List of French Baby Names Meanings

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  • Hammett - HAM-it
    Thus the name would have been given to mean "son of Hamo". The prefix "Ham" may also be interpreted from the Anglo-Saxon "Ham" meaning flat, alluvial wetlands, so that Hammett would refer to "the son of one who lived by or near a low lying meadow".
    Meaning: Son of Hamo Origin: French
  • Jenner - JEN-ər
    Jenner Name Meaning. English (chiefly Kent and Sussex): occupational name for a designer or engineer, from a Middle English reduced form of Old French engineor 'contriver' (a derivative of engaigne 'cunning', 'ingenuity', 'stratagem', 'device').
    Meaning: Cunning or ingenious Origin: English, French
  • Jewel - JOOL
    Latin Meaning: The name Jewel is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Jewel is: Precious.
    Meaning: Precious stone Origin: French
  • Justice - JUS-tis
    Latin Meaning: The name Justice is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Justice is: Just; upright; righteous. Form of New Testament Biblical name Justus.
    Meaning: Morally right Origin: French
  • Lafayette - lah-fah-YEHT
    French Meaning: The name Lafayette is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Lafayette is: Surname. At the age of 20 the French nobleman Marquis de Lafayette went to fight for four years in the American Revolution.
    Meaning: From La Hetire Origin: French
  • Lancelot - LAN-sə-laht
    The name Lancelot is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Lancelot is: Servant. Also a : Land (from Old German) Lancelot was a knight of King Arthur's Round Table and adulterous lover to Queen Guinevere.
    Meaning: Servant Origin: French
  • Larue - lah-ROO
    LaRue is a French topographic name for someone who lived beside a road, track, or pathway, Old French rue (Latin ruga 'crease', 'fold'), with the definite article la. It literally means "the street" in French. It is also a surname.
    Meaning: The street Origin: French
  • Lattimer - LAT-i-mər
    Lattimer Family History. Lattimer Name Meaning English: variant spelling of Latimer.
    Meaning: Interpreter or Latin speaker Origin: English, French
  • Laur - LAWR
    Laur Name Meaning. French: topographic name for someone who lived by a conspicuous laurel tree, Old French laur (Latin laurus). French: from a personal name of the same etymology, borne by various minor early saints, including a hermit, a martyr, and an abbot. German: variant of Lauer.
    Meaning: Bay laurel tree Origin: French, Latin
  • Lavelle - lə-VEHL
    Lavelle Name Meaning. Irish: adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Maoil Fhábhail 'descendant of Maolfhábhail', a personal name meaning 'fond of movement or travel'. English: from the common French place name Laval, from Old French val 'valley'.
    Meaning: Valley Origin: French
  • Laverne - lə-VURN
    From a surname which was derived from a French place name, ultimately derived from the Gaulish word vern meaning "alder". It is sometimes associated with the Roman goddess Laverna or the Latin word vernus "of spring".
    Meaning: Alder tree Origin: French
  • Lebaron - lə-BAR-ən
    Lebaron Name Meaning. French (Le Baron): status name from baron, 'vassal', 'nobleman', from Germanic (Frankish) ber 'man', 'warrior', that is, a knight who owed service. This name would also have denoted a servant in the household of a baron.
    Meaning: The warrior Origin: English, French
  • Leroy - LEE-roi
    The name Leroy is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Leroy is: The King (from 'le roi'). Originally a surname, it is now more common as a first name.
    Meaning: King Origin: French
  • Lever - LEHV-ər
    Lever Name Meaning. nickname for a fleet-footed or timid person, from Old French levre 'hare' (Latin lepus, genitive leporis).
    Meaning: Fleet footed Origin: French
  • Leverett - lehv-ə-REHT
    French Meaning: The name Leverett is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Leverett is: Young rabbit.
    Meaning: Fleet footed Origin: French
  • Lockhart - LAHK-hahrt
    Lockhart Name Meaning. Scottish: of uncertain origin, probably from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements loc 'lock', 'bolt' + hard 'hardy', 'brave', 'strong'. English: occupational name for a herdsman in charge of a sheep or cattlefold, from Old English loc 'enclosure', 'fold' + hierde 'herd(er)'.
