Fanny

Borrowed from English Fanny, also used as a pet form of Stéphanie.


France

Antillean Creole: Fwans

Haitian Creole: Frans

Louisiana Creole: Frans, Lafrans (via la France)

Mauritian Creole: Lafrans (via la France)

desc

→ Cantonese: 法蘭西／法兰西 (faat3 laan4 sai1, faat3 laan4-1 sai1)

→ Burmese: ပြင်သစ် (prangsac)

→ Breton: Frañs

→ Eastern Min: 法蘭西／法兰西 (Huák-làng-să̤)

→ Finnish: Frans

→ Hokkien: 法蘭西／法兰西 (Hoat-lân-se)

→ Japanese: フランス (Furansu)

→ Khmer: បារាំង (baarang)

→ Korean: 프랑스 (Peurangseu)

→ Mandarin: 法蘭西／法兰西 (Fǎlánxī)

→ Manchu: ᡶᠠ
ᠯᠠᠨ
ᠰᡳ (fa lan si)

→ Rade: Prăng

→ Romanian: Franța

Inherited from Middle French France, from Old French France, from Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe. Doublet of Francie.


ache

→ Persian: هاش

→ Romanian: haș

→ Russian: аш (aš)

→ Vietnamese: hát

Inherited from Middle French ache, from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca, probably an extension of earlier ha, from an unindentified source. Compare Italian acca.

aitch, The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.


Jordan

a male given name, equivalent to English Jordan


Afghan

fr-noun

Afghan m (plural Afghans, feminine Afghane)

Afghan (a resident or native of Afghanistan)


Catalan

Catalan m (plural Catalans, feminine Catalane)


latin

Inherited from Middle French latin, from Old French latin, borrowed from Latin latīnus.


Saxon

Saxon m (plural Saxons, feminine Saxonne)

Inherited from Old French Saxon, borrowed from Late Latin Saxō, of West Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō.

Saxon (resident or native of Saxony) (male or of unspecified gender)


i

The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.


o

The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.


Victoria

→ Afar: Viktooríya

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Victoria


furigana

furigana m (plural furigana or furiganas)


japonais

→ Rade: Za pô nê


japonais

fr-adj

japonais (feminine japonaise, masculine plural japonais, feminine plural japonaises)

japonaise (feminine)
japonais (masculine plural)
japonaises (feminine plural)


gallo

→ Catalan: galó

→ English: Gallo

→ German: Gallo

→ Spanish: galó

From Breton gall (“a Gaul or a foreigner”), from being a language found in eastern Brittany of the non-Celts, from Latin gallus.


Christian

a male given name, feminine equivalent Christiane, Christine, or Christelle, equivalent to English Christian


Andorran

fr-noun

Andorran m (plural Andorrans, feminine Andorrane)


u

The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.


Laura

Borrowed from Late Latin Laura. A Latinate variant of Laure.


e

The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.


allemand

From Late Latin Alamannus or Alemannus (related to Alamans, ancient Germanic people for whom the name meant "all men", "all people", according to Asinius Quadratus). aleman became alemant by the addition of a terminal T of the singular objective case for adjectives of second class in Old French, and then alemand. The Latin word itself derives from the Old High German Alaman, from a Proto-Germanic *Alamanniz, likely from the roots *allaz (whence English all) and *manniz < *mann- (whence English man).

L’allemand est une langue germanique.

Mon stagiaire parle un allemand impeccable.

Parlez-vous allemand ?


allemand

fr-adj

allemand (feminine allemande, masculine plural allemands, feminine plural allemandes)

allemande (feminine)
allemands (masculine plural)
allemandes (feminine plural)

Il n’y a pas qu’en Allemagne qu’on utilise des mots allemands.

Not only in Germany does one use German words.

La traduction allemande de France est Frankreich.

The German translation of "France" is Frankreich.

(relational) of the German language; German


anglais

Il parle anglais.


anglais

anglais (feminine anglaise, masculine plural anglais, feminine plural anglaises)

anglaise (feminine)
anglais (masculine plural)
anglaises (feminine plural)

→ Wolof: Angale

Il est anglais.

Ceci n’est pas un avion anglais.

(Louisiana) Anglo-American or Anglophone


Nippon

fr-noun

Nippon m (plural Nippons, feminine Nippone or Nipponne)

Nippons (plural)
Nippone (feminine)
Nipponne (feminine)

resident or native of Japan, Japanese person (male or of unspecified gender)


iota

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta).


lambda

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda).


Moscovite

fr-noun

Moscovite m or f by sense (plural Moscovites)

Muscovite (resident or native of Moscow; used of both genders)


Texan

Texan m (plural Texans, feminine Texane)


Albert

a male given name, equivalent to English Albert


français

fr-adj

français (feminine française, masculine plural français, feminine plural françaises)

française (feminine)
français (masculine plural)
françaises (feminine plural)

Altered from Middle French françois, from Old French françois, franceis, from France + -ois, corresponding to Early Medieval Latin francēnsis, from Late Latin Francus (“a Frank”). By surface analysis, France + -ais.

Il est l’un des entrepreneurs français les plus connus.

He's one of the most well-known French entrepreneurs.

(Louisiana) Franco-American or Francophone


français

desctree

→ Persian: فرانسه (farânse)
→ Pashto: فرانسه (farānsa)
→ Ottoman Turkish: فرانسه (firansa)
Turkish: Fransa
→ Laz: ჶრანსა (fransa)
→ Armenian: Ֆրանսա (Fransa) — Western Armenian
→ Azerbaijani: Fəransə, Fransa

→ Yoruba: Faran̄sé

Il parle très bien le français.

Elle a fait beaucoup d’efforts pour améliorer son français.

She made a lot of effort to improve her French.

Le français est la sixième langue la plus parlée au monde après le chinois, l’anglais, le hindi, l’espagnol et l’arabe.

French is the sixth most spoken language in the world after Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish and Arabic.

Fort [adverbe de degré] reste vivant dans le français parlé en Belgique et dans certaines provinces de France ; il est très courant dans la langue écrite : […]

1936, Maurice Grevisse, edited by André Goosse, Le bon usage, 14th edition, published 2008, page 1238:

Strong [adverb of degree] remains alive in the French spoken in Belgium and in certain provinces of France; it's very common in written language: […]

parler français comme une vache espagnole


Breton

fr-noun

Breton m (plural Bretons, feminine Bretonne)

English: Breton, Briton

From Old French Breton, from Latin Brittō.


Michael

a male given name from English of modern usage


Michelle

a female given name, the feminine form of Michel (= Michael), with the latest popularity peak in the 1940s


Charles

→ English: Charles

→ Persian: شارل (šârl)

→ Russian: Шарль (Šarlʹ)

→ Chinese: 夏爾／夏尔 (Xià'ěr)

From Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from Germanic.

a male given name, equivalent to English Charles


Christopher

Borrowed from English Christopher, as a variant of the standard French Christophe.


Lagos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάγος (Lágos).

bor+

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Lagus


Florence

→ Dutch: Florence

→ English: Florence

Turkish: Floransa

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Florence, feminine form of the saint's name Florent.


Daniel

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel


Qatari

fr-noun

Qatari m (plural Qataris, feminine Qatarie)


Larissa

Borrowed from English Larissa in the 20th century.

a female given name, equivalent to English Larissa


Nicolas

a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas


temple

→ Romanian: templu

Inherited from Old French temple, borrowed from Latin templum.


té

The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.


roman

fr-adj

roman (feminine romane, masculine plural romans, feminine plural romanes)

romane (feminine)
romans (masculine plural)
romanes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin romanusor derived from the French noun below, itself from Old French romanz (“common language”).


Sarah

A spelling variant of the biblical given name Sara.


Khmer

fr-noun

Khmer m (plural Khmers, feminine Khmère)


esse

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.


Aaron

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron


Lombard

Lombard m (plural Lombards, feminine Lombarde)

Lombard (resident or native of Lombardy)


Xavier

a male given name from Basque, equivalent to English Xavier


Thomas

→ Vietnamese: Tô-ma, Tôma, Thô-ma

Ultimately borrowed from Latin Thōmās m.
 Inherited from Middle French Thomas m, inherited from Old French Tumas m, inherited from Latin Thōmās m.
Compare Occitan Tomàs m.

Il n’est pas rare aujourd’hui que le garçon bouvier se nomme Arthur, Alfred ou Alphonse, et que le vicomte — s’il y a encore des vicomtes — se nomme Thomas, Pierre ou Jacques. Ce déplacement qui met le nom « élégant » sur le plébéien et le nom campagnard sur l’aristocrate n’est autre chose qu’un remous d’égalité. L’irrésistible pénétration du souffle nouveau est là comme en tout.

1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 2, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 4; republished as Isabel F. Hapgood, transl., 1887:

It is not rare for the neatherd's boy nowadays to bear the name of Arthur, Alfred, or Alphonse, and for the vicomte--if there are still any vicomtes--to be called Thomas, Pierre, or Jacques. This displacement, which places the "elegant" name on the plebeian and the rustic name on the aristocrat, is nothing else than an eddy of equality. The irresistible penetration of the new inspiration is there as everywhere else.


Joseph

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph


Paul

Haitian Creole: Pòl


Claudia

a female given name from Latin, a Latinate variant of Claudie


gaulois

From Middle French, from Old French gualeis (“Welsh”) (compare Old French walois (“langue d'oil”)), from Frankish *walhisk (“Roman”), from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“non-Germanic, foreign”). Cognate with Old High German walahisc (“Roman”), Old English wǣlisċ, wīelisċ (“foreign, Celtic”). More at Welsh, Gaul.


Brian

Via English Brian from Irish Brian, ultimately from Breton Brien.


Richard

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a male given name, equivalent to English Richard


Alice

Inherited from Old French Alis, Alice, from Old High German Adalheidis.

a female given name, equivalent to English Alice


Adam

Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

bor+

a diminutive of the male given names Adanet, Adenot, Adnet, or Adnot


James

From Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iacomus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ).

der

Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ)


sobriquet

Inherited from Middle French soubriquet (“a chuck under the chin”).


David

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David


chapelle

Antillean Creole: chapèl

→ Turkish: şapel

Inherited from Middle French chapelle, from Old French chapele, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin cappella, diminutive of cappa.


Alexandra

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Feminine form of Alexandre.

bor+

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra


Robert

a male given name, feminine equivalent Roberte, equivalent to English Robert


Alex

Short form of Alexandre and Alexis or Alexandra, ultimately from Ancient Greek.

a male or female given name, equivalent to English Alex


Gaby

a diminutive of the female given name Gabrielle


Gaby

a diminutive of the male given name Gabriel


nom de guerre

→ English: nom de guerre

/nɔ̃ d(ə) ɡɛʁ/

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Literally, “name of war”, referring to the pseudonyms used during wars.


Jason

a male given name, equivalent to English Jason


Jessica

Borrowed from English Jessica, popular at the end of the 20th century.


Anne

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a female given name, equivalent to English Ann


synagogue

Le samedi je vais à la synagogue où mes parents ont grandi.

On Saturday I go to the synagogue where my parents grew up.


Australien

fr-noun

Australien m (plural Australiens, feminine Australienne)

Australiens (plural)
Australienne (feminine)


Fiona

a female given name from the Goidelic languages, popular in the 1990s and the 2000s


Gabriel

→ Alemannic German: Gaabi

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel


Inuit

Inuit m (plural Inuits, feminine Inuite)

From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”).


ku

cue, The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.


Cyril

a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Cyrille


Alabama

Borrowed from English Alabama, itself likely from Alabama Albaamaha.

Demain, je vais dans l’Alabama rendre visite à ma grand-mère.

