By naming a boy with a name of French origin, you take on a great responsibility. The name for a person is the most important word in life, it forms a personality, can influence contacts with peers. We offer to find out which French names for men are considered the most popular.
The history of the origin of French names
French names in particular are double (triple) hard to pronounce or remember. Sometimes it is impossible to understand who it belongs to - a woman or a man. This discrepancy occurs because in France, names are given in the same form for both girls and boys. To understand their meaning, you need to know their origin and look into history. French names for boys attract with grace of pronunciation and special charm. They differ from traditional names in an unusual sound.
In ancient times, representatives of the Russian nobility called their heirs with a "French accent". Thus, they tried to ennoble the name. A striking proof of this phenomenon, the hero of the book by Leo Tolstoy is Peter (Pierre) Kirillovich Bezukhov. Orthodox name George took on a French meaning, like Georges. The same thing seems to be happening today, which is why parents don't want to give their sons traditional names. They are attracted to something especially original.
As for the origin of purely French names, they were formed under the influence of significant events that left their mark on history. For example, the male name Alan means beautiful, and Dayon, Isaac - dedicated to holy deities. The names Mark, Alphonse and Gilbert appeared during the German invasion of French lands. After the adoption of the law, according to which all newborns, without exception, had to be called names from the church (Catholic) calendar.
It was then that they began to give predominantly modern Catholic names for those times. It was believed that in this way newborns "acquired" the protection of patron saints. Over time, borrowing stopped. Children began to be called double and triple names in honor of their ancestors. Today, the French are free to give the baby any name. Only some Catholic families still adhere to these traditions.
List of beautiful french boy names
Among immigrants from France there are many creative people, famous poets, actors and artists. Apparently this fact left an imprint on their names, they came up with many beautiful-sounding with a refined accent, options.
The proposed list of the most beautiful names for boys will make it easy to verify this:
- Adrian
- Bastian
- Valerie
- Gilbert
- Didier
- Jerome
- Camille
- Modest
- Noel
- Pascal
- Silestin
- Stephen
- Theodore
- forest
- Florentine
- Emil
Being in search of a beautiful name for the baby, parents begin to study their origin. It is difficult to choose a consonant name with a fateful meaning. However, in the case of French names, this problem does not arise, they are all beautiful, and predetermine a happy fate.
Rare male names of French origin
The defining criteria for choosing a male name for boys is consonance with the surname and patronymic. However, in modern society, the demand for rare, unlike ordinary names, variations has grown.
Rare, undeservedly forgotten popular French names:
- Amedi
- Easter
- North
- Perrine
- Ermenegild
- Philibert
- Amadiou
- modger
When choosing rare options for boys, think about the meaning of the name and pay attention to their sound. No matter how rare it is, the child will live with this name all his life.
The most common male names in France and their meaning
Surely, many parents are interested in knowing what male names today they are popular, directly in France itself. Judging by modern children, the vast majority modern parents continue to call the boys Daniel. It is still relevant, but not for France, where the fashion for names is completely different.
The most beautiful names for boys today look like this:
- Hugo (Hugo) - fidget
- Alain (Alain) - beautiful
- Patrick (Patrick) - noble
- Pierre (Peter) - chief
- Mathis - God's gift
- Jean (Ivan) - gracious
- Michel (Michael) - looks like a god
- Augustine - Honorable
- Christophe - bearer of Christ
- Christian (Christian) - Christian
- Bernard - strong
- Arthur (Arthur) - bear man
- Eric - leader
- Frederic (Frederic) - defender
- Dionne - dedicated to Zeus
- Laurent (Laurent) - arrived from Lorentum
- Dominic - owned by a lord
- Olivier - olive
- Thierry - King of the Nations
- Francois (Francois) - French
Recently, many people want to call the boy a French name. We, unfortunately, cannot give the newborn two or three names, like the French. However, if the parents have a desire to give the boy a French name, this is not prohibited.
