French Boys' Names

The nation of France stirs up images of bright lights, fancy pastries such as baguettes, kisses, and berets. A certain style of names bring these same things to mind.

French names originate in the French language along with having French structures. For boys' names, endings such as "ste" and "eau" can make a French background. However, not all endings sound exclusively French. Names ending in "el", such as Michel, can belong to any language.

Here are some boys' names that bring to mind the romantic feeling of France:

Adrien

Alexandre

Alphonse

Andre

Antoine

Armand

Auguste

Baptiste

Bastien

Beau

Blaise

Christophe 

Claude

Clement

Damien

Emile

Emmanuel

Fabien

Fabrice

Fernand

Frederic

Gaspard

Gaston

Gerard

Guillaume

Gustave

Henri

Jacques

Jean

Jerome

Jules

Julien

Laurent

Lucien

Marceau

Marcel

Mathieu

Maurice

Maxime

Michel

Napoléon

Nicolas

Noel

Noham

Octave

Olivier

Pascal 

Phillipe

Pierre

Quentin

Regis

Rémy

Rene

Romain

Sébastien

Sylvain

Thibaut

Tristan

Valentin

Vincent

Xavier

What names would you add?

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