Tomorrow, I'm going to Alabama to visit my grandmother.

États: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · Californie · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Floride · Géorgie · Hawaï · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiane · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · Nouveau-Mexique · État de New York · Caroline du Nord · Dakota du Nord · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvanie · Rhode Island · Caroline du Sud · Dakota du Sud · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginie · Washington · Virginie-Occidentale · Wisconsin · Wyoming

Samoa américaines · Guam · Îles Mariannes du Nord · Porto Rico · îles mineures éloignées des États-Unis · Îles Vierges des États-Unis


Clara

From Italian Clara, Latin clāra. Latinate variant of Claire.

Pendant sa convalescence, elle s’occupa beaucoup à chercher un nom pour sa fille. D’abord, elle passa en revue tous ceux qui avaient des terminaisons italiennes, tels que Clara, Louisa, Amanda, Atala ; elle aimait assez Galsuinde, plus encore Yseult ou Léocadie.

1857, Gustave Flaubert, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, Madame Bovary: Part II, Chapter III::

Whilst she was getting well she occupied herself much in seeking a name for her daughter. First she went over all those that have Italian endings, such as Clara, Louisa, Amanda, Atala; she liked Galsuinde pretty well, and Yseult or Leocadie still better.


Vincent

Haitian Creole: Vensan

desc

→ Chinese: → 樊尚 (Fánshàng) (transliteration)

desctree

→ English: Vincent
→ Arabic: فينسنت (fīnsint)
→ Greek: Βίνσεντ (Vínsent)
→ Japanese: ビンセント (Binsento), ヴィンセント (Vinsento)

→ German: Vincent

→ Slovak: Vincent

→ Greek: Βενσάν (Vensán)

→ Japanese: ヴァンサン (Vansan)

→ Norman: Vîncent

→ Swedish: Vincent

→ Vietnamese: Vinhsơn, Vinh Sơn

a male given name, Vincent, from Latin, equivalent to English Vincent


Sophie

a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia


Barbara

From Latin Barbara (name of a legendary saint), feminine form of barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “strange, foreign”).

der

a female given name, equivalent to English Barbara


William

Borrowed from English William, though ultimately of Anglo-Norman origin. Doublet of Guillaume.


Judith

From Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”).


Louis

→ Armenian: Լուի (Lui)

→ Chinese: 路易 (Lùyì)

→ Dutch: Louis

→ German: Louis, Luis

→ Georgian: ლუი (lui)

→ Hebrew: לוּאִי (lúi)

→ Japanese: ルイ (Rui)

→ Russian: Луи́ (Luí)

→ Ukrainian: Луї (Luji)

→ Vietnamese: Luy

Inherited from Middle French Loïs, Loïc, from Old French Looïs, Luis, Lodevis, Lodhwig, from Latin Ludovicus < Clodovicus, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”).
Doublet of Ludovic, a borrowing, as well as Clovis. Romance cognates include Italian Luigi, Spanish Luis (taken from Old French). Compare also the Germanic cognates, Dutch Lodewijk, German Ludwig.


Simone

a female given name, the feminine form of Simon


nom de plume

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Borrowed from English nom de plume, itself a phrase based on French elements that was modelled after French nom de guerre.

Ajoutons à tous ces noms Miss Mary–Ann McIver, d’Ottowa, […] M. Game, plutôt connu par son nom de plume The Lorne Farmer; […]

1874, Edmond Lareau, Histoire de la littérature canadienne (A History of Canadian Literature), John Lovell, page 126–7

To these names we can add Miss Mary-Ann McIver, of Ottowa, […] M. Game, better known by his pen name The Lorne Farmer; […]

Le Clarindo qui n’écrivait que pour vivre est peut-être Andrés de Claramonte, mais enfin ce n’est nullement certain, car rien ne prouve que Claramonte ait été le seul poète ayant pris Clarindo comme nom de plume ; rien ne prouve non plus que les auteurs des trois pièces n’aient pas désigné sous le nom de Clarindo un autre que Claramonte.

1920 April, Raymond Foulché-Delbosc (?), "La Estrella de Sevilla. Édition critique publié par R. Foulché-Delbosc", in Revue Hispanique, volume XLVIII, number 114, page 528

The Clarindo who only wrote for a living is perhaps Andrés de Claramonte, but ultimately that's not at all certain, for nothing proves that Claramonte was the only poet to have taken Clarindo as a nom de plume; nothing proves, either, that the authors of the three plays didn’t use the name Clarindo in reference to someone other than Claramonte.

Dans le cas de Carlo Lorenzini (plus connu sous son nom de plume, Collodi (1826–1890), c’est son œuvre Pinocchio qui jouit d’une notoriété mondiale, au détriment de son auteur (voir à Montecatini Terme, p. 306).

2009, Eva Cantavenera et al., Toscane Ombrie: Marches, Michelin, →ISBN, page 86:

In the case of Carlo Lorenzini (better known under his nom de plume, Collodi (1826–1890), it’s his work Pinocchio that enjoyed worldwide fame, to the detriment of its author (see Montecatini Terme, p. 306).


Arthur

Arabic: آرثر

Japanese: アルテュール (Arutyūru)

Equivalent to English Arthur, used in France since the Middle Ages.


Phil

a male given name, diminutive of Philippe


canadien

fr-adj

canadien (feminine canadienne, masculine plural canadiens, feminine plural canadiennes)

canadienne (feminine)
canadiens (masculine plural)
canadiennes (feminine plural)


Isaac

a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac


Marie

→ Danish: Mari, Marie

→ English: Marie

→ Georgian: მერი (meri)

→ German: Marie

→ Norwegian: Mari, Marie

→ Swedish: Mari, Marie

⇒ French: Manon (diminutive)

→ Dutch: Manon

⇒ French: Marion (diminutive)

→ English: Marion, Marian

⇒ French: Marise (diminutive)

→ Dutch: Marijse

a female given name, equivalent to English Mary. Also a very common part in hyphenated female given names such as Anne-Marie or Marie-Pierre


Catherine

→ English: Catherine

Japanese: カトリーヌ (Katorīnu)

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From Medieval Latin Katerīna, from Latin Ecaterīna, from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē), *Ἑκατερίνη (*Hekaterínē).

a female given name, equivalent to English Catherine


Caroline

a female given name, masculine equivalent Charles


cé

The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.


Tatar

fr-noun

Tatar m (plural Tatars, feminine Tatare)

Tatar (member of various Turkic peoples)


Patrick

a male given name, the English form of Patrice, quite popular in France


elle

The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.


Samuel

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Samuel


Alfred

From English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd.


Taylor

a unisex given name from English, of modern usage


Charlotte

a female given name; a feminine diminutive form of Charles


Maurice

→ English: Maurice

→ English: Morris

→ Persian: موریس (moris)

a male given name, Maurice, equivalent to English Morris


Jérôme

a male given name, equivalent to English Jerome


appellation

From the Old French apellatiun, but respelt to conform with the ultimate Latin etymon, appellātiō.


Louise

a female given name, feminine form of Louis


Jacques

Haitian Creole: Jak

→ Albanian: Zhak, Xhak, Xhakë

→ Dutch: Sjaak

→ English: Jacques, Jack (more often a diminutive of John)

→ Latvian: Žaks

desc

→ Chinese: → 雅克 (Yǎkè) (transliteration)

From Latin Iācōbus, possibly a semi-learned borrowing (compare inherited Old French James, source of English James), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Jacob, a learned borrowing.

a male given name, the French equivalent of James and Jacob, and formerly used as a generic name for peasants


Bernard

a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard


Marianne

a female given name, a combination of Marie and Anne


Erika

a female given name from the North Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Érik; variant form Érica


nom

Antillean Creole: non

Haitian Creole: non

Louisiana Creole: nom

Mauritian Creole: non

Seychellois Creole: non

Inherited from Old French nom (whence Norman nom), from Latin nōmen (whence Italian and Portuguese nome; Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

Un nom de famille est un nom propre.

Votre nom et prénom, s’il vous plaît.

a name, especially a last name or family name


persan

fr-noun

persan m (countable and uncountable, plural persans)


église

Antillean Creole: légliz

Guianese Creole: légliz

Haitian Creole: legliz

Karipúna Creole French: legliz

Louisiana Creole: legliz

→ Malagasy: eglizy

Seychellois Creole: legliz

→ Tayo: leglis

Inherited from Middle French eglise, from Old French eglise, esglise, from Vulgar Latin *eclesia, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “gathering”).
* Cognate with Catalan església, Italian chiesa, Portuguese igreja, Spanish iglesia


Rebecca

a female given name, equivalent to English Rebecca


Claude

Borrowed from Latin Claudius m, Claudia f.

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Claude

a diminutive of the female given name Claudette, from Latin, equivalent to English Claudia; variant forms Claudie, Claudine, Claudia


Raymond

a male given name, equivalent to English Raymond


Alsacien

fr-noun

Alsacien m (plural Alsaciens, feminine Alsacienne)

Alsaciens (plural)
Alsacienne (feminine)


Allemand

Allemand m (plural Allemands, feminine Allemande)

Turkish: Alman


Alexia

a female given name, equivalent to English Alexia


Américain

Américain m (plural Américains, feminine Américaine)

Américains (plural)
Américaine (feminine)

United States of America
United States of America

American; someone born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America


Abby

Borrowed from English Abby in the 20th century.


Lolita

Elle était Lo le matin, Lo tout court, un mètre quarante-huit en chaussettes, debout sur un seul pied. Elle était Lola en pantalon. Elle était Dolly à l’école. Elle était Dolorès sur le pointillé des formulaires. Mais dans mes bras, c’était toujours Lolita.

1963, Vladimir Nabokov, Éric Kahane, chapter 1, in Lolita: Traduit de l'anglais par E.H. Kahane. Roman, Livre de poche (impr. Brodard et Taupin):

She was Lo in the morning, just Lo, one meter forty-eight in socks, standing on one foot. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line of forms. But in my arms, she was always Lolita.


Ange

a male or female given name, also used in compound names like Marie-Ange


Anglais

Anglais m (plural Anglais, feminine Anglaise)

(Louisiana) an Anglo-American or English speaker, as opposed to someone with French ancestry


Barbe

a female given name, equivalent to English Barbara as a saint's name. Usual given name form: Barbara


Avril

English: Avril


Claire

From Latin Clara, with transparent meaning in modern French (claire).

a female given name, equivalent to English Clara


Céleste

a female given name, equivalent to English Celeste


Corse

Inherited from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).


Abraham

a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham


Caro

a diminutive of the female given names Carole, Caroline, or Carolane


Canadien

Le Canadien a entamé la deuxième moitié de saison sur une note positive en signant un difficile gain de 2-1 lors de leur premier match au Centre Bell depuis le 17 décembre.

2016 January 6, Michel Lamarche, “Rien de mieux que la maison”, in Réseau des sports, archived from the original on 2016-01-10:

The Habs started the second half of the season on a positive note with a tough 2-1 win in their first game at the Bell Centre since December 17.

(ice hockey) The Montreal Canadiens hockey club.


