Alsace

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *sittjan (“inhabitant”, literally “sitter”).

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Alsace (a region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)


Lorraine

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

administrative region
administrative region

Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)


Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


Lyon

English: Lyon, Lyons

From Latin Lugdūnum, from Gaulish *Lugudūnon (“fort of Lug”), from the Celtic deity Lugus, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Ouagadougou

→ English: Ouagadougou

→ Afrikaans: Ouagadougou

→ Czech: Ouagadougou

→ Portuguese: Ouagadougou

→ Slovak: Ouagadougou

From a local name such as Moore Waogdgo and Farefare Wɔgdɔgɔ.

Ouagadougou (the capital city of Burkina Faso)


Diane

→ English: Diane
→ Portuguese: Daiane


Moroni

Borrowed from Ngazidja Comorian Mroni, from mroni (“at the river”).

Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)


Brazzaville

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
fr:Brazzaville

From Brazza + ville (“city”). Named after Italian-French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852–1905), who officially founded the settlement in 1880 [from 1880].

named-after

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Brazzaville (the capital city of the Republic of the Congo)

(metonymically, politics) The government of the Republic of the Congo.


Abidjan

Abidjan (the de facto capital and largest city of Ivory Coast)


Boudreaux

→ English: Boudreaux


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.

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

a diminutive of the female given name Josèphe, from Hebrew


Grande-Bretagne

Great Britain (an island in Western Europe)

(loosely) Great Britain, United Kingdom (a country in Western Europe)


Royaume-Uni

Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord

United Kingdom (a country in Western Europe)


Pompey

→ English: Pompey

Pompey (a city in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France)


Leeds

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

Leeds (a large city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England)


Lahore

Lahore (a city, the provincial capital of Punjab, Pakistan)


SNCF

(rail transport) Initialism of Société nationale des chemins de fer français (the national railway company of France)


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


Le Cap

au Cap

du Cap


Marion

→ Danish: Marion

→ German: Marion

→ Norwegian: Marion

→ Swedish: Marion


Sibérie

Persian: سیبری (siberi)


Constance

a female given name, equivalent to English Constance


Broadway

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


Bernstein

Бернштейн Бернштейн#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Бернштейн (Bernštejn).


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)

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


Rouen

Inherited from Old French Roem, from the Roman name, Latin Rotomagus, from the Gaulish name Ratumacos, from *rato- (of unclear origin - see Rouen) + *magos, from Proto-Celtic *magos (“field”).

Rouen (the capital city of Normandy, France on the Seine River)


Normandie

Inherited from Old French Normendie, from normant + -ie.

Normandy (an administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel)


Ancien Régime

From ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”).


Tricolore

(Quebec, slang) the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey club


Camelot

Inherited from Middle French Camalot, from Old French Camaalot.


Christophe

a male given name, equivalent to English Christopher


République d'Orange

an imaginary micro-nation in South Africa


Canterbury

Borrowed from English Canterbury, from Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burh.

Canterbury (a cathedral city in Kent, England)

Canterbury (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Philippe

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


Vichy

Borrowed from Occitan Vichèi, phonetically evolved from the Latin place name Vippiacus, itself named after an agricultural field belonging to a farmer named Vippius. An alternate theory attributes the name to the Latin vicus calidus, meaning "warm settlement.".

A town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, the capital of Vichy France during World War II


Versailles

→ Persian: ورسای (versây)

Uncertain, but possibly from Latin versus (“slope”) or versor (“to dwell”), both from Proto-Indo-European *wértti (“to be turning around”).

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Versailles (a city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France)

Palace of Versailles
w:Palace of Versailles

(by ellipsis) Versailles (the Palace of Versailles)


Rille

Obsolete spelling of Risle. (river in Normandie)


Marseille

From the Latin Massilia, Marsilia, Massalia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), possibly an Ancient Ligurian toponym or perhaps from Ancient Greek μάσσων (mássōn, “further”) + ἅλς (háls, “sea”), literally “(city) on far end of the sea” cf. Ancient Greek παραλία (paralía).

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Meronyms: Belsunce, Canebière, Évêché, Frais-Vallon, La Timone, Sormiou

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)


René

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


Aragon

autonomous community
autonomous community

Aragon (an autonomous community of Spain)

Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula#English

Aragon (a medieval kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula)


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


Orléans

Inherited from Latin Aurelianum. Doublet of Aurélien.

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

Orleans (the capital city of the Loiret department, France; capital city of the region of Centre-Val de Loire)


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

a surname originating as a patronymic, 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.

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a male given name, equivalent to English Francis


Chelsea

The name of the municipality is derived from the English toponym Chelsea, referring in this case to the town in Vermont (the former hometown of the first colonists).

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais#English

A municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


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”).

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a male given name, equivalent to English Felix


Calais

Meronym: Saint-Pierre


Caleb

Borrowed from Late Latin Caleb, Calebus, from Koine Greek Χάλεβ (Kháleb), from Biblical Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kālēḇ), possibly related to כֶּלֶב (keleḇ, “dog”), referring to dogs’ unconditional devotion to their masters.


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


Juliette

Roméo et Juliette Romeo and Juliet


Huns

the Huns; a nomadic people from Central Asia that invaded the Roman Empire in the 5th century


Les Bleus

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


Bastille

Parisian district around place de la Bastille, where the prison stood


Le Havre

A city on the north coast of Normandy, France


Nuremberg

Nuremberg (a major city in Bavaria, Germany)


PACA

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#French

Initialism of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.


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.

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a male given name, equivalent to English Noel

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


Ningbo

Ningbo (a port city, prefecture-level city, and subprovincial city in eastern Zhejiang, China)


Caen

Inherited from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely inherited from Latin *Catumagus, from Gaulish *catu-, a word used to describe military activity (see Proto-Celtic *katus), + *magos (“field”).

Caen (a city and commune, the prefecture of the department of Calvados, France)


Calvados

Likely from a combination of Latin calvus and dorsum.

Calvados (a department of Normandy, France)


Sacramento

Sacramento, the capital city of California, United States.


Lille

Inherited from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), from Latin Īnsula, from īnsula (“island”), whence also île. The name was resegmented (like its Dutch counterpart Rijsel): in à l'Isle (“at the Isle”), the definite article came to be considered part of the name, and it was thus interpreted as à Lille.

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Meronyms: Bois-Blancs, Faubourg de Béthune, Fives, Hellemmes-Lille, Lille-Moulins, Lomme, Saint-Maurice Pellevoisin, Vauban-Esquermes, Wazemmes

Lille (the department capital of the Nord department, France; regional capital of Hauts-de-France)


Munster

→ English: Munster

Borrowed from German Münster, ultimately from Alemannic German.

