Looking for a name to use in French class or inspiration for naming your baby.

French hyphenated names male. Another crime against society hyphenated names. The parentheses indicate any diminutives. If the name Andrew sounds somewhat boring the French version André might make for a more distinctive and interesting boys first name.

Antoine ahn-TWAN Priceless. If you ever see a form to fill out in French the thing will ask for Nom Name ie family name Prénoms given names - note the plural. Actually they are not middle names although I said that about my brothers extra name.

When using French first names it is important to remember that hyphenated names such as Jean-Pierre are considered a single unit and constitute the persons first name and not the first and middle name. Baptiste bah-TEEST A baptizer 6. This list includes more than 100 common French boys names along with sound files English equivalents in italics and literal meaning in quotes if any.

Henri ruler of the home. Arnaud arh-NO Powerful Eagle 5. Célian SAY-lia n Heavenly 9.

Share Tweet Pin Me. Amaury ah-mo-REE A counts name. Aloïs ah-LOW-ees Famous warrior 2.

Harbin glorious warrior. Old Norman French byname derived from a diminutive form of the word lou wolf hence little wolf LUC. Benoit ben-WA Blessed 7.