Fleur

English: Fleur

Fleur Pellerin, b. 1973


Flore

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Flora


Gaulois

Gaulois m (plural Gaulois, feminine Gauloise)


Français

Français m (plural Français, feminine Française)

Louisiana Creole: Françé, Fransé

(Louisiana) anybody with French ancestry or who is Francophone


Franc

Franc m (plural Francs, feminine Franque)

Inherited from Middle French franc (“noble”), from Old French franc, from Latin Francus, from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).

inh+

Frank (member of a people that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany)


Hongrois

fr-noun

Hongrois m (plural Hongrois, feminine Hongroise)

Hungarian, resident or native of Hungary (male or of unspecified gender)


Japonais

Japonais m (plural Japonais, feminine Japonaise)

resident or native of Japan; Japanese person (male or of unspecified gender)


Genie

a diminutive of the female given name Eugénie


Libanais

Libanais m (plural Libanais, feminine Libanaise)


Malais

Malais m (plural Malais, feminine Malaise)


Guy

Inherited from Middle French Guy, from Old French Gui, from Old High German Wido, a short form of names beginning with the element Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”).

a male given name, equivalent to English Guy


Lore

a female given name, variant of Laure, equivalent to English Laura


Jade

a female given name from the noun jade, popular in the 2000s


Italien

Italien m (plural Italiens, feminine Italienne)


Flora

a female given name from Latin, a Latinate variant of Flore


Jo

a unisex given name, a pet name diminutive of Joanne, Joanna, Josée, José, Joseph, etc.


Madeleine

Inherited from Latin Magdalēna. Doublet of Magdaléna.

— M. Léon, disait le pharmacien, avec qui j’en causais l’autre jour, s’étonne que vous ne choisissiez point Madeleine, qui est excessivement à la mode maintenant.
Mais la mère Bovary se récria bien fort sur ce nom de pécheresse.

"Monsieur Leon," said the chemist, "with whom I was talking about it the other day, wonders you do not chose Madeleine. It is very much in fashion just now."
But Madame Bovary, senior, cried out loudly against this name of a sinner.

a female given name, equivalent to English Magdalene


Marc

Haitian Creole: Mak

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Mark


Maria

From Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). A Latinate variant of the vernacular French Marie.


Marine

a female given name, equivalent to English Marina


Jean

→ Japanese: ジャン (Jan)

→ Persian: ژان (žân)

→ Limburgish: Sjang, Sjeng

desc

→ Chinese: → 讓／让 (ràng) (transliteration)

Inherited from Old French Jehan, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).

der

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John, traditionally very popular in France, also common as the first part of hyphenated given names


Marcel

From Latin Marcellus, diminutive of Marcus.

a male given name, equivalent to English Marcel, traditionally popular in France, borne by a 3rd century saint


Omer

Ultimately from Frankish *Audamār, which consists of Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) and *mēraz (“famous”). Cognates include Czech and German Otmar.
Cognates of *ōd- from *audaz include the first part of the given names Otto, Edward and Edmund. See also Old English ēad.
Cognates of *-mǣr-/*-mār- from *mērijaz include: the second part of given names like Sigmar, Dietmar, Ingemar, etc. See Old English mǣre.


Olivier

Attested in the 11th century as Oliver in The Song of Roland.

a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver


Persan

fr-noun

Persan m (plural Persans, feminine Persane)


Portoricain

Portoricain m (plural Portoricains, feminine Portoricaine)

Portoricains (plural)
Portoricaine (feminine)

From Porto Rico, itself from the Spanish Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican (resident or native of Puerto Rico)


Henry

a male given name, a less common spelling of Henri


Mongol

Mongol m (plural Mongols, feminine Mongole)


Frank

a male given name, equivalent to English Frank


Reine

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A more gallicized form of Régine, from Latin Regina (“queen”)


Rémois

Rémois m (plural Rémois, feminine Rémoise)


Pascal

Translingual: Pa

English: Pascal

English: pascal


Marina

Latin Marīna. A Latinate variant of the French Marine.


Pierre

Inherited from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra) (compare pierre (“stone, rock”)).

a male given name traditionally popular in France


Anna

A Latinate variant of French Anne, from Ἄννα (Ánna), equal to the Hebrew female name חַנָּה (ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Anna.

a female given name, equivalent to English Ann


ka

kay, The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.


Martin

Borrowed from Latin Mārtīnus (“of or like Mars” or “little Mars”, from Mars + -īnus (diminutive suffix)).

bor+

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Martin. Feminine form: Martine


Robin

Inherited from Old French diminutive of Robert.

a male given name, equivalent to English Robin


Roger

a male given name, from Old French Rogier (itself from Old Frankish), which was borrowed into English as Roger


Rose

a female given name, equivalent to English Rose


Valentine

a female given name, feminine form of Valentin


Victor

a male given name, equivalent to English Victor


ladin

Taken from the proper name of the language.


basque

Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange#Works
fr:basque

This form is inherited from Middle French and took precedence in the mid 15th century. Derived from Latin Vascō, singular form of the plural noun Vascones (see there for more).
The transition of the initial -v- to -b- indicates a likely loan from Spanish or Occitan. Old French forms included bascle, and Old Provençal (Occitan), bascon, basclon. Medieval Latin had the plurals bascli, basculi, and basclos, basculos, but also basclones, basculones, while Renaissance Latin used Basculus among other names. The latinate forms with a v have remained in use too. Doublet of gascon and vascón, from the accusative form Vasconem. A connection to the family of Basque euskal, euskara is uncertain.

Il n’était pas fidèle, et elles se suspendaient d’autant plus facilement à ses basques que lui ne pensait qu’à se défiler.

2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 15:


occitan

Borrowed from Medieval Latin occitanus in the phrase lingua occitana, Latinization of langue d’oc. The ending -itanus perhaps after aquitanus.


occitan

fr-adj

occitan (feminine occitane, masculine plural occitans, feminine plural occitanes)

occitane (feminine)
occitans (masculine plural)
occitanes (feminine plural)


breton

Plusieurs mots de la langue française tel que bijou sont issus du breton.

Several words of the French language such as bijou come from Breton.


Martial

From Latin Martiālis. Name of a third century saint.

a male given name, in continuous use (though not particularly popular)


John

Borrowed from English John. Doublet of Jean.

A male given name and surname in English


Christine

Borrowed from Latin Chrīstiāna, the name of an early martyr. Doublet of chrétienne.

a female given name, equivalent to English Christina


Latin

resident or native of a Romance country such as Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, etc, whose language is derived from Latin


Abel

a diminutive of the male given names Abeau or Abelin


hindi

Hindi; one of the official languages of India


Ibrahim

Borrowed from Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm).


Guillaume

Japanese: ギヨーム (Giyōmu)

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French Guillaume, Willame, from Frankish *Willahelm (“William”, literally “will-helmet”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz. Cognate with Old High German Willahelm (“William”).

der

a male given name, equivalent to English William


Patricia

Borrowed from Latin Patricia, feminine of Patricius.

a female given name, equivalent to English Patricia


nippon

fr-adj

nippon (feminine nipponne or nippone, masculine plural nippons, feminine plural nipponnes or nippones)

nipponne (feminine)
nippone (feminine)
nippons (masculine plural)
nipponnes (feminine plural)
nippones (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Japanese 日本 (Nippon, “Japan”, noun).

bor+

Si Rinri avait interrogé de façon négative, ce qui est courant dans ce pays compliqué, j’étais cuite. Je tentai de me rappeler les règles grammaticales nippones de réponse aux questions négatives, ce qui est aussi complexe que de retenir les pas du tango.

2007, Amélie Nothomb, Ni d’Ève ni d’Adam [Neither Eve nor Adam] (non-fiction), Éditions Albin Michel:

If Rinri was asking in a negative way, which is commonplace in this complicated country, then I was being tricked. I tried to remember the Nipponese grammatical rules on responding to negative questions, which was as hard as keeping up with tango steps.

Synonym of japonais (“Japanese”); Nipponese


Indien

fr-noun

Indien m (plural Indiens, feminine Indienne)


Tibétain

Tibétain m (plural Tibétains, feminine Tibétaine)


gujarati

Gujarati; language spoken in the state of Gujarat, India


enne

The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.


Edgar

a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar


uzbek

fr-adj

uzbek (feminine uzbèke, masculine plural uzbeks, feminine plural uzbèkes)

uzbèke (feminine)
uzbeks (masculine plural)
uzbèkes (feminine plural)


Leslie

Borrowed from English Leslie. By folk etymology confused with Liesel, Liesl, German pet forms of Elisabeth.

a female given name, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s


Erica

a female given name, a less common variant of Érica


Jordanien

fr-noun

Jordanien m (plural Jordaniens, feminine Jordanienne)

Jordaniens (plural)
Jordanienne (feminine)


Bolivien

Bolivien m (plural Boliviens, feminine Bolivienne)

Boliviens (plural)
Bolivienne (feminine)


Isabelle

→ English: Isabelle

→ German: Isabelle

→ Swedish: Isabelle

From Old Spanish Isabel in the 12th century, ultimately from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”).


Denise

→ Dutch: Denise

→ English: Denise

→ German: Denise

a female given name, masculine equivalent Denis


Julia

From Latin Iūlia. A Latinate variant of Julie.

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Julia


Margot

Diminutive of Marguerite (the French equivalent of English Margaret) + -ot (a diminutive suffix used with names).

suffix

the French equivalent of English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Margaret</i>


Gilbert

From Old French Gislebert, from Proto-Germanic *Gīslaberhtaz, from *gīslaz (“pledge”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”).

af

a male given name, equivalent to English Gilbert


Peggy

Borrowed from English Peggy, popular in the 1970s.


dé

The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.


Hugo

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).

der

a male given name, a Latinized form of Hugues


Bruno

a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno


Henri

Inherited from Old French Henri, of Germanic origin.

a male given name, equivalent to English Henry


Lucas

a male given name, a Latinate variant of Luc


a

The first letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Jennifer

From English Jennifer in the 20th century.


Lisa

a female given name, diminutive of Élisabeth


Libyen

fr-noun

Libyen m (plural Libyens, feminine Libyenne)


cham

fr-adj

cham (feminine chame, masculine plural chams, feminine plural chames)

chame (feminine)
chams (masculine plural)
chames (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Vietnamese Chăm, from Eastern Cham Cam.


Thierry

a male given name, equivalent to English Theodoric or Derek


Olivia

a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia


Savoyard

fr-noun

Savoyard m (plural Savoyards, feminine Savoyarde)


Provençal

Provençal m (plural Provençaux, feminine Provençale)

Provençaux (plural)
Provençale (feminine)

Provençal (resident or native of Provence)


Sylvia

From Latin Silvia. A Latinate variant of Sylvie.


Tristan

a male given name, equivalent to English Tristan


Julian

a male given name, English variant of Julien


Jasmine

a female given name of modern usage, equivalent to English Jasmine


Lydia

a female given name, a Latinized variant of Lydie


Tania

a female given name, equivalent to English Tania


ji

jay, The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.


Natalie

a female given name of modern usage, variant of Natalia


Tatiana

Borrowed from Russian Татья́на (Tatʹjána), from Latin Tatiana.


Danielle

a female given name, masculine equivalent Daniel


Nina

Associated with Ninette and Ninon, French pet forms of Jeannine, Jeanne.


Suzanne

English: Suzanne

a female given name, equivalent to English Susan


Esther

a female given name, equivalent to English Esther


Gabrielle

a female given name, masculine equivalent Gabriel


espagnol

q

along with Italian <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">spagnolo</i>

→ Romanian: spaniol (along with Italian spagnolo)

From Spanish español or from Middle French espaignol, from Old French espagneul or espaigneul, borrowed from Old Occitan espaignol, espainol, from a Vulgar Latin *Hispaniolus, from Latin Hispānus, from Hispania. Doublet of épagneul.


suisse

From Suisse. The meaning "guard" is a metonymic reference to the practice of hiring Swiss mercenaries to serve as guards at European courts. The meaning "chipmunk" derives from the rodent's stripes, reminiscent of the striped uniform of the Swiss Guard.

Swiss (of, from or relating to Switzerland)


Suisse

fr-noun

Suisse m or f (plural Suisses, feminine Suissesse)


Aimée

From aimée (“beloved”), feminine singular past participle of aimer (“to love”); originally a nickname and also a variant of Latin Amāta.


