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French Names for Boys

There are 442 French names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are French names 1 to 20. Adam was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #65 and a usage of 0.3061%. The name is primarily used in Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian, and it was followed in popularity by the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Slavic Albert, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Alfred, and the French name, Adrien. The unusual French names are Absolon (French), Achille (French and Italian), Adnet (French), Adnot (French), Adolphe (French), Alain (French), Alexandre (Catalan, French, Galician, and Portuguese), Aloysius (Dutch, English, French, and German), Alphonse (French), Ambroise (French), Amédée (French), Amine (French), Anatole (French), André (French and Portuguese), and Andrion (French).

French names are all-time favorites. Currently they are still very popular baby names for boys, though they were in more widespread use previously. At the height of their usage in 1946, 32.975% of baby boys were given French names. There were 87 French names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. French names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2007, 82 French names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 13.023%. Within all French names, the Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Daniel was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #5 and a usage of 0.9113%.

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FRENCH NAMES:

Abel Popularity Trend of Abel
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 344 344 ... breath, vapor ... used in English, French, German, Portuguese, ...

Absolon ... God the Father is peace ... it is used mainly in French. ...

Achille ... pain, lipless ... it is used largely in French and Italian. ...

Adam Popularity Trend of Adam
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 65 65 ... man ... Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, ...

Adnet ... man ...Adnet's origin is Hebrew, and its use, French. ...

Adnot ... man ... predominantly in the French language and its origin ...

Adolphe ... noble wolf ... it is used mainly in French. ...

Adrien Popularity Trend of Adrien
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 843 843 ... man from Hadria; dark ...Adrien's origin is Latin, and its use, French. ...

Alain ... little rock; harmony, ... is used chiefly in French and its origin is ...

Albert Popularity Trend of Albert
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 371 371 ... nobly famous ... in the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, ...

Alexandre Popularity Trend of Alexandre
from 1900 to 2007. ... defender of men ... used in Catalan, French, Galician, and ...

Alfred Popularity Trend of Alfred
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 742 742 ... inspired advice; old ... in the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and ...

Aloysius Popularity Trend of Aloysius
from 1900 to 2007. ... rock; all ... in the Dutch, English, French, and German languages, ...

Alphonse Popularity Trend of Alphonse
from 1900 to 2007. ... noble and ready ... primarily used in the French language and it is of ...

Ambroise ... immortal, divine ... it is used mainly in French. ...

Amédée ... love of God ...Amédée's origin is Latin, and its use, French. ...

Amine ... truthful, trustworthy ... is used chiefly in the French language and its origin ...

Anatole ... sunrise, east ... is largely used in French and it is derived from ...

André ... male, manly, brave, ... is a French and Portuguese name of Old Greek ...

Andrion ... man from Hadria; dark ... it is used mainly in French. ...



Popularity Trend
for French Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for French Names
in 2006