Clarisse
Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa and Clarice. Borrowed from Italian…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
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Claudine
French Claudine
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Coralie
Borrowed from French Coralie. Coined in France in the end of the 18th century, from Latin corallium (“coral”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Danielle
Borrowed from French Danielle, the feminine form of Daniel. Unadapted borrowing from French Danielle. Borrowed from English Danielle, from French Danielle, the feminine form…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Delphine
French form of Latin Delphina, meaning woman from Delphi; Bl. Delphine of Glandèves was a 14th century nun from Provence. From Latin; see Delphine.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Denis
A male given name from Ancient Greek, a mostly British and Irish spelling variant of Dennis. Derived from French Denis.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Denise
From French Denise, from Latin Dionȳsia (feminine form of Dionȳsius, a male name of Ancient Greek origin meaning “follower of Dionysus”). Dionysus is the mythological Greek god…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Desiree
A female given name from French, alternative spelling of Désirée.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Désirée
Borrowed from French Désirée (“desired”). Borrowed from French Désirée.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Dominique
From French Dominique. Doublet of Dominic.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Eduard
From French Édouard, doublet of Edward. 18th century, from French Édouard, itself from English Edward. Derived from English Edward.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Eemil
From Swedish Emil and German Emil, from French Émile, from Latin Aemilius.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Elisa
A spelling variant of Elise.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Eloi
From French Éloi, from Medieval Latin Eligius, chiefly after Saint Eligius, from Latin ēligere (“to pick, to choose from”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives and names”).…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Elói
From French Éloi, from Medieval Latin Eligius. Doublet of Elígio.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Elouise
Alternative form of Eloise, influenced by Louise.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Eloy
Borrowed from French Éloy or Éloi, a proper name which is a popular French variant of Latin Eligius, whence also Eligio.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Elyse
A rare spelling variant of Elise. By folk etymology, connected to Elysium.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Ernestine
From French Ernestine. By surface analysis, Ernest + -ine (feminine suffix). Piecewise doublet of Ernestina.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Esme
Anglicized spelling of French Esmé.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Esmé
First recorded as a male given name in Scotland in the sixteenth century, probably from French esmé (“esteemed”), or confused with Aimé / Aimée. Clipping of Esmerelda or…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends É
Esmee
Ultimately from French; see English Esmé.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Estelle
Borrowed from French Estelle, from Occitan estela (“star”), from Latin stēlla. Doublet of étoile, estoile, stella, and stelo. Name of a third century martyr. Adapted borrowing…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Fleur
French fleur (“flower”), name of a character in Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
Francine
Borrowed from French Francine. Borrowed from English Francine, from French Francine.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Francois
From French François.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
François
Borrowed from French François, from Medieval Latin Franciscus (from Francia + -iscus).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Frans
From French François and Latin Franciscus. From Swedish Frans < Franciscus (“French”). From Dutch Frans.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends S
Gabrielle
Borrowed from French Gabrielle, feminine form of Gabriel (see there for more). Borrowed from English Gabrielle, from French Gabrielle.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Gaby
Short form of Gabrielle.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Gaetan
From French Gaëtan and Gaétan, from Italian Gaetano, from Latin Caiētānus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Garnet
Named after the garnet gemstone.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Gastón
Borrowed from French Gaston.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Genevieve
Borrowed from French Geneviève (patron saint of Paris), from Latin Genovefa, Genoveva, possibly either of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family”)…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Georges
Borrowed from French Georges.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Georgette
From French Georgette. By surface analysis, George + -ette. Piecewise doublet of Georgetta.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Georgienne
From French Géorgienne.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Georgine
From French Georgine. By surface analysis, George + -ine. Piecewise doublet of Georgina.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Germain
A patronymic from a medieval given name, identical with the French one; or from an ethnic term for a German.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Ghislaine
Borrowed from French Ghislaine. From Ghislain + -e.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Gigi
Borrowed from French Gigi. Sometimes a pet form of English names such as Virginia or Genesis. Occasionally from initials G.G. (e.g. George General 'Gigi' Gryce).
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Giovana
Borrowed from Italian Giovanna. Doublet of Joana, which was inherited from Latin, of Ivana and Jeane, borrowings from Russian and French, respectively.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Giselle
Borrowed from French Giselle. Unadapted borrowing from English Giselle.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Gizelle
A female given name from French, variant of Giselle.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Guillaume
From French. Doublet of Guillermo, William, and Wilhelm, etc.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Harry
Medieval English spoken form of Old French Henri. Unadapted borrowing from English Harry.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Haydée
From English Haidée. Borrowed from French Haydée, through French literature, from English Haidée, a name coined by Lord Byron.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Heloísa
Borrowed from French Héloïse.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Heloise
From Medieval Latin Heloisa under influence from French Héloïse, probably from French Éloi + -se (“-ess: feminizing nouns”), from Medieval Latin Eligius, chiefly after Saint…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Henriette
From French Henriette, feminine form of Henri (“Henry”) coined in the seventeenth century; in English more popular as Harriet and Henrietta. From French Henriette.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Hortense
From the French form of the Latin Hortēnsia, feminine form of Hortēnsius (“name of a Roman gens”), probably derived from hortēnsis (“having to do with gardens”) on the basis…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Hugo
From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”). From Swedish Hugo, probably from a short form of Old High German Hugubert (literally…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Isabelle
Borrowed from French Isabelle. From Old Spanish Isabel in the 12th century, ultimately from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). From French Isabelle.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Iveta
Borrowed from French Yvette. Derived from French Yvette.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Ivete
Borrowed from French Yvette, from Yves + -ette, with Yves deriving from a Germanic name and -ette being a French suffix. Doublet of Ivone and female equivalent of Ivo.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Ivona
Derived from French Yvonne, from Germanic. Derived from French Yvonne.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Iwona
Borrowed from French Yvonne.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Jacqueline
From French Jacqueline, a feminine diminutive form of Jacques (“James”), from Hebrew יעקב (ya'akóv, “Jacob”), from the root עקב (‘akev, “heel”)}}, because the biblical…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Jane
Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Janine
From French Janine and Jeannine under influence from Jane, from Jeanne + -ine, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen,…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E