Laurence

a female given name, masculine equivalent Laurent, equivalent to English Lauren

Laurence Oustau (b. 1835)

(very rare) Lawrence: a male given name, equivalent to English Laurence


Jeanne

→ Belarusian: Жанна (Žanna)

→ English: Jeanne

→ Irish: Síne

→ Latvian: Žanna

→ Russian: Жанна (Žanna)

desctree

→ Scottish Gaelic: Sìne
→ English: Sheena

→ Ukrainian: Жанна (Žanna)

→ Welsh: Siân

From Middle French Jehanne, from Latin Iohanna. Equivalent to Jean (“John”) + -e (feminine ending).

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joan


Emma

Charles désirait qu’on appelât l’enfant comme sa mère ; Emma s’y opposait. On parcourut le calendrier d’un bout à l’autre, et l’on consulta les étrangers.

Charles wanted the child to be called after her mother; Emma opposed this. They ran over the calendar from end to end, and then consulted outsiders.

a female given name, equivalent to English Emma


Boulonnais

fr-noun

Boulonnais m (plural Boulonnais, feminine Boulonnaise)

Boulonnais (plural)
Boulonnaise (feminine)

a resident of Boulogne, a commune situated in the département of Vendée, France

a resident of Boulogne-Billancourt, a commune situated in the département of Hauts-de-Seine, France

a resident of Boulogne-sur-Gesse, a commune situated in the département of Haute-Garonne, France

a resident of Boulogne-sur-Helpe, a commune situated in the département of Nord, France

a resident of Boulogne-sur-Mer, a commune situated in the département of Pas-de-Calais, France

a resident of Boulon, a commune situated in the département of Calvados, France


Michel

From Latin Michāēlem, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mikhāḗl), from the Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikha'él, “Michael”, literally “Who is like God”). Cognate with English Michael, Spanish Miguel, Italian Michele.


Roland

a male given name, equivalent to English Roland


José

An old French vernacular form of Joseph.


erre

The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.


Tamoul

fr-noun

Tamoul m (plural Tamouls, feminine Tamoule)


Monégasque

Monégasque m or f by sense (plural Monégasques)

Monégasque (resident or native of Monaco)


Limousin

Limousin m (plural Limousins, feminine Limousine)

Originally an adjective referring to the city Limoges, from Latin Lemovicīnus, adjective form of Lemovicēs, name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears.


Lorraine

Inherited from Old French Loherraine, from Medieval Latin Lotharingia, Lothringia; compare Lothringia, German Lothringen.


Diane

→ English: Diane
→ Portuguese: Daiane


Joséphine

→ Albanian: Jozefinë

→ Czech: Josefína

→ Danish: Josefine

→ Dutch: Josefien, Josephine, Jozefien

→ English: Josephine

→ Finnish: Josefiina

→ German: Josefine, Josephine

→ Norwegian: Josefine

→ Polish: Józefina

→ Portuguese: Josefina

→ Serbo-Croatian: Jozefina

→ Slovak: Jozefína

→ Spanish: Josefina

→ Swedish: Josefin, Josefina, Josefine

From Josèphe (a feminine form of Joseph) + -ine.

af

a feminine form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">Joseph</i>

a diminutive of the female given name Josèphe, from Hebrew


Européen

fr-noun

Européen m (plural Européens, feminine Européenne)

Européens (plural)
Européenne (feminine)


Audrey

a female given name from English, popular in the 1980s

(very rare) a male given name from English

(very rare) a unisex given name from English


Amand

Borrowed from Latin Amandus, name of early Christian saints, from amandus (“lovable”).

a male given name, feminine equivalent Amanda or Amandine


Apollonia

Borrowed from Latin Apollōnia, from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλωνία (Apollōnía).

Apollonia Poilâne, b. 1984


Augustine

a female given name, masculine equivalent Augustin


Marion

→ Danish: Marion

→ German: Marion

→ Norwegian: Marion

→ Swedish: Marion


Constance

a female given name, equivalent to English Constance


Broadway

the wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.


Karina

Borrowed from English Karina, a variant of French Karine.

a female given name from English or Ancient Greek


Justine

From Latin Iustina, name of early saints, feminine of Iustinus, derivative of Iustus, from iustus (“just”). The feminine equivalent of Justin.


Serge

→ Armenian: Սերժ (Serž)

desc

→ Chinese: → 塞爾日／塞尔日 (Sài'ěrrì) (transliteration)


prénom

Learned borrowing from Latin praenōmen. By surface analysis, pré- + nom.

Mon prénom est Joséphine.
My first name is Joséphine.

Parfaitement ! Je ne connais qu’un seul prénom qui arrive à la cheville de Léopoldine : c’est Adèle.

1992, Amélie Nothomb, Hygiène de l’assassin [Hygiene and the Assassin] (fiction):

Absolutely! I know only one first name that reaches the cheville of Léopoldine: it’s Adèle.


Camelot

Inherited from Middle French Camalot, from Old French Camaalot.


Christophe

a male given name, equivalent to English Christopher


Philippe

a male given name, equivalent to English Philip. Very popular in 20th century France, next only to Jean and Pierre


René

From Latin Renātus, name of a legendary 5th century French saint, from renātus (“reborn”), with identical meaning in French (rené).


lituanien

Certaines reconstructions ont montré que le letton et le lituanien sont les langues encore parlées qui se rapprochent le plus de l’indo-européen.

Certain reconstructions have shown that Latvian and Lithuanian are the languages still spoken which approach closest to Indo-European.


suédois

Haitian Creole: syedwa


finnois

Haitian Creole: finwa


finnois

fr-adj

finnois (feminine finnoise, masculine plural finnois, feminine plural finnoises)

finnoise (feminine)
finnois (masculine plural)
finnoises (feminine plural)

Finnish (related to the Finnish language)


portugais

From Portuguese português, replacing earlier Portugalois.


irlandais

From Irlande (“Ireland”) + -ais (demonym suffix).


slovaque

Slovak, Slovakian, the Slovakian language


grec

fr-noun

grec m (countable and uncountable, plural grecs)

Inherited from Middle French grec, borrowed from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).
This learned form supplanted the older grégeois (now only in feu grégeois), from Old French grezois, derived from inherited Old French gri(e)u with the ending -ois, or possibly stemming from a Vulgar Latin *graeciscus.
The feminine form in -cque is a remnant of an older spelling habit, which has occasionally survived after -e- (compare Mecque), possibly in order to avoid the grave accent (*grèque).


Julienne

a female given name, the feminine of Julien. Cognate to English Juliana and Gillian


Julien

a male given name, equivalent to English Julian


Sylvain

a male given name, equivalent to English Silvanus


Édouard

a male given name, equivalent to English Edward


Thérèse

a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa


Frédéric

a male given name, feminine equivalent Frédérique, equivalent to English Frederick


Véronique

a female given name, equivalent to English Veronica


Mathilde

a female given name, equivalent to English Matilda


Valérie

a female given name, equivalent to English Valerie


Julie

a female given name from Latin Iūlia, equivalent to English Julia


Benoît

→ English: Benoit

From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin Benedictus, from benedictus (“blessed; well spoken of”), from Latin benedicō. Cf. benoît. Compare Occitan Beneset, Catalan Benet, Italian Benedetto, Spanish Benito, Portuguese Bento.

a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict


Fabrice

Borrowed from Latin Fabricius, name of a plebeian Roman gens, of unknown origin, but often explained as from faber (“skillful, one who works with hands”).


François

→ Afrikaans: Francois

→ English: Francois, François

→ Chinese: 弗朗索瓦 (Fúlǎngsuǒwǎ)

→ Japanese: フランソワ (Furansowa)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin Franciscus (from Francia + -iscus). Doublet of Français.

inh+

a male given name, equivalent to English Francis


Antoine

English: Antoine, Antwone, Antwon

a male given name, equivalent to English Anthony


Jacqueline

a female given name, feminine form of Jacques


Félix

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Borrowed from Latin Fēlīx (literally “fortunate, prosperous”).

bor+

a male given name, equivalent to English Felix


Jocelyn

a male given name, equivalent to English Jocelyn


Marguerite

→ English: Marguerite

a female given name, equivalent to English Margaret


Henriette

a female given name, feminine form of Henri


Lionel

a male given name, equivalent to English Lionel


Les Bleus

The nickname used for many of France's national sports teams


Noël

→ Persian: نوئل (no'el)

Inherited from Middle French Noël, from Old French Noel, Naël, inherited from Vulgar Latin *notālis, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”) with dissimilation of the first -a- to -o-. Doublet of natal.

inh

a male given name, equivalent to English Noel

(very rare) a female given name, more common in the form Noëlle


Sara

a female given name, usually spelled Sarah


Pauline

a female given name derived from Latin Paulina


Letton

fr-noun

Letton m (plural Lettons, feminine Lettonne or Lettone)

Lettons (plural)
Lettonne (feminine)
Lettone (feminine)


Serbe

From Serbo-Croatian Srb, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ.


Virginie

Haitian Creole: Vijini

a female given name, equivalent to English Virginia


Augustin

a male given name, feminine equivalent Augustine, equivalent to English Augustine


Lou

a diminutive of the male given name Louis

a diminutive of the female given name Louise


Dominique

Borrowed from Late Latin Dominicus, derived from Dominus (“Lord”).

a male given name, equivalent to English Dominic


Dominique

a female given name, masculine equivalent Dominic


Edouard

a male given name, a typographical variant of Édouard


états-unien

fr-adj

états-unien (feminine états-unienne, masculine plural états-uniens, feminine plural états-uniennes)

états-unienne (feminine)
états-uniens (masculine plural)
états-uniennes (feminine plural)

(relational) United Statian, United Statesian; American


César

Inherited from Middle French Cæsar, borrowed from Latin Caesar. Doublet of tsar.

a male given name, equivalent to English Cesar.


Gaston

First recorded for medieval French aristocracy, of disputed origin, possibly from Germanic gast "guest". ("A man from Gascony" has also been suggested, compare Gascon.)


Manuel

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Manuel; ultimately from Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (imanu'él), from עִמָּנוּ אֵל (imánu él, literally “God is with us”).

bor+

a male given name from Spanish or Portuguese


Estelle

Borrowed from Occitan estela, from Latin stella (“star”). Doublet of étoile.


abbaye

Inherited from Middle French abbaïe, from Old French abaïe, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatia.


