In yesterdays post on Breton baby names in France I mentioned a French name law from the early 19th century.

Common french female names. While some people also link a boy and girls name together to form a new name this is still frowned upon by traditionalists. French feminine form of Hebrew Daniyel English Daniel meaning God is my judge DANIELLE. Marielle given name Marine given name Marthe given name Martina given name Martine.

Micheline given name Michelle name Mireille. Top French names for girls are. Bella Bernadette Bette Blaise Bridgette.

French Girl Names Starting With. Baby girl names popular in current day France include Manon Anais Noemie Kenza and Maeva. The French love to hyphenate two masculine or feminine names to create a new combination for a childs first name.

Adalene Adele Adrianna Alison Amélie Antoinette. French names popular for baby girls in France include Louise a common middle name in the US Camille Manon and Lilou. Simone de Beauvoir Solange Knowles Sofia Boutella.

Selena Simone SofiaSophie Solange Stella Suzanne Sylvie. The French pronunciation is STAY-phanie roughly partly for Stevie Nicks who I adore and admire and partly because it would be JUST common enough for her to find keychains and other personalized stuff with her name on it but NOT common enough for there to be more than one Stephanie in her school And nicknames vary by age. Maud given name Melanie.

A kind natured woman. From the Old French form of the Occitan name Alienor. Its usually in the annual top 10 for Italy Spain and the US.