthier
Barbe
Barnabe
Barthelemy
Basile
Beatrice
Belle
Benonise
Bernadette
Berthe
Blanche
Brigitte
Céline
Césaire
Calixte
Camille
Cead
Ceade
Cecelie
Celanire
Celeste
Celestine
Cerilda
Cerilde
Charlotte
Chrétien
Christine
Christophe
Chrystogue
Clare
Claude
Claudette
Clemence
Clement
Clementine
Cleophas
Clotilde
Cordelie
Corille
Corinne
Crispian
Cyprien
Cyrille
Désiré
Désirée
Dahlie
Dalvine
Damase
David
Delime
Deloidam
Delore
Delphine
Delphis
Denis
Desanges
Dieudonne
Digne
Dolor
Dolphis
Domathilde
Domatilde
Domitille
Donat
Dorothé
Dosithée
Dosithee
Dumas
Ecuirie
Edouardine
Eduoard
Edwidge
Elceline
Eleazar
Elenie
Élisabeth
Elisabeth
Elisabette
Elise
Elisee
Elmire
Elodie
Éloi
Eloise
Elosie
Eloyse
Éleuthere
Emelie
Emerentienne
Emeri
Emile
Emilie
Emme
Ephrem
Ernest
Ernestine
Esilde
Esioff
Estér
Etienne
Etiennette
Euchariste
Euclide
Eudalie
Eudoxie
Eugene
Eulalie
Eunice
Euphemie
Euphronsine
Euphrosine
Eusèbe
Evangeline
Evangeliste
Ève
Exine
Ezilde
Félicité
Fabien
Febronie
Felix
Ferdinand
Fernande
Fernandine
Flavie
Florece
Florence
Floride
Florien
Florinde
Florine
Fortunant
Frédéric
François
François-Xavier
Françoise
Frebenie
Frederic
Gédéon
Gabriel
Gabrielle
Gaspard
Gasper
Gaston
Gastonette
Gedeon
Genèse
Geneviève
George
Georges
Georgiane
Georgine
Geraldine
Gerlinde
Germain
Germaine
Ghysaline
Gilbert
Gilles
Gregoire
Guillaume
Guillaumette
Gustave
Hélène
Hebert
Hector
Henri
Henriette
Hermine
Hervé
Herve
Hilaire
Honore
Horace
Hormisdas
Hubert
Huguette
Hyacinthe
Hypolyte
Ignace
Isaïe
Isabelle
Isae
Isidore
Israël
Ivonne
Jérémie
Jérôme
Jacob
Jacques
Jean
Jean-Baptiste
Jeanette
Jeanne
Joachim
Joseph
Josephette
Josephine
Josephte
Josette
Judith
Julie
Julien
Julienne
Juste
Justine
Léa
Léandre
Léontine
Laurent
Laurette
Lazard
Lazare
Leandre
Leo
Leocadie
Leonie
Leopold
Levi
Ligare
Lionel
Lionelle
Lionette
Lorenzo
Louis
Luc
Lucatie
Lucien
Lucille
Lucrice
Ludger
Luger
Lumine
Lys
Lysandre
Magdaléne
Magdeleine
Magloire
Malerie
Malvine
Marc
Marcel
Marcelline
Marthe
Martine
Mathieu
Mathilde
Matilde
Maude
Medelise
Mederic
Melanie
Melanise
Meline
Michel
Michele
Minerve
Modeste
Moise
Monique
Mossaline
Moyse
Napoléon
Napoleon
Narcisse
Nathalie
Nazaire
Nicodème
Nicole
Noé
Noémi
Noémie
Noël
Noëlle
Obeleine
Octave
Odele
Odelie
Odette
Odile
Odilon
Olive
Olivier
Olympe
Omer
Onesim
Onisime
Osithe
Ovide
Ovile
Palmine
Parmene
Pascal
Paul
Paule
Pauline
Pelagie
Perrine
Petronille
Phébé
Phebé
Phibert
Philander
Phileas
Philidore
Philippe
Philippine
Philomine
Phlorine
Pie
Pierre
Pierrette
Polydore
Prosperine
Rachelle
Raoul
Raphaël
Réal
Regine
Reine
Remi
Renée
Rene
Restitue
Rhea
Rodrigue
Roger
Roland
Romain
Romuald
Rosalie
Rosaline
Rosalme
Rosarie
Rose
Roselle
Rosianne
Rosinna
Roy
Royale
Rufas
Sainte
Salomee
Samuel
Sara
Satine
Saturine
Saturnine
Silvestre
Simon
Simone
Simonette
Simonne
Solime
Soline
Solomon
Sophie
Sophronie
Soulange
Stephanie
Suzanne
Tancrede
Telesphore
Thérèse
Theóbalde
Theodore
Theodose
Theodule
Theophile
Timothee
Toulouse
Toussaint
Ubalde
Ursule
Valérie
Valerie
Valmore
Venerande
Veronique
Victoire
Victor
Victorie
Virgine
Virginie
Vitaline
Viviane
Wilbrod
Wilfred
Wiline
Willbrod
Winifred
Xavier
Yves
Yvonne
Zenaide
Zenon
Zephir
Zephirin
Zite
Zoë
Zotique
I'd love to see repost with names others like!