Ancient and forgotten names
Recently, there has been a trend - to call the boys in an original way, pulling out the old ones and many forgotten names with French roots.
- Barthelamew - son of the plowed land, son of the fields
- Cola - conqueror of nations
- Pascal - the child of Easter
- Silestin - heavenly
- Eugene - beautiful, noble
- Raul is a wise wolf
The names presented in the lists are not always of purely French origin, but they sound very beautiful.
Male names common in France often have Roman, Latin, Greek and Anglo-Saxon roots.
How to choose a name for a boy depending on the date of birth
Catholic, as well as Orthodox tradition, often based on the names of saints, in calendars by date of birth. It is worth noting that Catholic and Orthodox saints practically do not coincide. This is due to the split of churches that took place in the 11th century. Therefore, French names include those mentioned in the Bible, as well as those of Germanic, Latin and English origin. When choosing a name, you can be content with the Catholic calendar of saints. The date is selected the day of the day or close to the birth of the baby.
True Catholics do not allow distortion or abbreviation of their name. However, depending on the country, for ease of pronunciation of the French name, it may vary. For example, Maximilian, we will often be called Max, and Charlemagne - Charles.
Beautiful French names are original and have interesting story origin. The first names and surnames in France appeared dozens of centuries ago. Since then, they have often changed, both under the influence of historical events, and thanks to the trend of new fashion trends. Women's names are endowed with a special charm and charm, which is why they are common not only in France, but also in other countries.
French traditions
Unlike Russian people, the French often have not one, but two or three names and only one surname. This custom appeared through the influence of the Roman Catholic Church. It is believed that if you name a child with two names, then throughout the life of a person not one, but two saints will protect.
If parents called their child a triple name, this does not mean that the people around them will pronounce it in full in order to address the person. Among the three names, the child has one official, which is used as the main one. When the baby grows up, he leaves himself only one name that he likes the most. In this case, he will not need to re-register documents.
The French names currently in use first appeared several hundred years ago BC. In Gaul often borrowed Greek and Celtic names, during the time of the invasion of the ancient Romans - Roman, in the Middle Ages - German. At the end of the 18th century, under a new law, the French named their children after Catholic saints.
French female names ancient Gallic era:
In ancient times, Greek names were common:
- Anne (Anne) - graceful, God's grace
- Eve (Ev) - full of life
Male names of Greek origin:
The most popular French female names of the late 20th century:
Frankish variants
Most Frankish names have 2 roots in their composition: the first root is named after the father, and the second is named after the mother.
Rare male names of Frankish origin:
Female names of Frankish origin:
- Arogasta - mistress of eagles
- Gibetruda - a friend of the gift
- Albofleda - having the beauty of fairies
- Chrodechild - a glorious warrior
- Avdovera is a happy warrior
- Avrovetha - arrow woman, swift
- Bertheflaed - shining with beauty
What are women and men called now
Below is a list of the most used and beautiful French female names in this century:
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France, 2014-2015
State in Western Europe. The capital is Paris. It borders with Spain, Andorra, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. Population (at the end of 2014) - about 66 million people (all of France) / 64.2 million people (European France). At the beginning of 2011, there were 5.5 million immigrants in France. France also includes four overseas regions (Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Reunion). Religious composition (2004 survey): Catholics - 64.3%, Protestants - 1.9%, Jews - 0.6%, Muslims - 4.3%, professing no religion - 27%. However, these data are approximate. According to other surveys, the distribution by confession is different.
The best-known data site for name statistics in France is MeilleursPrenoms.com, billing itself as the very first French name site. Indeed, it has existed since 2000. In addition to data on the origin of names, there are lists of popular names for newborns by year, starting from 1900. For 2014, the twenty most common names. Data for 2013 are not provided. For the rest of the years - the 200 most popular names.
The creator of this website is Stephanie Rapoport. She is the author of books on names that are published regularly based on data from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Research of France (l "INSEE). Therefore, this site can be completely trusted. I will give the twenty most common names of 2014. Probably the names on this site are in descending order frequencies.
