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[Opinions] Favorite French Names
What are yours?
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I have many. Note that many of these aren't common in France, but that's because I adore uncommon French names!Feminine:
Adèle
Adrienne
Aglaé
Anastasie
Angèle
Athénaïs
Augustine
Aurélie
Aurore
Barbara
Béatrice
Bérénice
Berthe
Célestine
Charlotte
Chloé
Clémence
Clementine
Constance
Coralie
Cyprienne
Delphine
Diane
Dorothée
Élise
Élodie
Elvire
Émilie
Ernestine
Estelle
Eugénie
Euphrosine
Faustine
Félicité
Fernande
Flavie
Florence
Florine
Fortunée
Francine
Gaetane
Géraldine
Gilberte
Giselle
Guillemine
Honorée
Honorine
Hortense
Inès
Iphigénie
Irène
Isabelle
Isaure
Jacqueline
Joséphine
Julie
Julienne
Laure
Laurette
Léonie
Léontine
Lucienne
Lucille
Magali
Marcelle
Marguerite
Marthe
Mélanie
Mélodie
Natalie
Nicole
Noémie
Octavie
Odile
Olympe
Ophélie

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Adèle
Agnès
Béa
Caroline
Catherine
Cécile
Charlotte
Dorothée
Élise
Élisabeth
Eléonore
Émilie
Estelle
Geneviève
Irène
Louise
Marguerite
Marie
Sophie
ThérèseÉtienne
Hervé
Louis
Luc
Théodore
Vincent (I only like this pronounced in French)

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I have a huge list. Here are some I don't usually mention:
Jehanne
Vinciane
Quitterie
Clotilde
Heloise
Morgane
Romane
Oriane
Pascale
Ghislaine
Sandrine
Ludivine
Severine
Roselyne
Evelyne
Berangere / BerengereLoic
Eloi
Jean - yes, boring old Jean
Jules
Florent
Hyacinthe
Mederic
Yannick
Valentin
Celestin
Roch
Serge
Sylvain
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Oh, so many! I can't even narrow down this long list:Absolon, Alexandre, Alexis, Amédée, Armand, Aurélien, Bastien, Bertand, Camille, Célestin, César, Constantin, Donatien, Edgar, Edmé, Edmond, Émeric, Émile, Étienne, Évrard, Fernand, Fiacre, Gaspard, Ghislain, Gratien, Gwenaël, Henri, Honoré, Julien, Léon, Lionel, Ludovic, Marcel, Noël, Odilon, Prosper, Raphaël, Rosaire, Thibault, Thierry, Toussaint, Xavier Agnès, Albertine, Alphonsine, Amarante, Armande, Athénaïs, Aurélie, Axelle, Béatrice, Bertille, Caroline, Catherine, Clémence, Clothilde, Coralie, Delphine, Domitille, Édith, Élodie, Emmanuelle, Eponine, Estelle, Eugénie, Eulalie, Euphrasie, Faustine, Fleur /

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Anne
Rosette
Cosette
Jacqueline
Emeric
Francesca
Marie
Jean
Catherine
Andre
Camille
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Mireille
Coralie
Gisèle
Séraphine
Esmée
Vivienne
Mirabelle
Fleur
Olivier
Genevieve
Angéline
Leonie
Penelope
Liliane
Mathilde
Célestine
Éliane
Celeste
Amélie
Lucien
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Josephine
Simone
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I always really likedEtienne
Zephyrine
Jules
Bellamy
Solange
Simone
Océane
Lisette
Philomene
Lucienne
Haidée
and some names I have in a baby name book that I'm not sure are really French names (but which I like regardless):Zoélie
LouisianneAnd Alizée, a name I "made up" when I was 15 or so, I just took it from the French-English dictionary (it means "a trade wind"). I didn't know about the drink Alizé then.
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ZoélieOh my goodness. Completely, utterly adorable. And perfect for someone who wants to use Zoe/Zoey/etc as a nickname but can't find a good full name for it
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I always forget I like Lucienne. Solange is nice too, in fact they all are.
Alizée is used as a name in France, although it's fairly recent, and mostly because of a singer. (The really mainstream, super-cheesy kind, with lots of auto-tune and smexy dancing. She is on youtube but I'll spare you the link)
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