Compiled by Tad D. Campbell, Gilroy, CA
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List of French given names with their English equivalents.


Gender		French name									English translation

F            Abbelline, Obéline					?
M            Abdias														Obadiah
M            Abraham												 Abraham
M            Absalon													Absalom
M            Achille													 Achilles
F            Adélaïde                         Adelaide
F            Adèle                              Adela
M            Adophe                           Adolphus
M            Adrien                           Adrian
F            Adrienne                        Adriana
F            Agnès                             Agnes
M            Aimé                             masculine of Aimée
F            Aimée                            Amy
M            Alain                             Allen
M            Alde                              Aldus
F            Aldine                           Aldine
M            Alexandre                     Alexander
M            Alexis                           Alexis
M            Alphonse                       Alfonso
F            Alphonsine                     feminine of Alphonse
M            Alvin                             Alvin
F            Alvine                            feminine of Alvin
M            Amable                          ? (prob. form of amiable)
M            Ambroise                      Ambrose, Ambrosius
M            Anastase                       Anastasius
F            Anastasie                      feminine of Anastase; Anastasia
M            André                            Andrew
F            Angèle                           Angela
F            Anges, Desanges            literally: Angels, of Angels
F            Anne                              Ann
M            Anselme                        Anselm
M            Antoine                         Anthony
F            Antoinette                     feminine of Antoine
F            Artémise                       Artemisia
M            Athanase                       Athanasius
M            Aubin                             ?
M            Auguste                        Augustus
M            Augustin                       Augustin, Austin
M            Aurèle                          Aurelius

M            Balthazar                      Balthazar, Belshazzar
F            Barbe                             Barbara
M            Barnabé                         Barnaby, Barnabus
M            Barthélemi                    Bartholomew
M            Basile                           Basil
F            Bathsabée                      Bathsheba
M            Benjamin                      Benjamin
M            Benoit                           ? (perhaps Benedict)
M            Bernard                        Bernard
M            Bertrand                       Bertram
F            Béthanie                        Bethany
M            Blaise                           Blase
M            Bonaventure                 Bonaventure
M            Boniface                       Boniface
M            Booz                             Boaz
F            Brigitte                        Bridget

M            Cassandre                     Cassander
F            Cassandre                     Cassandra
F            Catherine                      Catharine
F            Cécile                           Cecilia
M            Célestin                        ?
F            Célestine                      feminine of Célestin
F            Célina                           ?
M            César                           Caesar
M            Charles                        Charles
M            Charlot                        Charlie
M            Christophe                   Christopher
F            Claire                           Clara
M            Claude                         Claude, Claudius
F            Claude, Clauda              Claudia
M            Clément                       Clement
F            Clot(h)ilde                   Clotilda
F            Constance                    Constance
M            Constantin                   Constantine
F            Constantine                 Constantina
F            Cordélie                       Cordelia

F	Corinne					Corina
M	Crespin					?
M	Cybar					?
M	Cyprien					Cyprian
M	Cyriac					Cyriacus

M	Cyrille					Cyril
M	Damas, Damase				?
M	Daniel					Daniel
M	David					David
F	Delima					form of Rose de Lima, the name of a Saint

F	Delina					?
F	Delphine				?
M	Denis					Dionysius, Denis, Dennis
F	Denise					feminine of Denis; Denise
F	Desanges, Anges				literally: of Angels, Angels

M	Didace					?
M	Dominique				Dominic
F	Dorothée				Dorothy
F	Dulcinée				Dulcinea
M	Édmond					Edmund

M	Édouard					Edward
F	Électre					Electra
F	Éléonore				Eleanor
M	Élie					Elias, Elijah
F	Élisabeth				Elizabeth

F	Élise					Eliza
M	Élisée					Elisha
M	Elme					Elmo
M	Éloi					Eloy
F	Emérance				?