Top 20 names. France, 2014
Position number Male names Women's names 1 Nathan Emma 2 Lucas Lola 3 Leo Chloé 4 Gabriel Ines 5 Timeo Lea 6 enzo Manon 7 Louis Jade 8 Raphael Louise 9 Arthur Lena 10 Hugo Lina 11 Jules Zoe 12 Ethan Lilou 13 Adam Camille 14 Nolan Sarah 15 Tom Eva 16 noah Alice 17 Theo Malys 18 Sacha Louna 19 Mael Romane 20 mathis Juliette Another interesting name data resource is opendata.paris.fr, maintained by the Paris City Hall. This site has official data on personal names given to newborns in the French capital. They are grouped by year, starting in 2004. The most current data is now for 2015. Names are given, the frequency of which is higher than 4. In 2015, there were 646 such names for men and 659 for women. For each name, the frequency is given in absolute numbers. These materials, although limited to one city, are of undoubted interest to researchers of names.
Top 20 male names. Paris, 2015
Position number Name Frequency 1 Adam
Gabriel355
3552 Raphael 320 3 Paul 260 4 Louis 256 5 Arthur 245 6 Alexandre 226 7 Victor 208 8 Jules 205 9 Mohammed 185 10 Lucas 177 11 Joseph 170 12 Antoine 167 13 Gaspard 165 14 Maxime 152 15 Augustine 146 16 Oscar 133 17 Ethan 131 18 Leo 127 19 Leon 123 20 Martin 122 Top 20 female names. Paris, 2015
Position number Name Frequency 1 Louise 293 2 Alice 244 3 Chloé 206 4 Emma 178 5 Ines 175 6 Sarah 174 7 Jeanne 173 8 Anna 160 9 Adele 155 10 Juliette
Camille149
14911 Lea 143 12 Lina 142 13 Eva 140 14 Sofia 137 15 Charlotte
Victoria
Rose134
134
13416 Mila 132 17 Josephine 127 18 Manon 126 19 Zoe 118 20 Nina 115
French is deservedly considered the most sensual language in the world - in its everyday life there are several hundred verbs denoting emotions and feelings of various kinds. The lyrical melody of the throat sound “r” and the exquisite precision of “le” give a special charm to the language.
Gallicisms
The French words used in Russian are called gallicisms, they have firmly entered the Russian-speaking conversation with a large number of words and derivatives from them, similar in meaning or, conversely, only in sound.
The pronunciation of French words differs from Slavic ones in the presence of throat and nasal sounds, for example, “an” and “on” are pronounced by passing the sound through the nasal cavity, and the sound “en” through the lower part of the front wall of the throat. Also, this language is characterized by an accent on the last syllable of the word and soft hissing sounds, as in the word "brochure" and "jelly". Another indicator of gallicism is the presence in the word of suffixes -azj, -ar, -izm (plume, massage, boudoir, monarchism). Already these subtleties make it clear how unique and diverse official language France.
Abundance of French words in Slavic languages
Few people realize that "metro", "baggage", "balance" and "politics" are primordially French words borrowed by other languages, beautiful "veil" and "nuance" too. According to some data, about two thousand gallicisms are used every day in the territory of the post-Soviet space. Clothing items (knickers, cuffs, vest, pleated, overalls), military theme(dugout, patrol, trench), trading (advance, credit, kiosk and mode) and, of course. the words accompanying beauty (manicure, cologne, boa, pince-nez) are all gallicisms.
Moreover, some words are consonant by ear, but have a distant or different meaning. For example:
- A frock coat is an item of men's wardrobe, and literally means "on top of everything."
- Buffet - we have it festive table, for the French it's just a fork.
- A dude is a dapper young man, and a dude in France is a dove.
- Solitaire - from the French "patience", in our country it is a card game.
- Meringue (a kind of fluffy cake) is a beautiful French word for a kiss.
- Vinaigrette (vegetable salad), vinaigrette is just French vinegar.