Abbé
Abeline
Abraham
Achille
Adelaide
Adelard
Adele
Adelphine
Adhémar
Adjuteur
Adolor
Adolphe
Adolphine
Adrienne
Adronie
Agathe
Agenore
Aglae
Agnès
Aimee
Alberique
Albertienne
Albine
Alcide
Aldai
Aldei
Alderic
Aleaume
Alexandre
Alexandrienne
Alexine
Alfrede
Alfredine
Alice
Aline
Almine
Aloisie
Alphege
Alpherie
Alphonsime
Alphonsine
Alvare
Amable
Amandine
Amant
Amdonie
Amelie
Anatalie
Anbire
André
Angeline
Angelique
Angelle
Anise
Anreline
Anselme
Antoine
Antoinise
Apolline
Archange
Arielle
Armond
Arnesse
Arsene
Artùr
Atale
Atalide
Aubin
Augustin
Aurelie
Authenie
Auxilie
Azilde
Balthier
Barbe
Barnabe
Barthelemy
Basile
Beatrice
Belle
Benonise
Bernadette
Berthe
Blanche
Brigitte
Céline
Césaire
Calixte
Camille
Cead
Ceade
Cecelie
Celanire
Celeste
Celestine
Cerilda
Cerilde
Charlotte
Chrétien
Christine
Christophe
Chrystogue
Clare
Claude
Claudette
Clemence
Clement
Clementine
Cleophas
Clotilde
Cordelie
Corille
Corinne
Crispian
Cyprien
Cyrille
Désiré
Désirée
Dahlie
Dalvine
Damase
David
Delime
Deloidam
Delore
Delphine
Delphis
Denis
Desanges
Dieudonne
Digne
Dolor
Dolphis
Domathilde
Domatilde
Domitille
Donat
Dorothé
Dosithée
Dosithee
Dumas
Ecuirie
Edouardine
Eduoard
Edwidge
Elceline
Eleazar
Elenie
Élisabeth
Elisabeth
Elisabette
Elise
Elisee
Elmire
Elodie
Éloi
Eloise
Elosie
Eloyse
Éleuthere
Emelie
Emerentienne
Emeri
Emile
Emilie
Emme
Ephrem
Ernest
Ernestine
Esilde
Esioff
Estér
Etienne
Etiennette
Euchariste
Euclide
Eudalie
Eudoxie
Eugene
Eulalie
Eunice
Euphemie
Euphronsine
Euphrosine
Eusèbe
Evangeline
Evangeliste
Ève
Exine
Ezilde
Félicité
Fabien
Febronie
Felix
Ferdinand
Fernande
Fernandine
Flavie
Florece
Florence
Floride
Florien
Florinde
Florine
Fortunant
Frédéric
François
François-Xavier
Françoise
Frebenie
Frederic
Gédéon
Gabriel
Gabrielle
Gaspard
Gasper
Gaston
Gastonette
Gedeon
Genèse
Geneviève
George
Georges
Georgiane
Georgine
Geraldine
Gerlinde
Germain
Germaine
Ghysaline
Gilbert
Gilles
Gregoire
Guillaume
Guillaumette
Gustave
Hélène
Hebert
Hector
Henri
Henriette
Hermine
Hervé
Herve
Hilaire
Honore
Horace
Hormisdas
Hubert
Huguette
Hyacinthe
Hypolyte
Ignace
Isaïe
Isabelle
Isae
Isidore
Israël
Ivonne
Jérémie
Jérôme
Jacob
Jacques
Jean
Jean-Baptiste
Jeanette
Jeanne
Joachim
Joseph
Josephette
Josephine
Josephte
Josette
Judith
Julie
Julien
Julienne
Juste
Justine
Léa
Léandre
Léontine
Laurent
Laurette
Lazard
Lazare
