Appendix:List of French given names

This article presents a list of first names in French, out of the 100 000 first names (twenty times more than in 1900 with an acceleration in France since the law of January 8, 1993 which relaxes the regulations concerning first names). Only the forms in French language are listed here and not the first names and their foreign forms used in French-speaking countries, including France.

(m) masculine (f) feminine (mf) masculine and feminine (x) First name: origin and meaning

A

 * Andréa : variant of Andrée
 * Andréanne or Andréane (Quebec) : fusion of Andrée/André and Anne
 * Annie : variant of Anne
 * Aude : from Old High German Alda old
 * Audréanne or Audréane (Quebec) : fusion of Audrey/Audrée and Anne
 * Audrey from Anglo-Saxon Æðelþryð signified noble and strength

B

 * Bianca
 * Bianka
 * Brice : from Proto-Celtic *brikkos “speckled”

C

 * Camille : from Latin Camilla
 * Carine : from Latin carus signified beloved
 * Carole-Anne : composition of Carole and Anne

E

 * Érica or Érika or Erika : feminine of Éric/Érik
 * Élaine : variant of Hélène
 * Emmy : diminutive of Émilie

I

 * Inga : variant of Ingrid
 * Inge
 * Ingeborg : from Old Norse Ingibjǫrg
 * Ingrid : From Old Norse Ingiríðr composed by Ing/Yngvi and fríðr (“beloved, beautiful”).

J

 * Julia : variant of Julie
 * Juliane or Julianne : fusion of Julie and Anne
 * Julie : from Latin Iūlia signified rose, youthful flower
 * Julie-Anne : composition of Julie and Anne

K

 * Karina : variant of Carine/Karine
 * Karine : variant of Carine
 * Karyne : variant of Carine/Karine
 * Karyna : spelling variant of Karina

L

 * Laurence : feminine of Laurent
 * Line
 * Lise : dimunitive of Élizabeth
 * Lisette : dimunitive of Élizabeth
 * Lyne : variant of Line

M

 * Marie
 * Marie-Andrée : Combination of Marie and Andrée
 * Marie-Audrey : combination of Marie and Audrey
 * Marie-Caroline : combination of Marie and Caroline
 * Marie-Ève : combination of Marie and Ève
 * Marie-Hélène combination of Marie and Hélène
 * Marie-Line : combination of Marie and Line
 * Marie-Lise : combination of Marie and Lise
 * Marie-Louise : combination of Marie and Louise
 * Marie-Lyne : combination of Marie and Lyne
 * Marie-Nathalie : combination of Marie and Nathalie
 * Marilou : fusion of Marie and Louise
 * Marjolaine
 * Marjorie
 * Martine : femine of Martin
 * Marylène : Fusion of Mary/Marie and Hélène
 * Myriam : variant of Marie

S

 * Sandra : dimunitive of Alexandra
 * Sandrine : dimunitive of Alexandrine

A

 * André : from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας signified brave, strong, courageous

I

 * Ingemmar or Ingemar : From Old Norse Ingimarr, from Ingi- ("the god Ing/Yngvi") and mærr ("famous").
 * Ingvar : from Old Norse Ingvar
 * Ing

L

 * Louis : from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”)