M	Émile					Emile
F	Émilie					Emily, Amelia
M	Emmanuel				Emanuel
M	Esprit					literally: spirit
M	Étienne					Stephen

F	Étiennette				Stephanie
F	Euphrosine				Euphrosyne
M	Eustache				Eustace
M	Evariste				?
F	Exupère					?

M	Ézéchiel				Ezekial
M	Fabien					Fabian
M	Faust					Faustus, Faust
F	Félicie					Felicia
F	Félicité				Felicity

M	Félix					Felix
M	Firmin					?
F	Flore					Flora
M	Florent, Florentin			Florentine
F	Florida					?

M	François				Francis
F	Françoise				Frances
M	Frédéric				Frederick
F	Frédérique				Frederica
M	Gabriel					Gabriel

F	Gabrielle				Gabriela (fem. of Gabriel)
M	Gaspard					Jasper
F	Geneviève				? (poss. form of Geneva)
M	Geoffroy				Geoffrey, Jeffrey
M	Georges					George

F	Géorgie					Georgia
M	Gervais					Gervas
M	Gilles					Giles
M	Godefroi, Godefroy			Godfrey
M	Grégoire				Gregory

M	Guillaume				William
F	Guillemette				Wilhelmina, Wilma (fem. of Guillaume)
M	Guy					Guy
M	Henri					Henry
F	Henriette				Henrietta

M	Hercule					Hercules
F	Hermine					? (prob. feminine of Herman)
F	Hilaire					Hilary
M	Hilarion				Hilary
M	Honoré					? (prob. Honor)

M	Hubert					Hubert
M	Hugues					? (prob. Hugh or Hugo)
M	Hyacinthe				literally: jacinth; hyacinth
M	Hypolite				Hippolytus
M	Ignace					Ignatius

M	Isaac					Isaac
F	Isabelle				Isabel
M	Isaïe					Isaiah
M	Isidore					Isidor
M	Jacques					James, Jim

F	Jacquette				feminine of Jacques
M	Jean					John
M	Jean-Baptiste				John the Baptist
F	Jeanne					Joan, Jane, Jean
M	Jeannot					Johnny

M	Jérémie					Jeremy
M	Jérôme					Jerome
M	Joachim					Joachim
M	Jonas					Jonah
M	Joseph					Joseph

F	Josephe, Josephte, Josette		feminine of Joseph
F	Josephine				Josephine
M	Josué					Joshua
F	Judith					Judith
M	Jules					Julius

F	Julie					Julia
M	Julien					Julian
F	Julienne				feminine of Julien
F	Juliette				Juliet
M	Justin					?

F	Justine					feminine of Justin
M	Laurent					Lawrence
F	Léocadie				?
M	Louis					Lewis
F	Louise					Louisa

M	Luc, Lucas				Luke
F	Luce					Lucy
M	Lucien					Lucian (prob. form of Lucius)
F	Lutèce					Lutetia
F	Lydie					Lydia

F	Madeleine				Magdalen(e), Madeline
F	Madelon					Maud
M	Magloire				?
F	Malvina					?
M	Marc					Mark

M	Marcel					Marcel
F	Marcelline				feminine of Marcel
F	Marguerite				Margaret
F	Marianne				Marian
F	Marie					Mary, Maria

M	Marin					? (same as Marino in Spanish)
F	Marthe					Martha
M	Martin					? (prob. Martin)
M	Massé					?
M	Mathias					Matthias

F	Mathilde				Mathilda
M	Mathurin				? (perhaps form of Matthias)
M	Matthieu				Matthew
M	Maurice					Maurice
M	Maximilien				Maximilian

F	Maximilienne				feminine of Maximilien
M	Médéric					?
M	Mégny					?
M	Michel					Michael
F	Michelle				feminine of Michel

F	Minerve					Minerva
M	Modeste					literally: modest
M	Moïse					Moses
F	Monique					Monica
F	Nanette					Nancy

M	Narcisse				Narcissus
M	Néhémie					Nehemiah
M	Nemrod					Nimrod
M	Nicodème				Nicodemus
M	Nicolas					Nicholas

M	Noé					Noah
M	Noël					literally: Christmas
F	Noële					feminine of Noël
F	Noémi					Naomi
F	Obéline, Abbelline			?