Leandre
Leo
Leocadie
Leonie
Leopold
Levi
Ligare
Lionel
Lionelle
Lionette
Lorenzo
Louis
Luc
Lucatie
Lucien
Lucille
Lucrice
Ludger
Luger
Lumine
Lys
Lysandre
Magdaléne
Magdeleine
Magloire
Malerie
Malvine
Marc
Marcel
Marcelline
Marthe
Martine
Mathieu
Mathilde
Matilde
Maude
Medelise
Mederic
Melanie
Melanise
Meline
Michel
Michele
Minerve
Modeste
Moise
Monique
Mossaline
Moyse
Napoléon
Napoleon
Narcisse
Nathalie
Nazaire
Nicodème
Nicole
Noé
Noémi
Noémie
Noël
Noëlle
Obeleine
Octave
Odele
Odelie
Odette
Odile
Odilon
Olive
Olivier
Olympe
Omer
Onesim
Onisime
Osithe
Ovide
Ovile
Palmine
Parmene
Pascal
Paul
Paule
Pauline
Pelagie
Perrine
Petronille
Phébé
Phebé
Phibert
Philander
Phileas
Philidore
Philippe
Philippine
Philomine
Phlorine
Pie
Pierre
Pierrette
Polydore
Prosperine
Rachelle
Raoul
Raphaël
Réal
Regine
Reine
Remi
Renée
Rene
Restitue
Rhea
Rodrigue
Roger
Roland
Romain
Romuald
Rosalie
Rosaline
Rosalme
Rosarie
Rose
Roselle
Rosianne
Rosinna
Roy
Royale
Rufas
Sainte
Salomee
Samuel
Sara
Satine
Saturine
Saturnine
Silvestre
Simon
Simone
Simonette
Simonne
Solime
Soline
Solomon
Sophie
Sophronie
Soulange
Stephanie
Suzanne
Tancrede
Telesphore
Thérèse
Theóbalde
Theodore
Theodose
Theodule
Theophile
Timothee
Toulouse
Toussaint
Ubalde
Ursule
Valérie
Valerie
Valmore
Venerande
Veronique
Victoire
Victor
Victorie
Virgine
Virginie
Vitaline
Viviane
Wilbrod
Wilfred
Wiline
Willbrod
Winifred
Xavier
Yves
Yvonne
Zenaide
Zenon
Zephir
Zephirin
Zite
Zoë
Zotique
This message was edited 6/24/2009, 11:53 AM
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I like:
Adelaide
Adrienne
Agathe
Aglae
Alexandre
Alexine
Aline
Almina
Aloisie
Amandine
Christophe
Clemence
Cyrille
Delphine
Dieudonne
Domitille
Donat
Elenie
Elodie
Emile
Euchariste
Eudoxie
Eulalie
Euphemie
Euphronsine
Evangeline
Ferdinand
Floride
Florien
Florinde
Frederic
Gabriel
Gabrielle
Gaspard
Gasper
Gaston
Georgine
Gregoire
Guillaume
Gustave
Hermine
Herve
Honore
Hubert
Isae
Isidore
Ivonne
Jacques
Julienne
Laurent
Leandre
Leocadie
Leonie
Lionel
Lorenzo
Lucatie
Lucien
Lumine
Lysandre
Marcelline
Mathieu
Minerve
Moise
Monique
Narcisse
Olive
Olivier
Palmine
Philander
Polydore
Raoul
Remi
Rodrigue
Roger
Rosalie
Simone
Theodule
Theophile
Virginie
Zenaide
Zenon
Zephirin
Zotique --this is probably the most unexpected and coolest name on the list. I love obscure French forms of Greek names.