Munster (a town in the Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France)


CNSS

Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale#French

(Morocco) Initialism of Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale (≈ DSS); social security


Sara

a female given name, usually spelled Sarah


Pauline

a female given name derived from Latin Paulina


Elbe

Elbe (a major river of the Czech Republic and Germany)

Tuscan Archipelago
Tuscan Archipelago#English

Elba (an island in the Tuscan Archipelago)


Marseillaise

the Marseillaise (French national anthem)


Arkhangelsk

Arkhangelsk (a city, the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia)


Matignon

From the Hôtel Matignon, the official residence of the Prime Minister of France.

Hôtel Matignon, the official residence of the prime minister of France


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


Arundel

The municipality is named after the English town of Arundel.

A township municipality of Les Laurentides, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Soudan

Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”, plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad)).

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plural of <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">أَسْوَد</i> (ʔaswad)

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Dupont

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du + pont (“bridge”). Most prevalent in Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments.


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

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Brest

From earlier Bresta, from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic bre (“hill”).


Edouard

a male given name, a typographical variant of Édouard


Hollande

Holland (a traditional region in the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland)

(colloquial, by extension) Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


pays de Galles

→ Vietnamese: xứ Uên (calque)

→ Turkish: Galler

From pays (“land, country”) + de (“of”) + Galles (“Wales”).

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Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


Siam

(historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)


Andorre

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


Écosse

Inherited from Middle French Escosse, from Old French Escoce, Escouce, from Latin Scōtia. The Old French variant with ou is the expected one. However, it seems unlikely that the word was inherited through Vulgar Latin in either form.

Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England)


Estonie

→ Persian: استونی (estoni)


Finlande

→ Persian: فنلاند (fanlând)

Haitian Creole: Fenlann


Amérique du Sud

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Lituanie

→ Persian: لیتوانی (litvâni)

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→ Lao: ລີຕົວນີ (lī tūa nī)

→ Lao: ລີຕົວນີ (lī tūa nī)

→ Khmer: លីទុយអានី (liituyʼaanii)


Amérique du Nord

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Pays-Bas

les Pays-Bas (canonical masculine plural)

From pays (“land, country”) + bas (“low, nether”), a calque of Dutch Nederland. Compare the obsolete borrowing Néerlande.

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Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


Suède

→ Persian: سوئد (su'ed)


États-Unis d'Amérique

fr-proper noun

États-Unis d’Amérique m pl (plural only)

États-Unis d’ Amérique (canonical masculine plural)

Calque of English United States of America.

calque

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Cambodge

→ English: Cambodia

→ Persian: کامبوج (kâmboj)

desctree

→ Russian: Камбоджа (Kambodža)
→ Turkmen: Kamboja
→ Tajik: Камбоҷа (Kamboja)
→ Uyghur: كامبودژا (kambodzha)
→ Kyrgyz: Камбожа (Kamboja)

Borrowed from Middle Khmer Kambuja (Modern Khmer កម្ពុជា (kampuciə)).


Australie

Literally, “the southern land”, from Latin australis (“southern”).

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Russie

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Russi, alternatively from russe + -ie.

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Amérique

Haitian Creole: Amerik

États-Unis d’Amérique
États-Unis d'Amérique#French

United States of America
United States of America

(informal, by ellipsis, metonymically) Ellipsis of États-Unis d’Amérique (“United States of America”).


Afrique

Inherited from Old French Affrique, borrowed from Latin Āfrica.


César

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

a male given name, equivalent to English Cesar.

A statuette awarded by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma.


Brésil

→ Persian: برزیل (berezil)

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Bolivie

→ Persian: بولیوی (bolivi)


Jésus

Haitian Creole: Jezi

From Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Hebrew ישוע (y'hoshúa).


Norvège

→ Arabic: النرويج (an-nurwīj)

→ Persian: نروژ (norvež)

→ Ottoman Turkish: نرويج (Norvec)

> Turkish: Norveç (inherited)


Grèce

Inherited from Old French Grece, from Latin Graecia

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Turquie

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Turcia, Turchia; alternatively from turc + -ie.

Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)


Bermudes

Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)


Irlande

→ Persian: ایرلند (irland)

Haitian Creole: Ilann


Mexique

Antillean Creole: Meksik

Haitian Creole: Meksik

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→ Arabic: المكسيك

→ Arabic: المكسيك

→ Persian: مکزیک (mekzik)

→ Khmer: ម៉ិចស៊ិក (məcsɨk)

→ Norman: Mexique

Borrowed from Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco.


Macédoine

Inherited from Old French Macedoine, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin Macedonia, from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), which see for more.

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Macedonia (a region in the Balkans in Southeast Europe)

Macedonia (an ancient kingdom in the Balkans in Southeast Europe)

administrative region
administrative region

Macedonia (an administrative region of Greece)

Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia, a country in the Balkans in Southeast Europe)


Bulgarie

→ Vietnamese: Bun-ga-ri

From Latin Bulgaria; alternatively, bulgare + -ie.

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Croatie

→ Persian: کرواسی (korovâsi)

→ Khmer: ក្រូអាស៊ី (krouʼaasii)

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

La République de Croatie
La République de Croatie#French

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe; official name: La République de Croatie)


Arménie

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Waterloo

From Middle Dutch, composed of water (“water”) + loo (“sacred wood, forest”).

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A village in Walloon Brabant, Belgium; the site of a major military battle in 1815


Dieppe

The city in New Brunswick was named in memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Dieppe Raid in 1942.

A coastal town in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

A city in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Languedoc

Univerbation of the phrase langue d’oc (“the language of oc”), from Dante Alighieri’s De vulgari eloquentia, where he wrote in Latin: “nam alii oc, alii si, alii vero dicunt oil” (‘some say òc, others say sì, others say oïl’). Based on the Occitan word òc (“yes”), in contrast to Old French oïl (now French oui).


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”).

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a male given name from Spanish or Portuguese


Estelle

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


Bonn

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Maastricht

Borrowed from Dutch Maastricht, from Latin Mosae Traiectum.

Maastricht; A city in Limburg, Netherlands


Antoinette

→ Bulgarian: Антоане́та (Antoanéta)

→ Cebuano: Antoinette

→ Danish: Antoinette

→ English: Antoinette

→ Greek: Αντουανέτα (Antouanéta)

→ Portuguese: Antonieta

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

a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Antoine


Doncaster

The name of the reserve is derived from the English toponym Doncaster, a city in South Yorkshire.

