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Favorite French names?
What are your favorite French names, either boy or girl? Why? I think my favorites for female tend to be elegant, or delicately feminine, like:Sylvie
Ghislaine
Cateline
Cecile
Aurelie
Marie
Alix
Amelie
Angeline
Astrid
Clemence
Elodie
Emilie
Fleur
Gisele
Leontine
Melisande
Marilene
Sandrine
ZenaideI'm not sure why I like the male names...Aurelien
Blaise
Constantin
Frederic
Etienne
Emile
Daniel
Damien
Yves
Theo
Raphael
Philippe
Raoul

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Love French namesAnne-Sixtine
Bérengère
Quitterie
Calixte
Mazarie
Athénaïs
Remy
Aristide
Anselme
Josiane
Cecile
Sidonie
Mazarine
Gaspard
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(oops with the Mazarie, not a name just a mispelling lol
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Very nice names!I live in a French-speaking area(in Canada)and nearly all the male names except Aurelien are in use,though not necessarily very common. Yves, though, is often used,either alone, or in combination..Jean-Yves, usually.
Your female list is less common here, though some are around;I expect they are more in use in France.Names don`t always cross the pond . :-)
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I like Aurelien, Yves, Andre, Armand and Remy for boys. For girls I like, Amelie, Clemence, Ghislaine, Coralie and Cosette.
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There are probably others on my list that are used in France; these are just the ones with French origins (or in French form).Clemence
Elodie
Eponine
Ghislaine
Margot
Marguerite
ZéphineEtienne
Fiacre
Jehan
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Not all originate in Fr., but are used in Fr.
Rosalie
Renee
Chantal
ElisePierre
Raphael
Pascal
Josue
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