Adelaide
Adrienne
Agathe
Aglae
Alexandre
Alexine
Aline
Almina
Aloisie
Amandine
Christophe
Clemence
Cyrille
Delphine
Dieudonne
Domitille
Donat
Elenie
Elodie
Emile
Euchariste
Eudoxie
Eulalie
Euphemie
Euphronsine
Evangeline
Ferdinand
Floride
Florien
Florinde
Frederic
Gabriel
Gabrielle
Gaspard
Gasper
Gaston
Georgine
Gregoire
Guillaume
Gustave
Hermine
Herve
Honore
Hubert
Isae
Isidore
Ivonne
Jacques
Julienne
Laurent
Leandre
Leocadie
Leonie
Lionel
Lorenzo
Lucatie
Lucien
Lumine
Lysandre
Marcelline
Mathieu
Minerve
Moise
Monique
Narcisse
Olive
Olivier
Palmine
Philander
Polydore
Raoul
Remi
Rodrigue
Roger
Rosalie
Simone
Theodule
Theophile
Virginie
Zenaide
Zenon
Zephirin
Zotique --this is probably the most unexpected and coolest name on the list. I love obscure French forms of Greek names.
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Holy crepes Suzette -- these aren't all from your family tree, are they? I assume these are names you've come across generally searching French names. But your intro says you jotted them down while searching your own family. If so, then you have the mother-load when it comes to family names. It would be a crime not to use some of these, even if in the mn position.
There are too many for me to list, but the ones that jump out at me, and the ones in particular that I hope you use, are:
Adolphine (poor Adolph is permanently out of the running as a name, so perhaps the female variant should get a chance at a mn spot -- it's very pretty)
Clemence (why isn't this more popular? It's gorgeous.)
Dieudonne
Edwige (prefer this, unless yours is a family spelling)
Emile
Eudoxie
Eulalie
Euphemie
Euphronsine
Ferdinand / Fernand / Fernande
Georgine (another Why Isn't This More Popular kind of name)
Honore (nn Ray?)
Huguette (adore this one)
Leonie
Odile
Theophile
Toussaint
Zephirin / Zephyrine (surprisingly, there was a member of the French royal family with the name Zephyrine -- I would have thought it was too trendy for them, but that's as much as I know. I have a dark, cherry pink "Zephinrine Drouhin" climbing rose in my garden. You could plant one in your Zephirin / Zephirine / Zephyrine's honor.)
Great list, all around.
There are too many for me to list, but the ones that jump out at me, and the ones in particular that I hope you use, are:
Adolphine (poor Adolph is permanently out of the running as a name, so perhaps the female variant should get a chance at a mn spot -- it's very pretty)
Clemence (why isn't this more popular? It's gorgeous.)
Dieudonne
Edwige (prefer this, unless yours is a family spelling)
Emile
Eudoxie
Eulalie
Euphemie
Euphronsine
Ferdinand / Fernand / Fernande
Georgine (another Why Isn't This More Popular kind of name)
Honore (nn Ray?)
Huguette (adore this one)
Leonie
Odile
Theophile
Toussaint
Zephirin / Zephyrine (surprisingly, there was a member of the French royal family with the name Zephyrine -- I would have thought it was too trendy for them, but that's as much as I know. I have a dark, cherry pink "Zephinrine Drouhin" climbing rose in my garden. You could plant one in your Zephirin / Zephirine / Zephyrine's honor.)
Great list, all around.
This message was edited 6/22/2009, 3:41 PM
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Yes, they are all names of relatives! I've gone back pretty far thanks to the Drouin Collection and help from cousins. I like to look into the families of brothers and sisters of my great-greats as well, and when each couple had 10+ children and each of their children had 10+ there are a lot of names!
Of course you have to go through a million Joseph's, Jean-Baptiste's
Pierre's, Francois's, Marie's, Louise's, and Anne's, before you get to the interesting names.
As for the name Edwige. There were a few distant cousins who had this name. My great grandmothers sisters name was actaully spelt Hedwidge, probably spelt that way so she wouldn't be confused with her cousin Edwige.
Zephirin was one of my great grandmothers brothers middle names. Yes, the French are notorious for their middle names! That also lengthened the list. His whole name was Joseph Hormisdas Valentin Zephirin. Also, many children had a "pre-name" of Marie and Joseph but always went by their second name.
Of course you have to go through a million Joseph's, Jean-Baptiste's
Pierre's, Francois's, Marie's, Louise's, and Anne's, before you get to the interesting names.
As for the name Edwige. There were a few distant cousins who had this name. My great grandmothers sisters name was actaully spelt Hedwidge, probably spelt that way so she wouldn't be confused with her cousin Edwige.
Zephirin was one of my great grandmothers brothers middle names. Yes, the French are notorious for their middle names! That also lengthened the list. His whole name was Joseph Hormisdas Valentin Zephirin. Also, many children had a "pre-name" of Marie and Joseph but always went by their second name.
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