A Native American reserve in Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Jules

a male given name, equivalent to English Julius


Louvre

Of disputed origin:
* possibly from Latin Lupara, a name derived from lupus (“wolf”), as the first fortress of the Louvre was built on a place with such a name designating its area as a wolf hunting den.
* or of Germanic origin, such as Frankish; in an old Saxon-Latin gloss, Loëvar is translated as Castellum, related to Middle Low German lūren (“to watch over, lurk, spy”), from Proto-Germanic *lūraną, which is of uncertain origin, but possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to see, shine”).
* possibly from Late Latin roboretum (“oak wood”), from Latin robur (“oak tree”), by analysis with the modern name of the Norman river Rouvre.


Carthage

Carthage (an ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia)

Carthage (an ancient civilisation in North Africa, centred on the city of Carthage)


Adolphe

a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph


Abélard

the French philosopher and theologian Abelard

(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


Ypres

English: Ypres

First mentioned 1066, probably related to the river Ieperlee of Flanders, from Dutch iep (“elm tree”).


Hispaniola

Haitian Creole: Ispayola

Borrowed from Latin Hispāniola, a latinisation of Spanish la Española.

Hispaniola (an island in the Caribbean Sea)


Dijon

From the Roman name, Latin Diviōnem, from the name Divius (“godly, divine”); see divus.

Dijon (the capital city of the Côte-d'Or department, France)


Lausanne

From the Roman name, Latin Lousonna or Lausōnium.

Lausanne (a municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language)


Grenoble

Inherited from Old French Graignovol, ultimately from Late Latin Grātiānopolis, named after the emperor Gratian.

Grenoble (a city, the prefecture of the department of Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Luc

a male given name, equivalent to English Luke


Angers

Inherited from Latin Civitas Andecavorum, from Andecavi.

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Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

Angers (a city, the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France)


Yvonne

a female given name, the feminine form of Yvon


Canaries

autonomous community
autonomous community

The Canary Islands (an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain)


Strasbourg

Strasbourg (the capital city of the Bas-Rhin department, France; capital city of the region of Grand Est)


Toulouse

→ English: Toulouse

Previously Thoulouse; from Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin (Volcae Tectosages), or possibly from an Iberian or Aquitanian name.

Toulouse (the capital city of the Haute-Garonne department, France; capital city of the region of Occitanie)


Toulouse

→ English: Toulouse


Yukon

Borrowed from Gwich'in yukon (“great river”).

bor+

Yukon, Yukon Territory (a territory of Canada)


Jérémie

Haitian Creole: Jeremi

a male given name, equivalent to English Jeremy or Jeremiah

A commune and capital city in Grand'Anse, Haiti.


Maroc

→ Arabic: الْمَرُوك (al-marūk)


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.

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.

a male given name, feminine equivalent Alphonsine


RTS

Radio Télévision Suisse
w:Radio Télévision Suisse

(broadcasting) Initialism of Radio Télévision Suisse, the Swiss-French public service broadcaster


Alain

→ Armenian: Ալեն (Alen)

desc

→ 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

Leon (a historical region in Brittany, in northwestern France)


Léon

a male given name, equivalent to English Leo or Leon


Cherbourg

Inherited from Old French Chieresburg, probably from Old Norse kjarr (“thicket”) + borg (“fort”). Compare Old English Kiǣresburh.

Cherbourg, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (a city in the Manche department, Normandy, France)


Mulhouse

Borrowed from Alemannic German Milhüsa or its source Middle High German Mülnhūsen, from Old High German Mulinhūson; compare German Mülhausen (literally “mill house”).

cog

Mulhouse (a city in the Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France)


Cannes

Inherited from Old French Canua, possibly related to cane (“reed”). Or, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate toponym *kan ("tall, height").


Montpellier

From Medieval Latin mōns (“mountain”) Pessulanus, Pestellarius, pislerius, pistillarius, variant of pastellus (“woad, dye”).
The municipality of Québec is named after postmaster Louis Beaulieu, dit Montpellier.

Montpellier (a city in the Hérault department, Occitania, France)

A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Ys

1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Tristes Tropiques (1993 edition), Plon, chapter IX, page 89; translated 1973 by John and Doreen Weightman as Tristes Tropiques (2011 edition), Penguin Books

The bay at Rio eats right into the heart of the city: you land in the centre, as if the other half, like the fabled town of Ys, had already been engulfed by waves.

Rio est mordu par sa baie jusqu’au cœur; on débarque en plein centre, comme si l’autre moitié, nouvelle Ys, avait été déjà dévorée par les flots.


Nantes

From Latin Portus Namnetum, from the name of the Namnetes, a local Gaulish tribe.

Nantes (the capital city of the Loire-Atlantique department, France; capital city of the region of Pays de la Loire)


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


Vannes

The Roman name was Latin Veneti, a Gaulish/Celtic tribe whose name likely shares a Proto-Indo-European origin with other similar sounding tribes, from Proto-Celtic *wenyā (“kindred, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive”). More at Veneti.


Machin

fr-noun

Machin m (plural Machins, feminine Machine)

Elle se promenait avec Machin ; j’ai oublié son nom.

She was walking with Thingy; I've forgotten his name.

Dans un café de P*, capitale de la F*, un jeune Marocain, m’ayant civilement abordé (« Vous êtes bien Machin, le gazetier ? »), m’affirme de manière véhémente que je dois entendre son histoire.

2012, Fouad Laroui, “Né nulle part”, in L’Étrange Affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine, page 41:

In a café in P*, the capital of F*, a young Moroccan, having politely approached me ("Are you what's-his-face, the reporter?") insisted that I should listen to his story.

(informal) what's-his-face (a general word used to designate a person whom one does not know how to name more precisely, in particular whose name has been forgotten)


A. O.

Afrique orientale
Afrique orientale#French

Initialism of Afrique orientale (East Africa), used as an overprint on stamps of Belgian Congo in 1918 for use in Belgian occupied German East Africa


Troyes

→ English: Troyes

Inherited from Latin Tricassae, from (Augustobona) Tricassium, named after the Tricasses, a Celtic tribe.


Tours

From Latin Turonum, from Turones, the name of the area's Gaulish inhabitants in antiquity.

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

Tours (a city, the prefecture of the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Vénus

→ Persian: ونوس (venus)

Comme l’ardant brandon Vénus

Guillaume de Lorris, Le Roman de la Rose 33.1

Like a burning torch Venus
helped the Lover more than anything


Bénin

→ Japanese: ベナン (Benan)

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Corée

→ Khmer: កូរ៉េ (kouree)

→ Persian:

Iranian Persian: کره (kore)

→ Ottoman Turkish: قوره (kore)

> Turkish: Kore (inherited)

→ Albanian: Kore

→ Haitian Creole: Kore

Internationalism. See English entry for Korea for further etymology.

