Female French Names

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ANASTAISE: Variant spelling of French Anastasie, meaning "resurrection."

ANASTASIE: Feminine form of French Anastase, meaning "resurrection."

ANDRÉE: Feminine form of French André, meaning "man; warrior."

ANDROMAQUE: French form of Greek Andromache, meaning "man battle" or "warrior battle."

ANETTE: Variant spelling of French Annette, meaning "favor; grace."

ANGÈLE: French feminine form of Latin Angelus, meaning "angel, messenger."

ANGELINE: Diminutive form of French Angèle, meaning "angel, messenger."

ANGELIQUE: French feminine form of Latin Angelicus, meaning "angelic."

ANN: Variant spelling of French Anne, meaning "favor; grace."

ANNE: French form Latin Anna, meaning "favor; grace." Compare with masculine Anne.

ANNETTE: Diminutive form of French Anne, meaning "favor; grace."

ANOUK: Pet form of French Anne, meaning "favor; grace."

ANOUSKA: French form of Russian Annushka, meaning "favor; grace."

ANTOINETTE: Feminine diminutive form of French Antoine, possibly meaning "invaluable." 

APOLLINE: French form of Latin Apollonia, meaning "of Apollo."

ARABELLE: French form of Italian Arabella, meaning "answered prayer."

ARIANE: French form of Latin Ariadne, meaning "utterly pure."

ARIANNE: French form of Latin Ariadne, meaning "utterly pure."

ARIENNE: French form of Latin Ariadne, meaning "utterly pure."

ARLETTE: Probably a Norman French double diminutive form of the German word arn "eagle," hence "tiny little eagle."

ARMELLE: Feminine form of French Armel, meaning "stone prince."

ARNAUDE: Feminine form of French Arnaud, meaning "eagle power."

ATHENAIS: French name derived from Latin Athena, meaning "of Athena."

AUDE: French form of Swedish Öda, meaning "deeply rich."

AURÉLIE: Feminine form of French Aurèle, meaning "golden."

AURORE: French form of Roman Latin Aurora, meaning "dawn."

AVELINE: Old Norman French equivalent of English Avila, meaning "little Eve." 

AVRIL: French form of English April, meaning "to open." 

AXELLE: French feminine form of Scandinavian Axel, meaning "father of peace."

BARBE: French form of Greek Barbara, meaning "foreign; strange."

BATHYLLE: French form of Old High German Balthild, meaning "bold battle."

BATILDE: French form of Old High German Bathilda, meaning "fight-battle."

BÉATRICE: French form of Latin Viatrix, meaning "voyager (through life)."

BÉNÉDICTE: Feminine form of French Bénédict, meaning "blessed." 

BENJAMINE: French feminine form of French Benjamin, meaning "blessed."

BENOÎTE: Feminine form of French Benoît, meaning "blessed."

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