    Meaning: Fresh water fish Origin: French, Germanic
  • Lorand - lo-RAHN
    The different meanings of the name Lorand are: French meaning: Crowned with laurel. Hungarian meaning: Famous country, crowned with Laurel.
    Meaning: Famous land Origin: French, Germanic
  • Lorin - LAWR-ən
    English Meaning: The name Lorin is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Lorin is: From the place of laurel trees. Famous Bearer: conductor Lorin Maazel (born 1930).
    Meaning: Laurel tree Origin: French, Latin
  • Loring - LAWR-ing
    The different meanings of the name Loring are: French meaning: From Lorraine. German meaning: Famous in war. Teutonic meaning: Son of the famous warrior. A man from Lorraine, a former French province (now part of Alsace*Lorraine)
    Meaning: Son of a well known warrior Origin: French, Germanic
  • Lourdes - LAWRDZ
    Origin of the name Lourdes: Transferred use of a Basque place-name meaning "craggy slope." Lourdes, a town in southwestern France, was popularized as a given name after St. Bernadette experienced visions of the Virgin Mary there in 1858.
    Meaning: From Lourdes Origin: French
  • Lovett - LAH-vit
    This surname, of English or Scottish origin, and found chiefly in Staffordshire, can be either a nickname from the Anglo-Norman French "lo(u)vet", meaning "wolfcub" or "young wolf", or it can be a locational name from Lovat near Beauly, Inverness, deriving from the Gaelic "lobh", meaning "rot", plus "ait", place.
    Meaning: Small wolf Origin: English, French
  • Manon - mah-NOH
    Manon is a French form of Madeline and a nickname for Marie. Manon is also a Welsh language girl's name (rather more popular in North Wales than in South Wales) meaning "wished-for child." Manon is currently a Top Ten name for girls in France and Belgium.
    Meaning: Rebellious woman Origin: French
  • March - MAHRCH
    March Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone who lived on the border between two territories, especially in the Marches between England and Wales or England and Scotland, from Anglo-Norman French marche 'boundary' (of Germanic origin; compare Mark 2).
    Meaning: Border or extremity Origin: French
  • Marva - MAHR-və
    Marva Name meaning in Urdu is -- , a Christian English Girl name with lucky number is -- and Marva Name meaning in English is marrow-eminent.
    Meaning: Wonder, miracle Origin: French
  • Marvel - MAHR-vəl
    French Meaning: The name Marvel is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Marvel is: Miracle.
    Meaning: Wonder, miracle Origin: French
  • Matisse - mə-TEES
    Matisse is the French name derived from 'Matthew' or 'Matias', which both mean “Gift of God”. The name also means "free gentle spirit" and usually comes off as being elegant and refined.
    Meaning: God's present Origin: French, Hebrew
  • Mavis - MAY-vis
    Mavis is a female given name. Its usage was initiated by Marie Corelli's 1895 novel The Sorrows of Satan which featured a character named Mavis Clare whose first name is said to be "rather odd" but suitable for Miss Clare as "she sings quite as sweetly as any thrush".
    Meaning: Song thrush Origin: French
  • Melville - MEL-vil
    Melville is a surname and a given name. The surname has two different origins: Scottish and Irish. In Scotland, the name is a habitational name, originally of Norman origin, derived from any of several places called Malleville in Normandy.
    Meaning: Bad settlement Origin: French
  • Montague - MAHN-tə-gyoo
    French Meaning: The name Montague is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Montague is: Pointed hill. Steep mountain. More commonly found as a surname, although used occasionally as a first name.
    Meaning: From a pointed mountain Origin: French
  • Montgomery - mənt-GUM-ər-ee
    Montgomery Name Meaning. English, Scottish, and northern Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from a place in Calvados, France, so named from Old French mont 'hill' + a Germanic personal name composed of the elements guma 'man' + ric 'power'.
    Meaning: Strong man's hill Origin: French