République populaire démocratique de Corée


Corée du Nord

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JO

Initialism of Jeux olympiques (“Olympic Games”).


Nioué

Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)


Jamaïque

Haitian Creole: Jamayik

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Grenade

English: Grenada

Borrowed from Spanish Granada (city, region; island), from Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (Ḡarnāṭa, initially a suburb of the city, then city, region).

der

Granada (a province of Andalusia, Spain)

Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Slovaquie

→ Persian: اسلواکی (eslovâki)


Slovénie

→ Persian: اسلوونی (esloveni)

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


Érythrée

Haitian Creole: Eritre

→ Persian: اریتره (eritre)

→ Turkish: Eritre

From Latin erythraeus, as it was used in Erythraeum mare (“the Erythraean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”). The second sense is a semantic loan from Italian l'Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”).

En second lieu, si l’on dit que les Tyriens se servirent du même expédient dont commença à user Cléopatre à la Bataille d’Actium, & que ces Vaisseaux furent transportez à force de Bras, & d’Argent, de la mer Mediterranée dans l’Erythrée, l’intervalle de l’une à l’autre n’étant que de trois cens stades; la chose ne paroîtra pas non plus incroyable.

1730, Traitez géographiques et historiques, pages 40–41:

[...] il se demande [...] comment il a pu se faire au contraire que l’Érythrée ait conservé son niveau sans baisser.

1886, Géographie de Strabon, pages 95–96:

(obsolete or historical) Ellipsis of la mer Érythrée (“the Erythraean Sea”).

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


Syrie

From Latin Syria, from Ancient Greek Συρία (Suría).

Holonym: Proche-Orient

Meronym: Cœlé-Syrie

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Libye

→ Persian: لیبی (libi)


Indonésie

→ Persian: اندونزی (andonezi)

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Bosnie

→ Khmer: បូស៊្នី (bousnii)

→ Persian: بوسنی (bosni)


îles Salomon

les îles Salomon (canonical feminine plural)


Serbie

From Latin Serbia; alternatively, serbe + -ie.

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Brunéi

Alternative spelling of Brunei: Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia)


Jordanie

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Malaisie

→ Persian: مالزی (mâlezi)


Monténégro

→ Persian: مونتهنگرو (monte-negro)

Borrowed from Venetan Montenegro (literally “black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra / Цр̑на̄ Го̀ра, referring to Mount Lovćen.

bor+

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Koweït

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Kuwait City (the capital city of Kuwait)


Kirghizistan

Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China)


Géorgie

Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


Bosnie-Herzégovine

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Népal

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)


Corée du Sud

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UQ

UQ (“University of Quebec”): Abbreviation of Université du Québec.


Barbade

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Cap Vert

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Somalie

→ Persian: سومالی (somâli)

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)


Ouganda

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Afrique du Sud

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Guinée-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


Nouvelle-Calédonie

New Caledonia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)


Mauritanie

→ Persian: موریتانی (muritâni)


Nouvelle-Zélande

New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)


Micronésie

Micronesia (a geographical region of Oceania)

Micronesia (A country consisting of about 2000 islands in Oceania)


Singapour

→ Persian: سنگاپور (sangâpur)

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)


Bahreïn

Borrowed from Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn).

bor+

الْبَحْرَيْن

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


République tchèque

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


Biélorussie

Borrowed from Russian Белору́ссия (Belorússija).


Thaïlande

Haitian Creole: Tayilann


Moldavie

Persian: مولداوی (moldâvi)

From Moldave + -ie, from Latin Moldavia.

Western Moldavia
Western Moldavia#English

Moldova, Western Moldavia (a region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova)


Québec

→ English: Quebec

→ Persian: کبک (kebek)

→ Portuguese: Quebeque, Quebec

Borrowed from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”), originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap.

Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

Québec a annoncé de nouveaux investissements en santé.

Quebec City [i.e. the Quebec government] announced new funding for health.

(by metonymy) The government of the province of Quebec.


Arabie saoudite

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Comores

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Sandra

a female given name, short form of Alexandra


Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


Trinité-et-Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands in the Caribbean)


Sainte-Lucie

Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Antigua-et-Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the Caribbean)


Yémen

Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Azerbaïdjan

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


Matthias

a male given name. Variant spelling: Mathias


Taïwan

Taiwan (an island and partly-recognized country in East Asia)

Anping District
Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)
fr:Taïwan


Nabuchodonosor

Very large bottle of champagne, containing about 20 ordinary bottles, or 16 liters. (Nebuchadnezzar (Biblical king))


Charlemagne

Inherited from Old French Carles li magnes, borrowed from Latin Carolus Magnus (literally “Charles/Carl the Great”).


Finistère

Finistere (a cape and department of Brittany, France)


Morbihan

Morbihan (a department of Brittany, France)


Lorient

Inherited from Old French l' + oriant. Found in Breton as An Oriant.


Ille-et-Vilaine

Ille-et-Vilaine (a department of Brittany, France)


Somme

Somme (a department of Hauts-de-France, France)


Mayenne

The place is named after the River Mayenne, probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *madyeti (“to burst, spread”); alternatively, from Latin madeo (“to be wet”). Both are ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet, moist”).

der

Mayenne (a department of Pays de la Loire, France)

Mayenne (a right tributary of the Loire, in northwestern France)


Toulon

From the Roman name, Latin Telō Mārtius. The first word could be from Telo, a Celtic spring deity, from Proto-Celtic *telo (“water hole, spring”), or from the obsolete tol (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *tullon, *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”) (Welsh twll, Breton toull, Irish toll).

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Toulon (a city, the prefecture of the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Vendée

→ Persian: وانده (vânde)

Vendée (a department of Pays de la Loire, France)

Vendée (a right tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise, in western France)


Moselle

Moselle (a left tributary of Rhine, in northeastern France, and southwestern Germany)

Moselle (a department of Grand Est, France)


Metz

Metz (the capital city of the Moselle department, France)


Loire

→ Catalan: Loira

→ English: Loire

→ Polish: Loara

→ Spanish: Loira

Inherited from Latin Liger, itself borrowed from the native Gaulish name of the river, from *liga (“silt, sediment, deposit, alluvium”) (see also French lie, English lees), from Proto-Celtic *legyā, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”), the same source as many words in English such as lie, ledge, etc.

Loire (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

Loire (a major river in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire regions, France)


Navarre

Meronym: Pampelune

Navarre (an autonomous community of Spain)

Navarre (part of the Basque Country in France)


Guinée équatoriale

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Palaos

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Hong-Kong

Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)


Saint-Marin

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


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


Lafayette

Lafayette
any of a number of U.S. places


Iroquois

fr-proper noun

Iroquois m (plural Iroquois, feminine Iroquoise)


Maude

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


Lambert

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

a surname, Lambert, originating as a patronymic


Maud

a female given name, variant of Mathilde


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


Beaumont

Inherited from Old French [Term?]. By surface analysis, beau + mont.


