Abelardo
Borrowed from French Abélard.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
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Adela
Latinate form of French Adèle, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”). Compare Old English æþele, English athel. Borrowed from…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Adelajda
Borrowed from French Adélaïde.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Adele
Borrowed from French Adèle, equivalent of Adela, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare athel, German edel, Old English æþele. From French Adèle. Borrowed from French…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Adrienne
From the French Adrienne, the feminine form of Adrien (equivalent to English Adrian).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Aimee
Borrowed from French Aimée (“beloved”). A variation of the English Amy.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Aimée
Unadapted borrowing from French Aimée (“beloved”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Alain
Borrowed from French Alain. From French Alain.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Alexandre
Borrowed from French Alexandre and Portuguese Alexandre. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Alexandre, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Alexandrine
From French Alexandrine. By surface analysis, Alexandra + -ine.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Alfons
Borrowed from French Alphonse.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Alfonz
a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Alphonse Derived from French Alphonse.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Algernon
From Old French als gernons (“having mustaches”), from als (contraction of a and les) + gernon, variant of grenon (“mustache”), from Vulgar Latin *granonem (“facial hair,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Aline
Borrowed from French Aline. Borrowed from French Aline.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Aliz
a female given name from French, equivalent to English Alice
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Alíz
a female given name from French, equivalent to English Alice
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Alizé
From French Alizé, from alizé.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends É
Aloyzas
Learned borrowing from Latin Aloysius, from Occitan Alois, derived from French Louis, derived from Frankish *Hlūdawīg. Compare Latvian Aloizs and Polish Alojzy. Doublet of…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Amaury
Unadapted borrowing from French Amaury. Doublet of Amalarico and Amalrico.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
André
Ultimately from Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). An Old Galician-Portuguese form Andreu was displaced. Doublet of Andrei. Borrowed from French André.…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends É
Ane
From English Anne and French Anne. Doublet of Ana and Hanna.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Aneta
Borrowed from French Annette. Borrowed from French Annette. Borrowed from French Annette.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Angeline
Borrowed from French Angeline. By surface analysis, Angela + -ine. Piecewise doublet of Angelina.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Anne
From French Anne (“Ann”), from Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Anne-Marie
Borrowed from French Anne-Marie.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Annette
From French Annette, diminutive of Anne, from Ἄννα (Ánna), the Ancient Greek New Testament form of the Hebrew female name חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious”) with the French…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Anouk
From French Anouk, popularised by actress Anouk Aimée, who adopted the name after her role in the film La Maison sous la mer (1947). Prior to that there is little evidence of…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Antoine
From French Antoine. Doublet of Anthony.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Antoinette
From French Antoinette, feminine diminutive of Antoine, equivalent to Anthony.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Ariane
From French Ariane, from Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē). From Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Armando
Borrowed from French Armand. a male given name from French Armand, equivalent to English Herman Borrowed from Spanish Armando.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Augustine
From Latin Augustīnus, derivative of Augustus. Doublet of Austin. From French Augustine, from Latin Augustīna. Doublet of Augustina. Learned borrowing from Latin Augustīna.…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Avril
20th-century invention from French avril (“April”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Barret
Spelling variant of Barrett
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Beauregard
From French Beauregard.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Belle
From French belle (“beauty, beautiful”), from Latin bella. Diminutive of Isabelle and Annabelle.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Benoit
Borrowed from French Benoît.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Bernadete
Borrowed from French Bernadette.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Bernadette
From French Bernadette, made famous by St. Bernadette of Lourdes. Borrowed from English Bernadette, from French Bernadette.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Bernardete
From French Bernadette with influence from Bernardo /Bernarda.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Blaise
Borrowed from Old French Blaise in the Middle Ages and revived partly due to the modern French equivalent, from Latin Blasius. Doublet of Blasius.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Blanch
A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Blanche.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends H
Blanche
From Old French blanc (“white”). The surname originated as a nickname, or as a matronymic.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Bo
Either borrowed from modern Danish Bo or Swedish Bo, or a spelling variant of the male given name Beau. From Old Norse Búi (“dweller, long-time resident”), originally a…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends O
Brice
A male given name from the Celtic languages, a variant of Bryce.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Buket
Borrowed from French bouquet.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Caillou
From French; see caillou. Nickname of the eponymous boy of the Canadian book and TV series Caillou.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Camille
From French Camille (“Camilla”). Doublet of Camilla. (male): From Latin Camillus :(female): From Latin Camilla
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Carole
Borrowed from French Carole.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Celeste
Borrowed from French Céleste, ultimately from Latin caelestis (“heavenly”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Celestin
Borrowed from French Célestin, from célestin (“celestine”). Doublet of Celestine.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Celina
Variant of Celine, from French Céline, ultimately from Latin. Borrowed from French Céline, from Latin Caelīna, Coelīna.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Chanel
From French Chanel. As a given name, principally after Coco Chanel.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Chantal
Borrowed from French Chantal in the 1960s, from the surname of a French saint Jeanne de Chantal, actually a Baroness of Chantal, a place name in France from Old Occitan cantal…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Charles
From French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Frankish and Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“free…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends S
Charline
From French Charline.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Charlotte
From French Charlotte in the 17th century, a female diminutive form of Charles, from Middle High German Karl, which came from the Germanic *karlaz. The civil parish is named…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Clair
A less common spelling of Claire.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
Claire
Borrowed from French Claire, also a spelling variant of the English Clare. From Latin Clara, with transparent meaning in modern French (claire).
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Clarice
Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa and Clarisse. Borrowed from French…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E