Antoinette

→ Bulgarian: Антоане́та (Antoanéta)

→ Cebuano: Antoinette

→ Danish: Antoinette

→ English: Antoinette

→ Greek: Αντουανέτα (Antouanéta)

→ Portuguese: Antonieta

desc

→ Chinese: → 安托瓦妮特 (Āntuōwǎnītè) (transliteration)

a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Antoine


Jules

a male given name, equivalent to English Julius


Adolphe

a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph


Abélard

(rare) a male given name, equivalent to English Abelard


Abdoul

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Abdul


Adrien

Borrowed from Latin Hadriānus, Adriānus.

a male given name, equivalent to English Adrian


Abdoulla

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Abdullah


Belge

Belgian person, resident or native of Belgium; used of both genders


Luc

a male given name, equivalent to English Luke


Yvonne

a female given name, the feminine form of Yvon


Jérémie

Haitian Creole: Jeremi

a male given name, equivalent to English Jeremy or Jeremiah


Alphonse

Il n’est pas rare aujourd’hui que le garçon bouvier se nomme Arthur, Alfred ou Alphonse, et que le vicomte — s’il y a encore des vicomtes — se nomme Thomas, Pierre ou Jacques. Ce déplacement qui met le nom « élégant » sur le plébéien et le nom campagnard sur l’aristocrate n’est autre chose qu’un remous d’égalité. L’irrésistible pénétration du souffle nouveau est là comme en tout.

a male given name, feminine equivalent Alphonsine


Alain

→ Armenian: Ալեն (Alen)

→ Chinese: → 阿蘭／阿兰 (Ālán) (transliteration)

First attested in Old French, from Old Breton Alan.

a male given name, equivalent to English Alan


Léon

a male given name, equivalent to English Leo or Leon


Alban

a male given name, equivalent to English Alban


Denis

→ Czech: Denis

⇒ Czech: Denisa (feminine)

→ Dutch: Dennis

→ German: Denis, Dennis

→ Hungarian: Dénes

→ Brazilian Portuguese: Dênis

→ Romanian: Denis

⇒ Romanian: Denisa (feminine)

→ Russian: Денис (Denis)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: Денис

Latin script: Denis

→ Slovak: Denis

⇒ Slovak: Denisa (feminine)

→ Slovene: Denis

→ Ukrainian: Денис (Denys)

Inherited from Latin Dionȳsius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios).

a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis; originally given in honor of a third century bishop of Paris, the patron saint of France


Georges

→ Dutch: Sjors

→ Greek: Ζωρζ (Zorz)

→ Swabian: Schorsch

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From Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).

a male given name, equivalent to English George


Gallois

fr-noun

Gallois m (plural Gallois, feminine Galloise)


géorgien

/ʒe.ɔʁ.ʒjɛ̃/


islandais

L’islandais est une langue germanique parlée principalement en Islande, dont elle est la langue officielle.

Icelandic is a Germanic language spoken mainly in Iceland, where it is the official language.


gallois

fr-adj

gallois (feminine galloise, masculine plural gallois, feminine plural galloises)

galloise (feminine)
gallois (masculine plural)
galloises (feminine plural)

Haitian Creole: galwa


hébreu

Tout cela, c’est de l’hébreu pour moi.

(informal) Greek (something incomprehensible, gibberish)


hébreu

hébreu (feminine hébreue or hébreuse, masculine plural hébreux, feminine plural hébreues or hébreuses)

hébreue (feminine)
hébreuse (feminine)
hébreux (masculine plural)
hébreues (feminine plural)
hébreuses (feminine plural)

Nous brûlons les Hébreux et nous baisons leurs livres; stupidité! nous les brûlons parce qu’ils sont fidèles à leur loi, à leur dieu, et nous chantons autour de leurs bûchers, les psaumes de leur roi David...

1833, Pétrus Borel, Champavert. Contes immoraux:

We burn the Hebrews and we kiss their books; stupidity! We burn them because they are true to their law, to their God, and around their pyres we sing we sing the psalms of their king David...


bulgare

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Bulgarus, from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ, “Bulgarian”). Doublet of bougre.


Tchèque

fr-noun

Tchèque m or f by sense (plural Tchèques)

Czech (resident or native of the Czech Republic)


Sandra

a female given name, short form of Alexandra


Matthias

a male given name. Variant spelling: Mathias


Yves

Short form of Germanic compound names beginning with iv- "yew" - see Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (“yew”).

a male given name, borne by two French saints, and known in medieval romance


bé

The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.


Maude

a diminutive, Maude, of the female given name Mathilde, variant of Maud, equivalent to English Maud


Lambert

fr-proper noun

Lambert m (feminine Lamberte or Lambertine)

Lamberte (feminine)
Lambertine (feminine)

English: Lambert

From Old High German lant (“land”) + beraht (“bright”) (Proto-West Germanic *berht).

a male given name of rare modern usage, equivalent to English Lambert


Maud

a female given name, variant of Mathilde


autel

Inherited from Old French autel, from a change of suffix from earlier alter, borrowed from Latin altāre (mostly attested in the plural form altāria).


Renée

a female given name, feminine form of René


Nathalie

a female given name derived from Late Latin Natalia, partly through Russian influence; popular in 20th century France


Solange

Name of a 9th-century French saint, Late Latin Sollemnia, from sollemnis (“solemn”).


Vivien

a male given name, equivalent to English Vivian


Sonia

From Russian Со́ня (Sónja), pet form of Софи́я (Sofíja, “Sophie”).

a female given name, equivalent to English Sonya


Néron

English: Neron


Néron

→ English: Néron

Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire#English

Néron (a village in the Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Laurent

a male given name, feminine equivalent Laurence, equivalent to English Laurence or Lawrence


Vanessa

a female given name from English, of recent usage


Raoul

From Germanic, first attested in Old French as Raol.

a male given name, equivalent to English Ralph


Hubert

a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert


Morgane

a female given name, equivalent to English Morgan


Lucien

a male given name, equivalent to English Lucian


Marjorie

Variant of Marguerite. From English Marjorie.


Parisien

fr-noun

Parisien m (plural Parisiens, feminine Parisienne)

Parisiens (plural)
Parisienne (feminine)

Hier, j’ai rencontré un Parisien à Londres.


Wilfrid

Borrowed from German, equivalent of English Wilfred. Doublet of Wilfried.

a male given name, equivalent to English Wilfred


Germaine

a female given name, feminine form of Germain


Annette

a diminutive of the female given name Anne


Germain

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Name of a fifth century French saint, Latin Germanus, "a German", also from germanus "brother, sibling".


Joachim

a male given name, equivalent to English Joachim


Porthos

From one of the Three Musketeers, Porthos, Athos, and, Aramis. From the fiction "Les Trois Mousquetaires" (1844) by Alexander Dumas.


Inès

a female given name from Spanish or Ancient Greek


rade

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


gé

The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.


castillan

Inherited from Middle French Castelan, borrowed from Spanish castellano, from Latin castellanus. Doublet of châtelain, the native French word, and castellan.


André

From Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).

a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew


Monika

a female given name, equivalent to English Monika


Damien

a male given name, equivalent to English Damian


Alexis

From the Latin Alexius, a saint's name, from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).


Gustave

English: Gustave

a male given name, equivalent to English Gustave or Gustav


Adrienne

a female given name, masculine equivalent Adrien


turc

fr-adj

turc (feminine turque, masculine plural turcs, feminine plural turques)

turque (feminine)
turcs (masculine plural)
turques (feminine plural)


Quentin

a male given name from Latin; recently popular


Lilian

a male given name, the masculine equivalent of Liliane


wallon

Borrowed from Walloon walon, from Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”).


Écossais

fr-noun

Écossais m (plural Écossais, feminine Écossaise)


Pierrot

→ Japanese: ピエロ (piero)

→ Korean: 피에로 (piero)

From Pierre (“Peter”) + -ot (diminutive suffix).

af

a diminutive of the male given name Pierre (Pierre, "Peter")


Québécois

fr-noun

Québécois m (plural Québécois, feminine Québécoise)

Québécois (plural)
Québécoise (feminine)

Selon le recensement de 2016 [deux-mille-seize], un peu plus de 6,3 [six virgule trois] millions Québécois ont le français comme langue maternelle, cela représentant 20,4 % [vingt virgule quatre pour cent] de la population canadienne et 79,1 % [soixante-dix-neuf virgule un pour cent] de celle de la province.

According to the census of 2016, a bit more than 6.3 million Quebeckers have French as [their — lit. the] mother tongue, this representing 20.4% of [the population of Canada — lit. the Canadian population] and 79.1% of [the province's — lit. that of the province].


Javier

a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Basque], variant of Xavier, equivalent to English Xavier


emme

The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.


Lavallois

Lavallois m (plural Lavallois, feminine Lavalloise)

Lavallois (plural)
Lavalloise (feminine)

resident or native of Laval (“Laval”)
Lavaller


Maia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).

a female given name, equivalent to English Maya


provençal

From Provence + -al. Compare provincial.

Provençal; Occitan, especially the dialect of Occitan that is spoken in Provence


Léa

a female given name currently popular in France


Chloé

a female given name, equivalent to English Chloe


Camille

(male): From Latin Camillus
:(female): From Latin Camilla


effe

The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.


Yseult

a female given name, variant of Iseult, equivalent to German Isolde


Cécile

a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia


Vivienne

a female given name, feminine form of Vivien


Violette

English: Violette

From violette (“violet”). Cognate with English Violet.


Martine

a female given name, equivalent to English Martina, feminine form of Martin


Patrice

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Patrick


Zoé

a female given name, equivalent to English Zoë


Seychellois

Seychellois m (plural Seychellois, feminine Seychelloise)

Seychellois (plural)
Seychelloise (feminine)

Seychellois (resident or native of the Seychelles) (male or of unspecified gender)


Yvette

a female given name, masculine equivalent Yves


Ségolène

a female given name, equivalent to German Sieglinde


Ariane

English: Ariane

a female given name, Ariane, from Ancient Greek


Mayennais

Mayennais m (plural Mayennais, feminine Mayennaise)

Mayennais (plural)
Mayennaise (feminine)


Lucille

Borrowed from Latin Lūcilla, feminine diminutive form of Lūcius.


cathédrale

Mauritian Creole: katedral

→ Romanian: catedrală

→ Turkish: katedral

Borrowed from Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin cathedrālis, from cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρᾱ (kathédrā, “seat”).


Dylan

a male given name from Welsh, popular in the 1990s


Florian

a male given name, equivalent to German Florian


Brice

From Late Latin Bri(c)tius, Bricius, possibly from Gaulish Briccus, *Brikkos, from Proto-Celtic *brikkos (“speckled”). The name of a 5th-century French saint.

a male given name, equivalent to English Brice


Adeline

a diminutive of the female given name Adèle


Gwendoline

a female given name derived from Gwendolen


Carole

a female given name, equivalent to English Carol


Edmond

a male given name, equivalent to English Edmund


Jeannette

→ Czech: Žaneta

→ Danish: Jeanette

→ Dutch: Jeannette

→ English: Jeannette

→ Hungarian: Zsanett

→ Irish: Sinéad

→ Lithuanian: Žaneta

→ Norwegian: Jeanette

→ Polish: Żaneta

→ Scottish Gaelic: Seonaid

→ Slovak: Žaneta

→ Swedish: Jeanette

→ Welsh: Sioned

a diminutive of the female given name Jeanne, equivalent to English Janet


Irma

a female given name, equivalent to English Irma


Eulalie

a female given name, equivalent to English Eulalie


Bernadette

Diminutive of Bernarde, the feminine form of Bernard. Established as a given name due to Saint Bernadette of Lourdes (baptized Bernarde).


Paulette

From Paul + -ette. Compare Paulet (“en: Paulie, Pauly (little Paul)”).


Annabelle

a female given name, equivalent to English Annabelle


Jasmin

a male given name, a rare masculine form of Jasmine


Ernestine

a female given name, equivalent to English Ernestine


Lucile

Alternative spelling of Lucille, from Latin Lucilla. Variant of Lucie (“Lucy”).


Janine

a female given name, a variant of Jeannine popular in mid-twentieth century


Karin

a female given name, less common form of Karine


roumain

From Roumanie, based on analogy with romain (“Roman”), itself from Latin romānus; cf. Romanian român (older rumân). Compare also Italian rumeno, Spanish rumano, etc.


Monique

a female given name, equivalent to English Monica


Nikita

Ники́та Никита#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ники́та (Nikíta)


Nadine

a female given name, a diminutive of Nadia


Muriel

Borrowed from English Muriel, anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Muireall, from muir (“sea”), from Old Irish muir, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri; + geal (“white, bright”), from Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).