Néron

English: Neron


Néron

→ English: Néron

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

Laurent: a surname originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Lawrence or Laurence


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


Agamemnon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn).


Gaillard

English: Gaylord

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Gaillard: a surname, often associated with the Huguenots


Sauzet

Sauzet (a town in Languedoc-Roussillon, France)


CDN

CDN; Initialism of Côte-des-Neiges. A district of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, Montréal, Québec, Canada


Champlain

English: Champlain

A topographic surname, from champ (“field”) + plain (“flat”).

Champlain; Samuel de Champlain, French geographer and explorer


Richelieu

a French commune, in the Indre-et-Loire departement


Clarendon

The municipality is named after the English estate of Clarendon Park, famous for being the birthplace of the Constitutions of Clarendon.

A municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

Clarendon Park
Constitutions of Clarendon


Beauchamp

→ English: Beauchamp

desc

English: Beacham, Beecham, Beachem, Beechem

From beau (“handsome, fine, attractive”) + champ (“field”).

af

a habitational surname, Beauchamp, from locations


Buckingham

The district is named after the English town of Buckingham.

A district of Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Morgane

a female given name, equivalent to English Morgan


Rousseau

English: Rousseau

Spanish: Rousseau

From rousseau, a nickname for someone with red hair, from roux (“redhead”) + -eau. Cognate to English Russell.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Genevan philosopher)


Lucien

a male given name, equivalent to English Lucian


Marjorie

Variant of Marguerite. From English Marjorie.


Balzac

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Balzac (a town and commune of the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

a surname
Honoré de Balzac, French writer


Moose Jaw

Borrowed from English Moose Jaw. From Cree moscâstani-sîpiy.

Moose Jaw (a town in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada)

Moose Jaw (a rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada)


Porto Rico

Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)


Confucius

Borrowed from Latin Cōnfucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).


Pallas

Borrowed from Latin Pallas, from Ancient Greek Παλλάς (Pallás).

(astronomy) Pallas, the second asteroid discovered


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".


Nunavik

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᓄᓇᕕᒃ (nonafik, “place to live”).


Provence

→ English: Provence

Borrowed from Occitan Provença, from Latin prōvincia. Doublet of province.


détroit de Messine

le détroit de Messine (canonical masculine)

Holonym: mer Ionienne


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.


Castillan

fr-proper noun

Castillan m (plural Castillans, feminine Castillane)

Castillans (plural)
Castillane (feminine)


Inès

a female given name from Spanish or Ancient Greek


André

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

a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew


FIA

w:fr:Fédération internationale de l'automobile

FIA — Initialism of Fédération internationale de l’automobile.


Monika

a female given name, equivalent to English Monika


Damien

a male given name, equivalent to English Damian


English: RU-486

Roussel+UCLAF+486, from Usines Chimiques des Laboratoires Français. From the codename RU-38486, the 38,486th compound synthesized by Roussel-Uclaf; then shortened to RU-486.

(pharmacology) RU-486: mifepristone: Synonym of mifépristone.


Poissons

the plural of poisson (“fish”), from Latin piscis (plural pisces, hence Pisces); the municipality (and hence the canton) may have an entirely different (Latin? Celtic?) origin, possibly aligned by popular etymology

(astronomy) the constellation Pisces 'the Fishes'

(astrology) the zodiac sign Pisces, after the above

Poissons (a municipality in northern French Champage)

Poissons (a canton of the Haute-Marne department, named after the above town, its capital)


Dunkerque

Meronyms: Malo-les-Bains, Petite-Synthe, Rosendaël, Saint-Gilles

Dunkirk (a city in the Nord department, in northern France)


Savoie

From the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia, Sabaudia, referring to fir trees; see sappinus (“type of fir”).

Savoie (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Chamonix

From earlier Chamouni, from the Roman name, Latin campus munitus (“fortified field”).


Alexis

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


Chopin

Nickname for a pugnacious person, from Old French chopin (“violent blow”), diminutive of chop (“blow”), from Latin colpus. Also from chopine (“unit of measure”). Compare Chapin.


Gustave

English: Gustave

a male given name, equivalent to English Gustave or Gustav


Adrienne

a female given name, masculine equivalent Adrien


Quentin

a male given name from Latin; recently popular


Genève

→ Persian: ژنو (ženev)

Probably ultimately of Celtic origin. See also the Latin name, Genava.


FIDIC

Acronym of Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils.


Lilian

a male given name, the masculine equivalent of Liliane


BEA

BEA; Abbreviation of bureau d’enquêtes et d’analyses pour la sécurité de l’aviation civile.


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")

a character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit


Guangdong

/ɡwɑ̃ɡ.dɔ̃ɡ/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng).

Holonym: Chine

Meronym: Canton


Drummond

Named after British colonial administrator Gordon Drummond (1772 - 1854).

A regional county municipality of Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.


Auch

Borrowed from Gascon Aush, derived from Latin Elimberrum Ausciorum Augusta, Augusta Auscorum or Civitas Ausciorum, from Latin Ausci.

der+

Auch (a town and commune of the Gers department, Occitanie, France)

a surname, a habitational name from the town


Shenyang

Holonym: Liaodong

Shenyang (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Liaoning, in northeastern China).


Chongqing

Borrowed from Mandarin 重慶／重庆 (Chóngqìng).

bor+

Chongqing (a direct-administered municipality and city in western China)


Wuhan

Wuhan (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Hubei, China)


Laval

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-hôtel de la Croix-Laval.wav

From la (“the”) + val (“vale (valley)”).
* (Mayenne): From being situated at a valley
* (surname): Derived from the placename in Mayenne
* (Quebec municipality): Derived from the surname of an early settler
* (Quebec island): Derived from the name of the city located on the island

A village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium

A large city in southwestern Quebec, Canada; suburb of Montreal

(informal) Synonym of Île Jésus, an island in Quebec, Canada, where the city of Laval is located; ellipsis of Île de Laval.

Île Jésus

A prefecture and commune, the capital of the Mayenne department, France

A commune of the Isère department, in southeastern France


Laval

English: Laval

Latin: Lavallium

Laval: a habitational surname from landforms


Anubis

(Egyptian mythology) Anubis (Egyptian god of burial)


Louisville

Louisville (a place in the United States).