- Dessert - originally this word in France meant clearing the table, and much later - the last dish, after which they clean up.
Language of love
Tete-a-tete (one-on-one meeting), rendezvous (date), vis-a-vis (opposite) - these are also words from France. Amor (love) is a beautiful French word that has stirred the minds of lovers so many times. A stunning language of romance, tenderness and adoration, the melodic murmur of which will not leave any woman indifferent.
The classic “je tem” is used to denote strong, all-consuming love, and if “byan” is added to these words, then the meaning will already change: it will mean “I like you.”
Peak of popularity
French words in the Russian language first began to appear during the time of Peter the Great, and from the end of the eighteenth century they significantly moved native speech aside. French became the leading language of high society. All correspondence (especially love) was conducted exclusively in French, beautiful long tirades filled the banquet halls and negotiation rooms. At the court of Emperor Alexander the Third, it was considered shameful (bauvais ton - bad manners) not to know the language of the Franks, the stigma of ignorance was immediately hung on a person, so French teachers were in great demand.
The situation changed thanks to the novel in verse "Eugene Onegin", in which the author Alexander Sergeevich acted very subtly by writing a monologue letter from Tatyana to Onegin in Russian (although he thought in French, being Russian, as historians say.) By this he returned former glory of the native language.
Popular phrases in French now
Comme il faut in French means "as it should", that is, something made comme il faut - made according to all the rules and wishes.
- Se la vie! - a very famous phrase meaning "such is life."
- Je tem - singer Lara Fabian brought worldwide fame to these words in the song of the same name "Je t'aime!" - I love you.
- Cherchet la femme - also known to everyone as "look for a woman"
- ger, com a la ger - "in war, as in war." Words from the song that Boyarsky sang in the popular film of all time "The Three Musketeers".
- Bon mo is a sharp word.
- Fézon de parle - manner of speaking.
- Ki famm ve - que le ve - "what a woman wants, God wants it."
- Antre well sau di - it is said between us.
History of several words
Everyone famous word"marmalade" is a distorted "Marie est malade" - Marie is sick.
In the Middle Ages, Stuart suffered from seasickness during her trips and refused food. Her personal doctor prescribed slices of oranges with peel, thickly sprinkled with sugar, and the French chef prepared decoctions of quince to stimulate her appetite. If these two dishes were ordered in the kitchen, they immediately whispered between the courtiers: "Marie is sick!" (mari e malad).
Chantrap - the word for idlers, homeless children, also came from France. Children who did not have musical ear and good vocal data, they were not taken to the church choir as singers (“chantra pas” - does not sing), so they wandered around the streets, smoking and having fun. They were asked: "Why are you idle?" Answer: "Shantrapa".
Podshofe - (chauffe - heating, heater) with the prefix under-, that is, heated, under the influence of heat, adopted for "warming". A beautiful French word, but the meaning is just the opposite.
By the way, everyone knows why it was called that? But this is a French name, and she also has a handbag from there - a reticule. Chapeau - translates as "hat", and "gag" is akin to a slap. The slap-folded hat is a folding top hat, which was worn by the mischievous old woman.
Silhouette is the surname of the controller of finance at the court of Louis XV, who was famous for his craving for luxury and various expenses. The treasury was empty too quickly and, in order to remedy the situation, the king appointed the young incorruptible Etienne Silhouette, who immediately banned all festivities, balls and feasts. Everything became gray and dull, and the fashion that arose at the same time for depicting the outline of a dark-colored object on a white background was in honor of the miserly minister.
Beautiful French words will diversify your speech
Recently, word tattoos have ceased to be only English and Japanese (as fashion dictated), they have increasingly begun to come across in French, and some of them have an interesting meaning.
The French language is considered quite complex, with many nuances and details. To know it well, you need to painstakingly study for more than one year, but to use several winged and beautiful phrases it's not obligatory. Two or three words, inserted at the right time into a conversation, diversify your vocabulary and make your speech in French emotional and lively.