Rosalie

a female given name, equivalent to English Rosalie


Nadia

На́дя Надя#Russian

a female given name from Russian На́дя (Nádja)

نَادِيَا ناديا#Arabic

a female given name from Arabic نَادِيَا (nādiyā)


mosquée

Haitian Creole: moske

→ English: mosque

desctree

→ German: Moschee
→ Lower Sorbian: mošeja

→ Malagasy: moske

→ Romanian: moschee

→ Norwegian Bokmål: moské

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: moské

Borrowed from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid, literally “place of prostration”).


Sabrina

a female given name borrowed from English, popular from the 1970s to the 1990s


Maeva

1999 Antiane Éco, Volumes 40-43, INSEE (1999)

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Il est amusant aussi de constater que Maeva, prénom "des Îles" de par son origine polynésienne, s’est bien implantée aux Antilles depuis le début.


Esmé

English: Esme


Esmé

English: Esme


croate

Croatian, the national language of Croatia


Giselle

Inherited from Old French, shortened from Germanic compound names beginning with gisil (“pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz (“pledge, hostage”).


Yannick

Borrowed from Breton Yannig (diminutive of Yann (“John”)).

bor+

diminutive of <i class="Latn mention" lang="br">Yann</i> (“John”)


Carin

a female given name, a less common anglicism of Carine


Karine

a female given name derived from Swedish Karin ( =Catherine)


Katia

a female given name of modern usage, equivalent to English Katya


Havrais

fr-noun

Havrais m (plural Havrais, feminine Havraise)


Rennais

Rennais m (plural Rennais, feminine Rennaise)


Strasbourgeois

Strasbourgeois m (plural Strasbourgeois, feminine Strasbourgeoise)

Strasbourgeois (plural)
Strasbourgeoise (feminine)


Manceau

Manceau m (plural Manceaux, feminine Mancelle)


Nantais

Nantais m (plural Nantais, feminine Nantaise)

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Espagnol

Espagnol m (plural Espagnols, feminine Espagnole)

1 José Cadalso, Lettres marocaines
Les Espagnols écrivent la moitié de ce qu’ils imaginent ; les Français plus qu’ils ne pensent à cause de la qualité de leur style ; les Allemands disent tout, mais de telle façon que la moitié des gens ne les comprennent pas ; les Anglais écrivent pour eux seuls.
.


Lyonnais

Lyonnais m (plural Lyonnais, feminine Lyonnaise)


Slovène

Slovène m or f by sense (plural Slovènes)


Norvégien

Norvégien m (plural Norvégiens, feminine Norvégienne)

Norvégiens (plural)
Norvégienne (feminine)


Danois

Danois m (plural Danois, feminine Danoise)


Lillois

Lillois m (plural Lillois, feminine Lilloise)


Toulousain

Toulousain m (plural Toulousains, feminine Toulousaine)

Toulousains (plural)
Toulousaine (feminine)


Mexicain

Mexicain m (plural Mexicains, feminine Mexicaine)


Polonais

Polonais m (plural Polonais, feminine Polonaise)


Chilien

Chilien m (plural Chiliens, feminine Chilienne)


Mauricien

Mauricien m (plural Mauriciens, feminine Mauricienne)

Mauriciens (plural)
Mauricienne (feminine)

Mauritian (resident or native of Mauritius)

Resident or native of the Canadian region of Mauricie, Quebec.


Chinois

Chinois m (plural Chinois, feminine Chinoise)

Holonym: Est-Asiatique

Meronyms: Cantonais, Hongkongais, Ningbonais, Pékinois, Shanghaïen, Taïwanais


Britannique

Britannique m or f by sense (plural Britanniques)


Irlandais

Irlandais m (plural Irlandais, feminine Irlandaise)

Irlandais (plural)
Irlandaise (feminine)

Irish person (resident or native of Ireland) (male or of unspecified gender)


Niçois

Niçois m (plural Niçois, feminine Niçoise)


sumérien

fr-adj

sumérien (feminine sumérienne, masculine plural sumériens, feminine plural sumériennes)

sumérienne (feminine)
sumériens (masculine plural)
sumériennes (feminine plural)


Bordelais

fr-noun

Bordelais m (plural Bordelais, feminine Bordelaise)

Bordelais (plural)
Bordelaise (feminine)

From Old Occitan Bordel (Occitan Bordèu, Catalan Bordeus) + French -ais, -ois.


Marseillais

Marseillais m (plural Marseillais, feminine Marseillaise)

Marseillais (plural)
Marseillaise (feminine)


Tunisien

Tunisien m (plural Tunisiens, feminine Tunisienne)

Tunisiens (plural)
Tunisienne (feminine)


Turc

Le Mufti commande aux Turcs de baſtonner le Bourgeois, […]

1680, Molière, “Acte IV, Scene V”, in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme [The Middle-Class Aristocrat], page 89:

The mufti orders the Turks to batter the bourgeois, […]


Brigitte

a female given name, equivalent to English Bridget


Marthe

a female given name, equivalent to English Martha


Lise

a female given name derived from Élisabeth


Hélène

→ Armenian: Էլեն (Ēlen)

→ English: Helen

→ Swedish: Hélène

a female given name, equivalent to English Helen


Birman

Birman m (plural Birmans, feminine Birmane)


vandale

vandale m or f by sense (plural vandales)

→ Romanian: vandal

→ Turkish: vandal


Christiane

a female given name, masculine equivalent Christian, equivalent to English Christiana


Bertrand

a male given name, equivalent to English Bertram


Armand

→ Armenian: Արման (Arman)

→ Italian: Armando

→ Latvian: Armands

Cognate to English Herman and German Hermann, possibly also to German Hartmann.


Piotr

Пётр Пётр#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Пётр (Pjotr).


Argentin

Argentin m (plural Argentins, feminine Argentine)

Argentinian, resident or native of Argentina


Alexandre

→ Breton: Aleksandr, Alesant

a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander


Syrien

Syrien m (plural Syriens, feminine Syrienne)


Stéphanie

a female given name, feminine form of Stéphane ( = Stephen)


Hervé

a male given name, equivalent to English Harvey


Bénédicte

a female given name, masculine equivalent Benoît, equivalent to English Benedicta


Eurasien

Eurasien m (plural Eurasiens, feminine Eurasienne)

Eurasiens (plural)
Eurasienne (feminine)

Eurasian (resident or native of Eurasia)


Vandale

Vandal (member of an ancient east Germanic tribe)


Nicoline

a female given name, feminine diminutive form of Nicolas, rare today. Short form: Coline


Lucie

a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy


pé

The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.


Émilie

a female given name, equivalent to English Emily


Émile

a male given name from Latin Aemilius, equivalent to English Emil or Emile


Amélie

a female given name, equivalent to English Amelia


Gérard

Arabic: جِيرَار (jīrār)

Greek: Ζεράρ (Zerár)

Japanese: ジェラール (jerāru)

Russian: Жера́р (Žerár), m

a male given name, equivalent to English Gerard


Emmy

a female given name, diminutive of Émilie and Emma


fatha

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, “an opening”).


Wilfried

Borrowed from German, equivalent of English Wilfred. Doublet of Wilfrid.


Astrid

Borrowed from modern Scandinavian (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) Astrid.


Ingemar

From Old Norse Ingimarr, from Ingi- ("the god Ing/Yngvi") and mærr ("famous").


Ingvar

From Old Norse Ingvar. Akin to English Ivor.


Ingrid

From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr.


tartare

fr-noun

tartare m (countable and uncountable, plural tartares)


Néerlandais

Néerlandais m (plural Néerlandais, feminine Néerlandaise)

Néerlandais (plural)
Néerlandaise (feminine)


hollandais

Antillean Creole: Hòlandé (Saint Lucia)


Hollandais

Hollandais m (plural Hollandais, feminine Hollandaise)

Hollandais (plural)
Hollandaise (feminine)


Albanais

Albanais m (plural Albanais, feminine Albanaise)


Gautier

a male given name, equivalent to English Walter


Gauthier

From a Germanic language (probably Frankish); related to English Walter. For similar development of Germanic w to g in French, see garde and Guillaume.


Zoulou

Zoulou m (plural Zoulous, feminine Zouloue)


zoulou

fr-adj

zoulou (feminine zouloue, masculine plural zoulous, feminine plural zouloues)

zouloue (feminine)
zoulous (masculine plural)
zouloues (feminine plural)


Sacha

a male given name, equivalent to German Sascha or English Sasha


vénitien

Inherited from Old French Venicien, from Medieval Latin Venetianus, from Latin Venetia.


Franck

a male given name, equivalent to English Frank


Danièle

a female given name, masculine equivalent Daniel


Françoise

a female given name, equivalent to English Frances


nom de famille

fr-noun

nom de famille m (plural noms de famille)

Coordinate term: nom de personne


Irène

a female given name, equivalent to English Irene


Toulonnais

Toulonnais m (plural Toulonnais, feminine Toulonnaise)

Toulonnais (plural)
Toulonnaise (feminine)

resident or native of Toulon, city in the southeast of France


Renaud

a male given name, equivalent to English Reynold


Rolande

a female given name, feminine form of Roland


Séverine

a female given name popular in the 1970s; a feminine form of Séverin, from the Latin saints' name Severinus


Séverin

a male given name derived from Latin Severinus, rather rare today


Axelle

a female given name, a modern feminine equivalent Axel


Portugais

Portugais m (plural Portugais, feminine Portugaise)

Portugais (plural)
Portugaise (feminine)


Nicolette

Diminutive of Nicole, the feminine form of Nicolas.


Timothée

a male given name, equivalent to English Timothy


Jean-Philippe

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and Philippe


Mélanie

a female given name, equivalent to English Melanie


Bulgare

Bulgare m or f by sense (plural Bulgares)

Bulgarian (native of Bulgaria, of either gender)


Perrine

a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Pierre


Jean-Marie

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and Marie


Jean-Pierre

English: Jean-Pierre

* (surname): Most prevalent in Martinique.

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and Pierre


Angèle

a female given name, equivalent to English Angela


Angélique

a female given name, equivalent to English Angelica


Édith

a female given name, equivalent to English Edith


Théodore

a male given name, equivalent to English Theodore


Dorothée

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa).

bor+

a female given name, equivalent to English Dorothy


Théo

a diminutive of the male given name Théophile, equivalent to English Theo; popular in the 1990s and the 2000s


Angeline

English: Angeline

1898, Émile Zola, Angeline ou la maison hantée:

a female given name, equivalent to English Angelina


Armin

Borrowed from German Armin, from Latin Arminius.

a male given name, Armin, from German or Latin


Odette

Diminutive of a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element od-, ot- "riches," from Proto-Germanic *audaz.


Finnois

fr-noun

Finnois m (plural Finnois, feminine Finnoise)

Finn (of Finnish ethnicity, not nationality)


Josseline

a female given name, variant of Jocelyne


Jocelyne

a female given name, masculine equivalent Jocelyn, equivalent to English Jocelyn, popular in the mid-twentieth century


Miryam

a female given name, more often spelled Myriam


Myriam

a female given name, equivalent to English Miriam


Agnès

a female given name, equivalent to English Agnes


Victoire

a female given name, variant of Victoria


Nadège

From the Russian virtue name Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “Hope”).


Raymonde

a female given name, a feminine form of Raymond


Marcelle

a female given name, masculine equivalent Marcel, equivalent to English Marcella


Natacha

a female given name, equivalent to English Natasha


Norbert

a male given name, equivalent to English Norbert


galicien

Le mareschal avoit un Anglois qui bien savoit entendre le gallicien. Sy lui disoit en anglois toutes les parolles si comme ceulx les disoient.

The marshal had an Englishman who knew well to understand Galician. He was translating into English every word as they spoke them.