Javier

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


fr-proper noun

Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques f

/y.njɔ̃ de ʁe.py.blik sɔ.sja.list sɔ.vje.tik/

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques.wav

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics#English

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Soviet Union (a former country in Europe and Asia)


Sichuan

Holonym: Chine

Meronyms: Chengdu, Chongqing


Cadillac

→ English: Cadillac

desc

→ Chinese: → 卡迪亞克／卡迪亚克 (Kǎdíyàkè) (transliteration)

a placename
a commune in Gironde, France

A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.

a placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada

a brand of luxury cars, part of General Motors


Rusio

→ English: Rusio

Rusio (a village in the Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France)


Antananarivo

Antananarivo (the capital city of Madagascar)


Maia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).

a female given name, equivalent to English Maya


UDF

Union pour la Démocratie Française
w:Union pour la Démocratie Française

Initialism of Union pour la Démocratie Française; a French political party


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


Notre Dame

census-designated place
census-designated place

Notre Dame (a census-designated place in Indiana)


OAS

(France) Initialism of Organisation de l’Armée Secrète.


Japhet

Inherited from Middle French Japhet, from Latin Iapeth, Iapheth, from Koine Greek Ἰάφεθ (Iápheth), from Hebrew יֶפֶת (yépheth).


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.

a surname transferred from the nickname, equivalent to English Violette


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


Yvette

a female given name, masculine equivalent Yves


Yvette

Yvette (a tributary of the Orge, Île-de-France, France)


Alger

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic الدزَاير (al-dzayir), from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”) (with elision of the first vowel), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.

der

اَلْجَزَائِر


* (UEFA Intertoto Cup): From Coupe 4 (“Cup 4”), because was the four more important football competition in Europe, at the time of its creation.
* (UEFA Europa Conference League): Because the UEFA Champions League is called "C1" and the UEFA Europa League is called "C3" (it retains the name of "C3" despite the disappearance of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup which was called "C2") and the UEFA Europa Conference League is the third competition most important in Europe.

the defunct UEFA Intertoto Cup (1961-2008)

the UEFA Europa Conference League (2021-)


Osaka

Borrowed from Japanese 大(おお)阪(さか) (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

ja-r

Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)

Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan)


Ségolène

a female given name, equivalent to German Sieglinde


Rahim

Tahar Rahim, b. 1981


Cornouailles

Inherited from Middle French Cornuaille, from Old French Cornuaille.


Ariane

English: Ariane

a female given name, Ariane, from Ancient Greek


Lucille

Borrowed from Latin Lūcilla, feminine diminutive form of Lūcius.


Salzbourg

Salzburg (the capital city of the state of Salzburg, Austria)


Reims

Named after the Belgic (Gaulish-speaking) tribe, the Remi.

Reims (a city in the Marne department, Grand Est, France)


Perrot

English: Perrot

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Pierre. Most prevalent in Finistère.

a common French surname, equivalent to English Perrot


Basabürü

A local pronunciation for Basaburu 'edge of the wood'.

the vernacular name, meaning the 'wild edge', for the upper basin of the Saison River, as opposed to the Pettarra (French Basque Country)


Dylan

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


Tracy

Tracy-sur-Loire: From Latin Draptiacus, Dractiacus, Traciacus ; from anthroponym Draccius.
:Tracy-sur-Mer: From Latin Traceum ; from anthroponym Draccius or Thracius.

A hamlet in Vire, Calvados department, France


PFK

Initialism of Poulet Frit à la Kentucky, translated from English Kentucky Fried Chicken.

(Quebec, Canada) KFC (chain of fast-food chicken restaurants)


Salat

→ English: Salat

Borrowed from Occitan Salat, from salat (“salty”).

Holonym: Occitanie

Salat (a right tributary of the Garonne in Occitanie, France)


Florian

a male given name, equivalent to German Florian


Élysée

→ English: Élysée

→ Korean: 엘리제 (Ellije)

Borrowed from Latin Elysium n, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον n (Ēlúsion).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Elysium

the Élysée palace (official residence of the President of France)


Le Mans

English: Le Mans

From Old French Celmans, from Vulgar Latin *Cenomanus, from Latin Cenomanorum, ultimately named after the Celtic tribe Cenomani. The first syllable was later reanalyzed as cel (“this”) and replaced with le (“the”).

Je vais aller au Mans

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

Le Mans (a city, the prefecture of the Sarthe department, Pays de la Loire, France)


Collin

Variant of Colin, from the given name Nicolas.

a common surname originating as a patronymic


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


Faye

English: Faye

Historically most prevalent in Haute-Vienne.


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


Parti Québécois

(Canadian politics) a separatist left-leaning Québec political party


Irma

a female given name, equivalent to English Irma


EAU

Initialism of Émirats arabes unis (“United Arab Emirates”).


Eulalie

a female given name, equivalent to English Eulalie


OM

En octobre 1985, le maire de Marseille m’a demandé si j’étais d’accord pour essayer de faire de l’OM un grand club européen, déclare-t-il à l’assemblée.

2019, Alexandre Fievée, Dans le vestiaire de l'O.M., les années Tapie:

Olympique de Marseille
w:Olympique de Marseille

(soccer) Initialism of Olympique de Marseille, a football team from Marseille


Bryson

The name of the municipality is derived from the English surname Bryson. The municipality is named after lumber merchant and former mayor of Mansfield-et-Pontefract George Bryson (1813 - 1900).

A municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


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)”).


Cuif

Considered to be a variant of the Irish name Ó Caoimh (English O'Keefe). Brought to France in the 16th and 17th centuries by Irish exiles who served as soldiers in the French army.

Marie Catherine Vitalie Rimbaud, née Cuif


Annabelle

a female given name, equivalent to English Annabelle


Jasmin

a male given name, a rare masculine form of Jasmine


Douchanbé

Dushanbe (the capital city of Tajikistan)


Rhénanie

[...] le commandant Grondelet disait toute son inquiétude à voir la Rhénanie aspirer la quasi-totalité de nos troupes pendant que s’agitaient les classes laborieuses à l’intérieur du pays.

1926, Marcel Aymé, Brûlebois, Éditions Gallimard, chap. VI, 1975 ed., pp. 68-69

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


Barcelone

Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)

Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)


Tananarive

(dated) Antananarivo (the capital city of Madagascar)


Athènes

→ Persian: آتن (âten)

Borrowed from Latin Athēnae, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι (Athênai).


Édimbourg

Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)

Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)


Lisbonne

English: Lisbon

→ Ottoman Turkish: لیزبون (Lizbon)

Turkish: Lizbon

→ Armenian: Լիզպոն (Lizpon)

From Arabic لِشْبُونَة (Lišbūna), from Latin Olisīpō, of uncertain origin.


