French name suggestions, sil vous plait

swellinsocal

DH is from Quebec and insists on a name that "works" in French.  I insist on a name that works in California! Here is our list... any other suggestions?

BOY: Henry, Louis, Leo, George, Luc, Ben

GIRL: Adele, Marguerite, Nina, Nadine, Madeleine, Sophie, Lola 

(DS is Charles and we call him Charlie) 

Merci : ) 

nofrills_in_tx

unloading french family names on you that aren't found everywhere but in Canada!

claudette

bernadette

emma

elise

anne

jacquline

carmen

jean-yves

jean-eudes

yanick

guy

chantelle

julie

alain

suzanne

chole

bernice

angelle

mierelle

paulette

 

swellinsocal

those names are tres Quebecois! MIL is Angele (On-jell).  Will suggest Alain and Elise to DH.  really like Elise... thank you : )

queenbone

Lorraine

alliejo725

I LOVE Henry, Louis, Leo and George from your boys list, Leo being my favorite. That absolutely gets my vote.

I LOVE Adele, Sophia, and Lola from your girls list. Sophia's my hands-down favorite, but I would suggest Delphine for your consideration. Distinctively French but very easy to say, Delphine is both lovely and unique without being "out there."

MaryYVR

I'm originally from Quebec (although I'm an anglophone but am fluent in French). 

Patrick, Martin, Robert, Eric, Marc are commonly used by parents with mixed anglo/franco roots.

Emilie, Emma, Elise, Anne, Suzanne, Patricia, Marie, Isabelle, Catherine are all common names that work perfectly in both languages as well.

 Bonne chance!

cjsbdl

I love Collette and Beatrice.

tct1219

marguerite gets my vote! it's always been a favorite of mine but i'm not french enough to use it.

millicent, elodie, philippa, and carolina are cute, too.

Jinsy80

I really like Nina, but I thought it was Spanish? Anyway, my favorites are Marie & Claire (obviously!). Colette, Noelle, Madeline...Paulette is kinda cute too. Henry is nice. 

anotheramy

I like Simone for a girl

LynsiBHM

I know 3 French girls named Lydia (or Lydie), Kara and Chantelle- though i'm not sure the origins of all those names are actually French.

Ceridwen21

Quebecoise here

Elodie

Eloise

Margot

Delphine

Felix

Xavier

Samuel

Philippe

Here's a list of 2009 top baby names in Quebec: https://www.rrq.gouv.qc.ca/Interactif/PR2I121_Prenoms/PR2I121_Prenoms/PR2SPrenoms_01.aspx

klv

Bonjour!  I am Acadian...here are some names in my family.

Marcel/Marcella

Vital

Estelle

Henri

Jean-insert any name here

Francois

 Nathalie

Genevieve

Rosalie

Adele

Adelaide

Claude

Marc

 

 

Ceridwen21

klv:

Bonjour!  I am Acadian...here are some names in my family.

Marcel/Marcella

Vital

Estelle

Henri

Jean-insert any name here

Francois

 Nathalie

Genevieve

Rosalie

Adele

Adelaide

Claude

Marc

So true!

Sebatien/Sebastian is another good one.

Jenny0908

Some french family names:

Marguerite (my great-grandmother)

Zoe (my great aunt)

Cosette (my grandmother)