Égyptien

Égyptien m (plural Égyptiens, feminine Égyptienne)

Égyptiens (plural)
Égyptienne (feminine)


Bosnien

Bosnien m (plural Bosniens, feminine Bosnienne)


Népalais

Népalais m (plural Népalais, feminine Népalaise)


Biélorusse

Biélorusse m or f by sense (plural Biélorusses)

Belarusian (resident or native of Belarus)


ancien français

/ɑ̃.sjɛ̃ fʁɑ̃.sɛ/

From ancien (“ancient”) + français (“French”).

af

Old French (French language from 9th to the early 15th century)


Clément

fr-proper noun

Clément m (feminine Clémence or Clémentine)

Clémence (feminine)
Clémentine (feminine)

a male given name, equivalent to English Clement


Clémentine

Clément + -ine. Feminine diminutive form of Clément (“Clement”)

a female given name, masculine equivalent Clément, equivalent to English Clementine


Stéphane

Borrowed from Latin Stephanus m, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος m (Stéphanos), becoming popular beginning in the 1950s.
Doublet of Étienne, which was inherited.

a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen

(rare, compared to male name) a female given name


Estonien

fr-noun

Estonien m (plural Estoniens, feminine Estonienne)

Estoniens (plural)
Estonienne (feminine)


Clémence

a diminutive of the female given name Clémentine, masculine equivalent Clément


Étienne

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Inherited from Old French Estiene, from earlier *Estievne, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos). Doublet of Stéphane, a borrowing from Latin.


Yvon

a male given name, a medieval diminutive form of Yves


Rose-Marie

a female given name, equivalent to English Rosemary, combination of Rose and Marie


Jean-Yves

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and Yves


Régine

a female given name, equivalent to English Regina


Maryvonne

a female given name popular in the 1940s and the 1950s, a combination of Marie and Yvonne


Grégory

a male given name, an English style variant of Grégoire


Grégoire

English: Gregoire

a male given name, equivalent to English Gregory


Maximilien

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Maximilian


Arnaud

From Frankish, equivalent to Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldaz (“ruler”).

a male given name, equivalent to English Arnold


Moussa

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā, “Moses”).

bor+

Moussa était l’unique enfant d’un arbab turc du bout de notre rue, un jeunot cordial et désœuvré qui passait son temps à chasser, peindre des miniatures, et relire indéfiniment en traduction persane Les Misérables qui l’enflammaient de chimères héroïques et de passions égalitaires.
— Mussa was the only son of a Turkish arbab who lived at the end of our street, a likeable, idle young fellow who spent is time hunting, painting miniatures, and endlessly re-reading Les Misérables in a Persian translation, which inflamed him with delusions of heroism and egalitarian passions.

1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, p. 166; translated 1992 by Robyn Marsack as The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Musa


Abdoulaye

A French spelling of a name ultimately derived from Arabic عَبْدُ اللّٰهِ (ʕabdu llāhi), i.e. Abdullah. Native spellings include Wolof Abdulaay and Pulaar Abdullaye etc.

der

عَبْدُ اللّٰهِ

a male given name from Arabic, widely used in Islamic West Africa


Amadou

A French spelling of a name ultimately derived from Arabic أَحْمَدُ (ʔaḥmadu), i.e. Ahmad. Native spellings include Wolof and Pulaar Aamadu etc.

a male given name, widely used in Islamic West Africa


Aïssatou

A French spelling of a West African name ultimately derived from Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša, “Aisha”).

a female given name from Arabic, widely used in Islamic West Africa


Aïssata

A French spelling of a name ultimately derived from Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša, “Aisha”). Native spellings include Pulaar Aysata.


Fatimata

A French spelling of a name ultimately derived from Arabic فَاطِمَة (fāṭima), i.e. Fatima. Native spellings include Pulaar Faatimata.


Aïcha

a female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Aisha


Issa

A French spelling of an Arabic-derived form for Jesus. From Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or its derivatives (Wolof Isaa, Pulaar Iisaa etc.).

uder

Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā)

a male given name from Arabic, widely used in Islamic North and West Africa


Michèle

a female given name, feminine form of Michel


Micheline

a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Michel (= Michael)


Jean-Michel

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and Michel


Mickaël

From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel. Doublet of Michel. Cognate with English Michael.

a male given name, a variant of Michel popular in the end of the 20th century. Cognate with English Michael


Michaël

a male given name, a variant of Michel, popular in the end of the 20th century


Emmanuelle

a female given name, masculine equivalent Emmanuel


Lancelot

a male given name from Middle French, equivalent to English Lancelot


Marie-Claude

a female given name, combination of Marie and Claude


Alberte

a female given name, masculine equivalent Albert


Jean-Claude

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and Claude


Valentin

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Valentine


Kosovar

fr-noun

Kosovar m (plural Kosovars, feminine Kosovare)


Jean-Christophe

a male given name, combination of Jean and Christophe


Sébastien

a male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Sebastian


Jean-Jacques

a male given name, combination of Jean and Jacques


Bastien

a diminutive of the male given name Sébastien, equivalent to German Bastian


Jean-Louis

From Jean (“John”) + Louis (“Louis”). Cognate with Italian Gianluigi.


Jean-Paul

From Jean (“John”) + Paul (“Paul”). Cognate with Italian Gianpaolo.


Jean-François

From Jean (“John”) + François (“Francis”). Cognate with Italian Gianfranco.


Jean-Charles

From Jean (“John”) + Charles (“Charles”). Cognate with Italian Giancarlo.


Baptiste

→ Alemannic German: Badischte

From Jean-Baptiste (“Saint John the Baptist”), from baptiste (“baptist”). From the epithet of John the Baptist (Jean-Baptiste).


Jean-Marc

From Jean (“John”) + Marc (“Mark”). Cognate with Italian Gianmarco.


Jean-Baptiste

From Jean + Baptiste or from Old French Jehan Baptiste.


Jean-Luc

From Jean (“John”) + Luc (“Luke”). Cognate with Italian Gianluca.

Jean-Luc Picard (a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise; Captain of the starship USS Enterprise-D)


Éric

a male given name, equivalent to English Eric


Cédric

a male given name from English Cedric, feminine equivalent Cédrika


Fabien

a male given name, equivalent to English Fabian


Frédérique

a female given name, masculine equivalent Frédéric, equivalent to English Frederica


Désiré

a male given name of rare usage, variant of Didier, feminine equivalent Désirée


Didier

Inherited from Latin Desiderius, from desiderium (“desire, longing”).

a male given name, borne by two early French saints


Cyrille

a male given name, equivalent to English Cyril


Cyrille

a female given name of rare usage, masculine equivalent Cyril


Florent

Name of early Christian saints, from Latin Florentem "flourishing".


Désirée

English: Désirée, Desiree, Desirée

German: Désirée, Desirée

Swedish: Desirée, Desiré

Literally, “desired”. French form of Latin Desideria, feminine form of the saint's name Desiderius (modern French Didier).

a female given name; best known for a 19th century French-born queen of Sweden


Dimitri

Borrowed from Russian Дми́трий (Dmítrij), ultimately from Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios).


Enzo

a male given name from Italian, popular in the 2000s


Géraldine

a female given name, equivalent to English Geraldine


Gérald

a male given name, equivalent to English Gerald


Huguette

a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Hugues ( =Hugh)


Joëlle

a female given name, female equivalent of Joël


Marie-José

a female given name, combination of Marie and José


Kévin

a male given name, variant of Kevin, a less common spelling of Kevin


Gilles

Inherited from Old French, from an alteration of Latin Aegīdius.

a male given name, equivalent to English Giles


Joël

a male given name from Hebrew or Breton, equivalent to English Joel


Gilberte

a female given name, feminine form of Gilbert


Josée

a female given name, feminine form of José


Hugues

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From Old French Huges, nominative singular of Hugon, from a Frankish name *hugi (“heart, mind”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“thought, understanding”). Compare Old High German Hugi and hugu "soul, mind, thought.".

der

a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh


Léo

a male given name, a Latinate variant of Léon


Léonie

a female given name, a feminine form of Léon


Loïc

From Medieval Latin Ludovicus. Doublet of Louis.

a male given name, variant of Loïs and Louis, also in Flemish


Matthieu

Inherited from Old French Mathieu, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū, literally “gift of the Lord”).

מַתִּתְיָהוּ


Ludovic

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Ludovicus. Doublet of Louis, which was inherited, as well as Clovis, used as a historical term.


éponyme

English: eponyme

Learned borrowing from Latin eponymus, from Ancient Greek ἐπώνυμος (epṓnumos), q.v.

eponym (person whose name is associated with something)


Napolitain

fr-noun

Napolitain m (plural Napolitains, feminine Napolitaine)

Napolitains (plural)
Napolitaine (feminine)

Neapolitan (inhabitant or resident of Naples)


napolitain

Borrowed from Italian napoletano, from Latin neāpolītānus, from Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, literally “new city”) (whence Naples).


Israélien

fr-noun

Israélien m (plural Israéliens, feminine Israélienne)

Israéliens (plural)
Israélienne (feminine)


Pascale

a female given name, feminine form of Pascal


Raphaëlle

a female given name, masculine equivalent Raphaël


Paule

a female given name, feminine form of Paul


Rodolphe

a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph


Marie-Paule

a female given name, combination of Marie and Paule


Sylvaine

a female given name, feminine form of Sylvain


Raphaël

uder

Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl)


Pascaline

a female given name, feminine diminutive form of Pascal


Thibaut

Alternative form of Thibault, a male given name, equivalent to English Theobald


Sylviane

From Latin Silviana, feminine derivative of Silvius, silva "forest".


Fernande

a female given name, feminine form of Fernand


Fernand

a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand


Régis

An occupational surname for an official, from French régir; also from Latin rēgis (“of the king”), for service in a king's household, or as a nickname.

a male given name originally in honour of Saint Jean-François Régis, canonized in 1737


Thibault

From Early Medieval Latin Theobaldus, a borrowing from Old English Þēodbald, from Proto-West Germanic *Þeudubalþ, from Proto-Germanic *Þeudōbalþaz. Several variants exist, such as Teabo, Tebeau, Tebo, Teboe, Tebow, Thebeau, Thibaut, Thibeau, Thibeault, Thibeaux, Thibo.

a male given name, equivalent to English Theobald


Remi

A sixth-century French saint, Latin Rēmigius, from rēmex (“oarsman”).


cantonais

fr-noun

cantonais m (plural cantonais, feminine cantonaise)

cantonais (plural)
cantonaise (feminine)


Eugène

a male given name, equivalent to English Eugene


Eugénie

→ Armenian: Էօժէնի (Ēōžēni)

a female given name, masculine equivalent Eugène, equivalent to English Eugenia


Sandrine

a diminutive of the female given names Sandra or Alexandrine


Adèle

a female given name, equivalent to English Adela


Amandine

From Amanda + -ine, reinforced by the common noun amandine.

a female given name, popular from the 1980s to the 2000s


Gaétan

Borrowed from Italian Gaetano, from gaetano (“resident or native of Gaeta”), from Latin Caiētānus. Name of a saint.

a male given name from Italian, feminine equivalent Gaétane, equivalent to English Cajetan


Aurélie

a female given name, equivalent to English Aurelia


Andrée

a female given name, masculine equivalent André, equivalent to English Andrea


Aurore

a female given name, equivalent to English Aurora


Agathe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”).

bor+

a female given name, equivalent to English Agatha


Béatrice

a female given name, equivalent to English Beatrice


Aline

Contraction of Adeline, from Adèle + -ine.