Bavière

États de la zone: Bade-Wurtemberg · Bavière · Brandebourg · Hesse · Basse-Saxe · Mecklembourg-Poméranie-Occidentale · Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie · Rhénanie-Palatinat · Sarre · Saxe · Saxe-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringe


Aix-la-Chapelle

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Saint-Pétersbourg

Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg#English

Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia), and former capital (1732–1918).


Séville

Borrowed from Spanish Sevilla, from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /sefela/, “plain, valley”).

der

إِشْبِيلِيَة

Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya)

Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)

Seville (a province of Andalusia, Spain)


Kaboul

Ultimately from Classical Persian کابل (kābul).

Holonym: Afghanistan


Brême

From Middle French Breme, Bresme, Bremes, from Middle Low German Brēmen.

Bremen (the capital city of the state of Bremen, Germany)


Hambourg

Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)

Hamburg (a state of Germany containing the city of the same name)


Groningue

Groningen (the capital city of Groningen province, Netherlands)

Groningen (a province of the Netherlands)


Copenhague

Ultimately from Danish København, from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn.

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


Pékin

→ Persian: پکن (pekan)

→ Khmer: ប៉េកាំង (peekang)

Borrowed from Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), specifically the Nanking court dialect from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. Doublet of Beijing. Compare Spanish Pekín, Portuguese Pequim, English Peking, Dutch Peking. See also Tonkin and Nankin (“Nanjing”).

Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)


ONU

Organisation des Nations Unies
Organisation des Nations Unies#French

(politics, government) Initialism of Organisation des Nations Unies = UNO; often used for UN (United Nations)


Saxe

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-avenue du Maréchal-de-Saxe.wav

From Middle French Saxe, an apparently semi-learned form which displaced Old French Saisunie, Sessoigne, etc., from Latin Saxōnia, perhaps after Medieval Latin Saxia or influenced by German Sachsen itself. Compare Middle French Saxone (“Saxony”).


Jiangsu

Meronym: Nankin


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


Curaçao

From Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, probably as a transcription of a Lokono endonym.

Curaçao (an island and constituent country of the Netherlands).


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)


Poutine

Пу́тин Путин#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Пу́тин (Pútin)


Sabrina

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


Californie

California (a state of the United States)


Moenkopi

Holonym: réserve Hopi

A census-designated place and Hopi community Coconino County, Arizona, United States.


Dumas

From du (“of the”) + mas (“rural farmstead”).

a surname transferred from the common noun


Maeva

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

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


Granville

A small town and commune of the Manche department, Normandy, France


Orville

From Ausric + -ville From Frankish male name *Ausric (“Auric”) + Old French ville (“town”).


Orville

Orville, Côte-d'Or, France; (From the golden coloration found in the local wineries and their golden leafed grape vines)


Europe centrale

1839-1842 — Louis Agassiz, Histoire des poissons d'eau douce en Europe centrale

Du reste, ainsi que me le marquait la lettre, j’aurais grand plaisir et grand profit à visiter cette région de la Hongrie. C’est par excellence le pays magyar, dont le passé est riche de tant de faits héroïques, et qui, rebelle à tout mélange avec les races germaniques, occupe une place considérable dans l’histoire de l’Europe centrale.

1910, Jules Verne, chapter 1, in Le Secret de Wilhem Storitz:

Appuyer les protestants d’Allemagne, c’était réveiller les méfiances des catholiques français, enhardir nos propres protestants qui s’agitaient dans le Midi. Le Conseil décida de n’intervenir que pour conseiller la paix à l’Union évangélique allemande. Il craignait en somme d’être entraîné dans un grand conflit de l’Europe centrale et s’efforçait de l’empêcher par le moyen ordinaire des médiations diplomatiques.

1924, Jacques Bainville, chapter XI, in Histoire de France:

1933 — Claude Bourdet, Wörgl ou l’« argent fondant » in l’Illustration (4723:56-57)

À peu près inconnue en France, l’économie libre groupe en Suisse et dans les pays de l’Europe centrale de nombreux adhérents.


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”)


Pacifique

Borrowed from Latin pācificus (“peace making”).


Olympie

Borrowed from Latin Olympia, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία (Olumpía).

the Ancient Greek city Olympia, home of the original Olympics


Masse

English: Masse

* From the noun masse (“mace”).
* Several other origins; see Mace.

a surname, Masse, equivalent to English Mace


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


Sao Tomé-et-Principe

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe#English:_Q1039

São Tomé and Príncipe (a country and archipelago in Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean)


République centrafricaine

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


République dominicaine

Haitian Creole: Repiblik dominikèn

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


République Démocratique du Congo

République démocratique du Congo
République démocratique du Congo#French

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

Alternative letter-case form of République démocratique du Congo: Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Brigitte

a female given name, equivalent to English Bridget


Marthe

a female given name, equivalent to English Martha


Athesans-Étroitefontaine

Athesans-Étroitefontaine (a village and commune of the Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Lise

a female given name derived from Élisabeth


MOF

Meilleur Ouvrier de France
w:Meilleur Ouvrier de France

Initialism of Meilleur Ouvrier de France.


Hélène

→ Armenian: Էլեն (Ēlen)

→ English: Helen

→ Swedish: Hélène

a female given name, equivalent to English Helen


Cayenne

Cayenne (the capital city of the French Guiana department)


Chartreux

→ English: Chartreux

From Chartreuse, a city and mountain range near Grenoble where the order was founded; see Carthusian.


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).


Suzuki

Borrowed from Japanese Suzuki (Suzuki), from Japanese すずき (Suzuki, “surname”) or Japanese スズキ (Suzuki, “automaker”); from Japanese 鈴木 (Suzuki) (automaker from the surname).


Alexandre

→ Breton: Aleksandr, Alesant

a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander


CNES

Centre National d'Études Spatiales#French

Initialism of Centre National d’Études Spatiales, the French space agency


FIBA

(basketball) FIBA (“Fédération Internationale de Basketball”): Acronym of Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur., its former spelled-out name.


ASC

Initialism of Agence spatiale canadienne (“Canadian Space Agency”).


FAB

Forces Armées Béninoises
w:fr:Forces Armées Béninoises

Abbreviation of Forces Armées Béninoises (“Benin armed forces”).


Stéphanie

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


Stephan

Édouard Stephan, b. 1837


Hervé

a male given name, equivalent to English Harvey


Bénédicte

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


Montrachet

a vineyard between Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet


Nicoline

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


Lucie

a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy


Arno

Borrowed from Italian Arno, from Latin Arnus.


UDA

Union des artistes
w:fr:Union des artistes (Canada)

(Canada, Quebec) Acronym of Union des artistes: (lit., Union of Artists)


UNEDIC

Acronym of Union Nationale pour l’Emploi dans l’Industrie et le Commerce (“National Union for Employment in Industry and Commerce”).