M	Ochozias				Ahaziah
M	Octave					Octavius
F	Octavie					Octavia
F	Olivie					Olivia
M	Olivier					Oliver

F	Olympe, Olympie				Olympia
M	Onésime					Onesimus
F	Ophélie					Ophelia
M	Oreste					Orestes
M	Osée					Hosea

M	Pantaléon				?
M	Paschal, Pascal				?
M	Patrice					Patrick
M	Paul					Paul
F	Paule					Paula

F	Pauline					Paulina, Pauline
M	Pélage					Pelagius
F	Pélagie					feminine of Pélage
F	Pénélope				Penelope
F	Perette					? (perhaps feminine of Pierre)

F	Perrine					? (perhaps feminine of Pierre)
F	Pétronille				?
F	Phébe					Phoebe
M	Philibert				Philbert, Filbert
M	Philippe				Philip

M	Pierre					Peter
M	Polycarpe				?
F	Priscille				Priscilla
M	Prisque					?
M	Prométhée				Prometheus

M	Prudent					literally: prudent; discreet
M	Raoul					Ralph
M	Raphaël					Raphael, Raffael
F	Reine					?
M	Renaud					Reginald

M	René					René
F	Renée					feminine of René
M	Richard					Richard
M	Robert					Robert
F	Roberte					Roberta

M	Robin					Robin
F	Robine					feminine of Robin
M	Rodolphe				Rudolph, Ralph
M	Rodrigue				Roderick, Roderigo
M	Roger					Roger

F	Rogère					feminine of Roger
M	Romain					? (perhaps Romulus)
F	Rose de Lima				Rose of Lima (name of a saint)
F	Rose, Rosa, Rosalie			Rose, Rosa, Rosalia
F	Saba					Sheba

F	Sabine					Sabina
F	Sainte, Xainte				literally: saintly or pious
M	Saloman					Soloman
M	Saül					Saul
F	Sc(h)olastique				literally: scholastic

M	Sébastien				Sebastian
F	Sébastienne				feminine of Sébastien
F	Séraphie, Séraphina, Séraphine		feminine of Séraphin
M	Séraphin				literally: seraph
M	Siméon					Simeon

F	Siméone					feminine of Siméon
M	Simon					Simon
F	Simone					feminine of Simon
F	Sophie					Sophia
M	Stanislas				Stanislaus

F	Sulpice					?
F	Susanne, Suzanne			Susan
M	Sylvain					Silvan, Sylvanus
M	Sylvestre				Sylvester
F	Sylvie					Sylvia

?	Symphorien				?
M	Térence					Terence
M	Théodore				Theodore
M	Théophile				Theophilus
M	Théophraste				Theophrastus

F	Thérèse					Theresa
F	Thessalie				Thessaly
M	Thibault or Thibaut			Theobald
M	Thierry					?
M	Thomas					Thomas

M	Timothée				Timothy, Timotheus
M	Tite					Titus
M	Tobie					Tobias, Toby
M	Toussaint				literally: all saintes
M	Tristan					Tristram[sic]

M	Tunis					Tunis ?
M	Ulysse					Ulysses
M	Urbain					Urban
F	Ursule					Ursula
M	Valentin				Valentine

F	Valentine				Valentine
F	Véronique				Veronica
F	Victoire				Victoria
M	Victor					Victor
M	Vincent					Vincent

F	Vincente				feminine of Vincent
M	Virgile					Vergil, Virgil
F	Virginie				Virginia
M	Vital					literally: vital
F	Vitaline				feminine of Vital

M	Vivien					Vivian
F	Vivienne				Vivien
F	Xainte, Sainte				literally: saintly or pious
M	Xavier					Xavier
M	Yves					?

M	Zacharie				Zachariah, Zachary
M	Zachée					Zaccheus
M	Zébédée					Zebediah
F	Zoé					Zoe, Zoa