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French names for girls

A starting French girl names

Adeline

Adrienne

Adèle

Adélaïde

Agathe

Agnès

Aimée

Albertine

Alexandrie

Alice

Aline

Amarante

Ambre

Amélie

Andrée

Angèle

Anne

Annette

Antoinette

Ariane

Arlette

Arnaude

Aude

Aurore

Aurélie

Avril

B starting French girl names

Barbara

Bernadette

Berthe

Blanche

Brigitte

Béatrice

Bénédicte

C starting French girl names

Camille

Carole

Caroline

Catherine

Cerise

Chantal

Chanté

Charlotte

Christiane

Christine

Claire

Clarisse

Claude

Claudine

Clémence

Colette

Colombe

Constance

Corinne

Cyrille

Cécile

Céleste

Célestine

Céline

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Danielle

Danièle

Delphine

Denise

Diane

Dominique

Dorothée

Désirée

E starting French girl names

Elisabeth

Emma

Esmée

Esther

Eugénie

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Fabienne

Fernande

Fifi

Flavie

Florence

Francine

Françoise

Frédérique

G starting French girl names

Gabrielle

Geneviève

Georgette

Germaine

Gilberte

Giselle

Gisèle

H starting French girl names

Henriette

Hermine

Hippolyte

Honorine

Hortense

Hyacinthe

Héloïse

Hélène

I starting French girl names

Inès

Irène

Irénée

Isabel

Isabelle

J starting French girl names

Jacqueline

Jeanine

Jeanne

Jeannette

Jolie

Josette

Joséphine

Judith

Julie

Julienne

Juliette

Justine

L starting French girl names

Laure

Liane

Lisette

Louise

Luce

Lucie

Lucienne

Lucile

Lucille

Lydie

Léonie

Léontine

M starting French girl names

Madeleine

Manon

Marceline

Marcelle

Margot

Marguerite

Marie

Mariette

Marine

Marthe

Martine

Mathilde

Micheline

Michelle

Michèle

Mignon

Mirabelle

Mireille

Monique

Muriel

Myriam

Mélanie

N starting French girl names

Nadine

Natalie

Nathalie

Nicole

Ninon

O starting French girl names

Océane

Odette

Odile

Olympe

P starting French girl names

Pascale

Paule

Paulette

Pauline

Perrine

Placide

Pénélope

R starting French girl names

Rachel

Raymonde

Reine

Renée

Rochelle

Rolande

Romaine

Rosalie

Rose

Rosette

Rosine

Roxane

S starting French girl names

Sabine

Sacha

Salomé

Sandrine

Sarah

Sibylle

Sidonie

Solange

Sophie

Stéphanie

Suzanne

Sylviane

Sylvie

T starting French girl names

Thérèse

V starting French girl names

Valérie

Victoire

Vienne

Violette

Virginie

Vivienne

Véronique

Y starting French girl names

Yolande

Yseult

Yvette

Yvonne

Z starting French girl names

Zoé

É starting French girl names

Édith

Éliane

Élise

Élodie

Émilie

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Alice

Alice is a Germanic name meaning “noble” or “nobility,” originally a form of Adelaide, with variants such as Alys and Alyce. Alice is also linked to a Greek word for “truthful.”

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names

Antoinette is the French feminine form of Anthony, meaning “priceless” or “praiseworthy,” with nicknames like Toni and Netta. Queen Marie Antoinette is the most famous bearer, and theater’s Tony Award honors actress-director Antoinette Perry.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names

Barbara

Barbara means “foreign” or “stranger,” traced to Greek or Latin and sharing roots with the word “barbarian.” Barbara once carried real glamour through Barbara Stanwyck and Barbra Streisand, but it peaked around the 1950s and now feels like a parents’ generation name.

Bernadette

Bernadette is the French feminine form of Bernard, meaning “brave as a bear.” Bernadette is tied to Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, whose visions of the Virgin Mary made the name very popular in Ireland.

Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Irish Names for Children

Catherine

Catherine comes from Greek and means “pure.” Catherine has been one of the most popular names for centuries, borne by Saint Catherine, Catherine of Aragon, Catherine de Medici, and Russian empresses.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time

Chantal

Chantal is a French name meaning “song.” Chantal is also read as “rocky area” or “stony spot.”

Sources: Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With

Charlotte

Charlotte is the French feminine form of Charles, which means “free man.” Charlotte is also read as “little and feminine.”