Binche

Meronyms: Bray, Buvrinnes, Epinois, Leval-Trahegnies, Péronnes-lez-Binche, Ressaix, Waudrez


Catalogne

autonomous community
autonomous community

Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain)


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


Sion

→ Khmer: ស៊ីយ៉ូន (siiyoun)

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.


Hexagone

From the shape of France; which roughly corresponds to a hexagon (hexagone in French).

Qu’est-ce que l’Hexagone ? C’est la France. Mais le mot «France», entaché d’une affectivité suspecte, petite-bourgeoise, tend à basculer vers le folklore ; le langage contemporain lui préfère celui d’Hexagone qui, dans sa pureté fonctionnelle, semble mieux adapté à la définition d’une grande nation moderne.

1970, Robert Beauvais, L’hexagonal tel qu’on le parle:

What is the "Hexagon"? It is France. But the word "France", blemished by a suspect, petit bourgeois affectivity, tends to fall into folklore; the contemporary language prefers "Hexagon", which, in its functional purity, seems better adapted to the definition of a great modern nation.

Être né sous le signe de l’Hexagone / C’est vraiment pas une sinécure / Et le roi des cons sur son trône / Il est français, ça j’en suis sûr

1975, “Hexagone”, in Amoureux de Paname, performed by Renaud:

Being born under the sign of Hexagon / It's not so much a sinecure / And the king of fools upon his throne / He's French, of that I'm sure


Limoges

Inherited from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicinus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.

Limoges (a city, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


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.


Picardie

administrative region
administrative region

Picardy (a former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France)


Nazaré

Nazaré (a town and municipality of the district of Leiria, Portugal)


Jourdain

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


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.


Sacha

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


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


OTAN

w:fr:Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord

Acronym of Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique Nord: NATO


Irène

a female given name, equivalent to English Irene


Arches

Arches (a small town and commune of the Vosges department, Grand Est, France)

Arches (a small village and commune of the Cantal department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Maison Blanche

White House (The official residence of the President of the United States of America)

(metonymically) White House (The United States government)


mer du Japon

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-mer du Japon.wav


Bosphore

Bosphorus (A strait that passes through Istanbul)


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


Mirabelle

From Latin mirabilis (“of wondrous beauty”).


Volkswagen

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Olténie

Oltenia (a historical region in Romania)


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


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


Zacharie

Zacharias; Zachariah; Zechariah (biblical character)


Père Noël

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بَابَا نُوِيل

→ Arabic: بَابَا نُوِيل (bābā nuwīl) (partial calque)

→ Persian: بابا نوئل (bâbâ no'el) (partial calque)

Portuguese: → Pai Natal (calque), → Papai Noel (partial calque)

→ Spanish: Papá Noel (calque)


Odette

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


Junon

(astronomy) Juno, the third asteroid discovered


Poséidon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).


Arès

Borrowed from Latin Arēs, from Ancient Greek Ἄρης (Árēs).


Galilée

From Ancient Greek Γαλιλαία (Galilaía), from Hebrew הגליל (hagalil).


Athéna

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).


Apollon

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo (god)


Eschyle

Borrowed from Latin Aeschylus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Αἰσχύλος (Aiskhúlos).


Yamada

Borrowed from Japanese 山(やま)田(だ) (Yamada).


Ninive

Nineveh (an ancient city in Assyria, in modern Iraq, near Mosul)


Nouvelle-Galles du Sud

From nouvelle (feminine of nouveau (“new”)) + Galles (“Wales”) + sud (“south”); calque of English New South Wales.

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feminine of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">nouveau</i> (“new”)


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


Troie

(Ancient Greece) Troy (an ancient city in far northwestern Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)


Bayonne

English: Bayonne

Galician: Baiona

Portuguese: Baiona

Bayonne (a city and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Victoire

a female given name, variant of Victoria


Portier

English: Portier

desc

→ Chinese: → 波爾捷／波尔捷 (Bō'ěrjié) (transliteration)

a surname, Portier, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Porter


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


LR

(French politics) Initialism of Les Républicains.


FAN

Initialism of Forces Armées du Nord (“Armed Forces of the North”). (a Chadian rebel army active during the Chadian Civil War)


Aiton

Aiton (a town and commune of the Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


COM

Parti communiste français
w:fr:Parti communiste français

(French politics) Abbreviation of Parti communiste français (“French Communist Party”).


Moyen-Orient

(geopolitics) Middle East (region comprising West Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt (not just the Sinai) and all of Turkey (not just Asian Turkey)


Fnac

Fnac, a large French retail chain selling books, music and consumer electronics


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


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.


Caroline du Sud

South Carolina (a state of the United States)


Ascension

(Christianity) Ascension; the holiday commemorating the Ascension of Jesus


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


Magellan

Borrowed from New Latin Magellanus, Latinization of Portuguese Magalhães.

Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese explorer)


Grégory

a male given name, an English style variant of Grégoire


Grégoire

English: Gregoire

a male given name, equivalent to English Gregory

Gregoire: a surname originating as a patronymic


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


Louvain

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Luvanium, Latinized from a Viking/North Germanic or Frankish name *Loven, composed of *lo (“forest, clearing”) + *hvein (“swamp, marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *hwainō, *hwin- (“swamp; moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”), thus meaning "swamp near the forest."

der

Capital city of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium


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


CICR

Initialism of Comité international de la Croix-Rouge.

initialism

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ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)


RDS

Réseau des Sports
w:fr:Réseau des Sports

(Canada, sports, broadcasting) Initialism of Réseau des Sports, a Canadian sports broadcaster based in Quebec.


Quai d'Orsay

(the location of) the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs


Guyane

French Guiana (an overseas department and administrative region of France in South America)


Ekat

Abbreviation of Ekaterinbourg (Yekaterinburg).

(informal) abbreviation of the name of the city of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia


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


Modon

Methoni (a village in Peloponnese, Greece)


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.


Tchéquie

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


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


Thibault

English: Thibault

Thibault: a surname originating as a patronymic


Remi

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


océan Indien

Meronym: mer d’Arabie

Indian Ocean (the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica)


océan Arctique

Arctic Ocean (the smallest of the five oceans of the Earth, on and around the North Pole)


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


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)

Adelaide (the capital and largest city of South Australia, Australia)

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.

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

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.

(biblical) Elizabeth, Elisabeth (mother of John the Baptist)

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.


Aude

Aude (a department of Occitanie, France)


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.


Sardaigne

Probably borrowed from Italian Sardegna.

Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


Samarie

Samaria (Both city and part of ancient Palestine)


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