Et j’ai crié / Crié / "Aline" / Pour qu’elle revienne

And I shouted / Screamed / "Aline" / For her to come back


Malgache

fr-noun

Malgache m or f by sense (plural Malgaches)


Laurette

a diminutive of the female given name Laure, equivalent to English Laura


Armelle

a female given name, masculine equivalent Armel


Annick

From Breton Annig and Annaig, from Anna + -ig (diminutive suffix).

a diminutive of the female given name Anne, from Breton


Anne-Laure

a female given name, combination of Anne and Laure


Laure

a female given name, equivalent to English Laura


Anne-Sophie

a female given name, combination of Anne and Sophie


Anaïs

From Ancient Greek Ἀναῗτις (Anaï̂tis), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎴𐏃𐎡𐎫 (a-n-h-i-t /anahita/).


Adélaïde

Japanese: アデライド (Aderaido)

a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide


Aurélien

Borrowed from Latin Aurelianus, derivative of the Roman gens name Aurelius, from aureus (“golden”). Doublet of Orléans.


Laurine

a diminutive of the female given name Laure


Arlette

Possibly a diminutive of Germanic compound names beginning with *harjaz (“army”). The mother of William the Conqueror was called both Herleva and Arlette.


Christelle

a female given name, variant of Christine


Colette

a female given name, short for Nicolette, feminine diminutive form of Nicolas ( =Nicholas)


Claudette

a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Claude


Coline

a female given name, short for Nicoline, feminine diminutive form of Nicolas


Berthe

Enfin, Emma se souvint qu’au château de la Vaubyessard elle avait entendu la marquise appeler Berthe une jeune femme ; dès lors ce nom-là fut choisi, et, comme le père Rouault ne pouvait venir, on pria M. Homais d’être parrain.

At last Emma remembered that at the chateau of Vaubyessard she had heard the Marchioness call a young lady Berthe; from that moment this name was chosen; and as old Rouault could not come, Monsieur Homais was requested to stand godfather.

a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha


Céline

From Latin Coelīna or Caelīna, name of a fifth century saint, derivative of the Roman gens name Caelius, from caelum (“heaven”). Also a short form of Marceline, a feminine diminutive form of Marcel. Related to English Celine and Selina.


Armel

Name of a Breton saint, from Late Latin Armagilus, of Celtic origin; compare Welsh Arthfael (literally “bear-prince”).


Coralie

Coined in France in the end of the 18th century, from Latin corallium "coral".


Clothilde

a female given name, variant of Clotilde


Edwige

a female given name, equivalent to English Hedwig


Anne-Marie

a female given name, combination of Anne and Marie


Clarisse

English: Clarisse, Clarice

Borrowed from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more.


Célia

a female given name, equivalent to English Celia


Clovis

→ English: Clovis

From the name of the Frankish king Clovis I. Borrowed from Medieval Latin Clodovicus, Clodovechus (cf. also the form Ludovicus), the Latinised form of Frankish *Hlōdowig. Louis was derived from the same source, but developed naturally within French instead of being borrowed from the older form of the name. Compare also Ludovic. Cognate to German Ludwig and Dutch Lodewijk, which see for more information.

a male given name, notably of four Frankish kings


Clotilde

From Proto-Germanic *Hlūdahildiz, from *hlūdaz (“famous”) + *hildiz (“battle”).

a female given name from the Germanic languages, best known for Saint Clotilde, a sixth century queen


Éléonore

a female given name, equivalent to English Eleanor


Élisa

a diminutive of the female given name Élisabeth


Évelyne

a female given name, equivalent to English Evelyn


Blandine

From Blandina, a second century martyr of Lyons, derived from Latin blandus "pleasing".


Éliane

From Latin Aeliana, feminine derivative of the plebeian gens name Aelius.
Can also be from Hebrew Eli'Anah (אֶלִיעַנָה), literally, my god has answered me. https://web.archive.org/web/20220807233729/https://www.name-doctor.com/name-Eliana-meaning-of-Eliana-26349.html https://www.amazon.ca/Complete-Hebrew-English-Dictionary-Reuben-Alcalay/dp/9654481855


Gaël

Possibly a contraction of Gwenaël or Judicaël. By folk etymology interpreted as "a Gael".


Gaëlle

a female given name, feminine form of Gaël


Élise

Danish: Elise

English: Elise

Irish: Eilís

Norwegian: Elise

Swedish: Elise

Chinese: 埃莉斯 (Āilìsī)

a diminutive of the female given name Élisabeth, equivalent to English Elise


Élisabeth

From Latin Elisabeth, but originating from Biblical Hebrew אלישבע.

a female given name originating from the Bible


Guillemette

a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Guillaume ( =William)


Gwenaël

Name of a sixth century Breton saint, from gwenn "white" + hael "generous" or “angel”.


Gisèle

a female given name, a popular spelling variant of Giselle


Héloïse

English: Heloise, Heloïse

a female given name, variant of Éloïse, equivalent to English Heloise


Éva

a female given name, a Latinate variant of Ève


Gwenaëlle

a female given name, feminine form of Gwenaël


Éloïse

→ English: Eloise

From Éloi + -se (“-ess: feminizing nouns”), from Medieval Latin Eligius, chiefly after Saint Eligius, from Latin ēligere (“to pick, to choose from”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives and names”).

der

a female given name, equivalent to English Heloise


Ghislain

Name of a seventh century French saint, Latinized as Gislenus, from the oblique case of Proto-West Germanic *gīsl (“hostage, pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz; thus cognate with German Geisel.

a male given name, masculine of Ghislaine


Ghislaine

a female given name from the Germanic languages, female equivalent of Ghislain


Aude

From the short form of compound names beginning with Frankish *ald- (“old”) or *aþal- (“noble”); cognate to Italian Alda.


Jeannine

→ Dutch: Janine, Jeanine

→ English: Jeannine, Janine, Jeanine

→ German: Janine

a diminutive of the female given name Jeanne


Lucienne

a female given name, feminine form of Lucien


Laetitia

a female given name of 1980s popular usage, equivalent to English Letitia


Francine

Inherited from Old French Francine, from Franc + -ine. . Today often associated with the given names France and Françoise.


Magali

a female given name from Occitan, a Provençal variant of Marguerite


Marie-Thérèse

a female given name, made famous by 18th century royalty


Mariette

a diminutive of the female given name Marie


Murielle

Alternative spelling of Muriel, a female given name, equivalent to English Muriel


Mireille

From Provençal Mirèio, presumably from mirar (“to admire”), invented by the poet Frédéric Mistral for his novel of that title (1859).


Noémie

a female given name, equivalent to English Naomi


Marie-Louise

a female given name; made popular by 18th century royalty


Margaux

English: Margaux

English: Margo

Variant of Margot, diminutive of the female given name Marguerite (“Margaret”)

Margaux (“a female given name”). Alternative form of Margot. diminutive of Marguerite (“Margaret”). Margaux was popular in the 1990s and the 2000s


Océane

Modern feminine form of Océan, from Latin Ōceanus, Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós), the god of sea and the name of an early Christian saint.

a female given name, popular in the 1990s and the 2000s


Marielle

English: Marielle


Geneviève

From Medieval Latin Genovefa.
* Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family”) + *wībą (“woman, wife”).
* Perhaps of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *Genogʷībā (from *genos (“family”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).

uder

from <i class="Latn mention" lang="cel-pro">*genos</i> (“family”)

a female given name, equivalent to English Genevieve


Noëlle

a female given name, feminine form of Noël. Equivalent to the English Noelle


Manon

→ Dutch: Manon

Pet form of Marie, made famous by Manon Lescaut, heroine of a novel (1731) by Abbé Prévost, and of two operas.


Odile

Name of a 7th/8th century saint of Alsace ; derivative of a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element od-, ot- "riches," from Frankish *aud.


Marinette

a female given name, a diminutive of Marine ( =Marina)


égyptien

From Égypte + -ien. Compare Italian egiziano.


couvent

Inherited from Old French cuvent, covent, cuvenz, from Latin conventus. Doublet of convent.


Claudie

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Claudia


Tiphaine

a female given name, equivalent to English Tiffany


Yolande

a female given name, equivalent to English Yolanda


Rémi

a male given name, alternative spelling of Remi


Rébecca

a female given name, equivalent to English Rebecca


Viviane

a female given name, masculine equivalent Vivian, equivalent to English Vivian


Mélissa

a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa


Roseline

a female given name, equivalent to English Rosaline


Ophélie

Borrowed from Italian Ofelia, coined by Jacopo Sannazaro from Ancient Greek ὠφέλειᾰ (ōphéleia, “help”, “aid”, “succour”).

der

a female given name of 1990s popular usage, equivalent to English Ophelia


Romane

a female given name, a modern feminine form of Romain


Romaine

a female given name, feminine form of Romain


Albane

a female given name, masculine equivalent Alban


Euclide

Borrowed from Latin Euclīdes, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Εὐκλείδης (Eukleídēs).

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Euclid


Lesly

a female given name, a less common spelling off Leslie


Côme

a male given name, equivalent to English Cosmo


Aliénor

a female given name from Provençal, equivalent to English Eleanor


Flo

a diminutive of the female given name Florence

a diminutive of the male given name Florent


Caennais

fr-noun

Caennais m (plural Caennais, feminine Caennaise)


Philippin

Philippin m (plural Philippins, feminine Philippine)

Philippins (plural)
Philippine (feminine)

Filipino, resident or native of the Philippines


Mélodie

a female given name, equivalent to English Melody


Roxane

→ Dutch: Roxane

→ English: Roxane

→ German: Roxane

a female given name, equivalent to English Roxana


Roberte

a female given name, masculine equivalent Robert, equivalent to English Roberta


Roch

a male given name, equivalent to English Rocco


Ivoirien

Ivoirien m (plural Ivoiriens, feminine Ivoirienne)

Ivoiriens (plural)
Ivoirienne (feminine)


Constantin

a male given name, equivalent to English Constantine


Angevin

Angevin m (plural Angevins, feminine Angevine)

From Medieval Latin Andegavinus, from Latin Andegavum, from Andecavi.


Cubain

Cubain m (plural Cubains, feminine Cubaine)

Haitian Creole: Kiben


Théophile

Borrowed from Latin Theophilus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεόφιλος (Theóphilos).


proto-germanique

Derived from proto- (“first”) + germanique (“Germanic”).


Ignace

a male given name, equivalent to English Ignatius


Jean-Loup

a male given name, combination of Jean and Loup


Jean-Joël

a male given name, combination of Jean and Joël


Jean-Pascal

a male given name, combination of Jean and Pascal


Jean-Guy

a male given name, combination of Jean and Guy


Jean-Noël

a male given name, combination of Jean and Noël


Basile

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin Basilius, from Ancient Greek Βασίλειος (Basíleios).

slbor

a male given name, equivalent to English Basil


Égide

a male given name of mostly historical usage, equivalent to English Aegidius


Mohamed

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Muhammad


Ambre

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a female given name of modern usage, equivalent to English Amber


Tchétchène

fr-noun

Tchétchène m or f by sense (plural Tchétchènes)

Chechen (resident or native of Chechnya)


Madrilène

Madrilène m or f by sense (plural Madrilènes)


Léonard

a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard


Yougoslave

Yougoslave m or f by sense (plural Yougoslaves)

Yugoslav, Yugoslavian (resident or native of Yugoslavia)


Petronille

Inherited from Middle French Petronille, from Latin Petronella.


Akram

Akram Belkaïd, b. 1964


Amin

Amin Maalouf, b. 1949

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Amin


Humbert

From Proto-Germanic *hūnaz (“offspring, (bear) cub”) + *berhtaz (“bright”).


Londonien

fr-noun

Londonien m (plural Londoniens, feminine Londonienne)

Londoniens (plural)
Londonienne (feminine)