Sources: 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, 10,000 Baby Names, Numerology for Baby Names

Christine

Christine is Greek-rooted and means “anointed,” a feminine form of Christian. Christine is also given the meaning “follower of Christ,” with Christina and Christiana as related spellings.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, Baby Names Book, Baby Names Made Easy

Claire

Claire is the French form of Clara, from Latin for “bright,” suggesting light and clarity. Like Charlotte and Lucy, Claire is feminine and traditional, and its sister form Clara has been revived, even topping the French charts in 2008.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls

Constance

Constance comes from Latin and means “steadfast,” “steady,” or “loyal,” with Connie as the familiar nickname. Constance is the feminine form of Constant, with relatives like Konstanze in German and Constancia in Spanish.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy

Danielle

Danielle is the feminine form of Daniel and means “God is my judge.” The name recalls the prophet Daniel, who interpreted dreams in Babylon and emerged unharmed from the lion's den.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names

Denise

Denise is the feminine of Denis or Dennis and means “follower of Dionysus,” the Greek god of wine. Denise is also glossed as “wine goddess.”

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names

Dominique

Dominique is the French feminine of Dominic, meaning “lord” or “of the Lord.” Dominique is linked to Sunday, the Lord's day, as in the Spanish domingo.

Emma

Emma is an Old German name meaning “whole,” “all-embracing,” or “universal.” Emma came to England with the Normans and has been warmly revived as a romantic, Victorian-feeling name, helped by Jane Austen’s heroine.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time

Esther

Esther is usually traced to Persian and means “star,” possibly linked to the goddess Ishtar. Esther is also tied to the Hebrew Hadassah, meaning “myrtle,” the queen’s original name.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, The Best Baby Names for Girls

Fifi

Fifi is a French nickname for Josephine, from the Hebrew for “God will increase.” Fifi Trixibelle Geldof and 1930s actress Fifi D’Orsay are known bearers.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names

Florence

Florence comes from Latin and means “blooming” or “flourishing.” The name took off thanks to Florence Nightingale, named for her Italian birthplace, who championed sanitation and compassionate care as a nurse in the Crimean War.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, Badass Baby Names

Giselle

Giselle has Germanic roots meaning “pledge” or “oath,” and less flatteringly “hostage.” The name reflects the medieval custom of sending noble children to be raised abroad to cement alliances, and the 1841 ballet Giselle made it popular.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, Numerology for Baby Names

Isabel

Isabel is the Spanish form of Elizabeth, meaning “God is my oath” or “pledged to God.” Far from old-fashioned, Isabel is popular and still growing, helped by actresses Isabella Rossellini and Isabelle Adjani.

Jacqueline

Jacqueline is a French feminine form of Jacques, and so of Jacob, meaning “supplanter” or “he who replaces.” Jacqueline is forever linked to first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, whose style gave the French name an American polish.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time

Jolie

Jolie is French for “pretty,” with Made Easy adding “festive.” Jolie became trendy after 2000 thanks largely to Angelina Jolie, offering glamour and a hint of “jolly” as a fresh alternative to Julie.

Judith

Judith is a Hebrew name meaning “woman from Judea” or “Jewish,” with “praised” and “admired” also given. In the apocryphal Book of Judith, a brave widow saves her people from the Assyrians by beheading their commander, Holofernes.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Classic Biblical Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time

Justine

Justine is the feminine of Justin, meaning “just,” “fair,” or “upright.” Justine got a lift from Lawrence Durrell’s 1950s novel Justine and from actress Justine Bateman, and links back to Saint Justina and Emperor Justinian.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time

Michelle

Michelle, the French feminine version of Michael, is understood as “who is like God.” Michelle was fashionable from the 1930s, and the 1966 Beatles song pushed it into the top ten, where it stayed for years.

Muriel

Muriel is an Irish name meaning “bright as the sea” or “sea-bright.” Muriel was popular in Britain from the 1870s to the 1930s but never caught on in the U.S.; the film Muriel’s Wedding may revive it.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book

Natalie

Natalie comes from Latin for “birthday,” referring especially to Christmas and Christ’s birth. Natalie came from the Russian Natalya by way of France; Natalie Wood boosted it in the 1960s and it has inched into the top twenty.

Nicole

Nicole is the feminine form of Nicholas, a Greek name meaning “people of victory.” Nicole is a serene, elegant name linked to Saint Nicholas, while the nickname Nicky brings out a playful side.

Rachel

Rachel is a Hebrew name meaning “ewe” or “lamb,” with forms like Rachael, Rachelle and Raquel. In Genesis Jacob served Laban fourteen years to marry his beloved Rachel, who became the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Sci-Fi Baby Names

Rose

Rose comes from the Latin name of the flower, with many forms such as Rosa, Rosie, Rosalie, and Rosetta. Rose was the earliest flower name, probably because of its connection with the Virgin Mary, and it stands for love and purity, while the Bible refers to the “rose of Sharon.”

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time