350 French boy names with meanings

If you are looking for French male names with meanings in alphabet order, then we picked ( 350 ) French boy names with meanings for you.

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350 French boy names with meanings

French boy names that start with A:

1. Acel: noble
2. Aimon: house
3. Alaire: joyful
4. Algernon: one with a moustache
5. Amato: loved
6. Ames: friend
7. Ansel: wearer of a helmet; with God’s protection
8. Antoine: priceless
9. Archard: powerful
10. Arnaud: powerful like an eagle
11. Aubin: fair; white
12. Aubrey: elf ruler
13. Audon: old; rich
14. Avenall: dweller of the oat field
15. Aymon: mighty; wise; protector

French boy names that start with B:

1. Bailey: Bailiff; one who keeps guard
2. Barrington: fenced town
3. Bay: chestnut Brown colour
4. Bayley: one who keeps guard
5. Beal: handsome one
6. Beau: handsome
7. Beaufort: handsome; Beautiful fort
8. Beaumont: beautiful mountain
9. Beauregard: handsome guard
10. Bebe: baby
11. Bela: handsome
12. Beldan: pretty valley
13. Bell: handsome
14. Bellamy: handsome friend
15. Benoit: blessed
16. Berger: shepherd
17. Boden: messenger
18. Bogart: strong as a bow
19. Bonamy: good friend
20. Boyce: woodland; forest
21. Briar: heather
22. Bruce: dense shrubs; forest
23. Burdett: small shield

French boy names that start with C:

1. Cable: maker of rope
2. Campbell: beautiful field
3. Cannon: Church official; gun
4. Carden: wool camber
5. Carel: strong
6. Cavell: little active one
7. Chandler: candle maker
8. Chaney: oak
9. Chante: singer
10. Chapin: clergyman
11. Chase: Hunter
12. Cheney: oak forest
13. Chevalier: knight
14. Chevy: knight
15. Clark: cleric; scholar
16. Corbin: raven
17. Cordell: rope-maker
18. Coty: slope
19. Courtney: short nose
20. Curt: courteous
21. Curtis: courteous
22. Cyprian: from Cyprus

French boy names that start with D:

1. Darcel: having dark features
2. Darcy: from the fortress
3. Darrell: beloved
4. Dartagnan: from Artagnan, France
5. Darvell: from the eagle town
6. Dax: from the French town Dax
7. Deiondre: Valley
8. Delaney: from the elder-tree Grove
9. Delano: of the night
10. Delroy: belonging to the king
11. Dennis: a follower of Dionysus
12. Deonte: an outgoing man
13. Destin: fate
14. Deverell: from the riverbank
15. Didier: desired one
16. Dior: the golden one
17. Donatien: gift
18. Dory: golden
19. Drury: dear one; a sweetheart
20. Duke: leader
21. Dumont: man of the mountain
22. Duvall: from the valley

French boy names that start with E:

1. Edgard: rich spear
2. Edmon: prosperous protector
3. Eliot: believes in God
4. Eloi: to choose
5. Elroy: the king
6. Emile: industrious
7. Eneas: praise
8. Esme: one who is esteemed
9. Etienne: crowned
10. Eudes: child

French boy names that start with F:

1. Faber: a person who is a smith
2. Fabrice: works with the hands
3. Fabron: little blacksmith
4. Faron: one who is like a ferret
5. Firman: strength; firm
6. Florent: in a flower form
7. Fontaine: from the water source
8. Forester: forest; woodland
9. Fraser: strawberry
10. Frayne: ash tree
11. Frazer: strawberry
12. Fremont: the protector of freedom

French boy names that start with G:

1. Gage: of the pledge
2. Garner: guard
3. Garrison: prepared
4. Gaston: a man from Gascony
5. Gautier: army ruler
6. Gaylord: merry nobleman
7. Gerard: one who is mighty with a spear
8. Geraud: spear carrier
9. Germain: a man from Germany
10. Gervaise: spear carrier
11. Gilbert: of the bright promise
12. Giles: goat-skin shield
13. Grant: great; grand
14. Granville: from the large village
15. Griswold: grey forest
16. Grosvenor: mighty huntsman
17. Guido: guide
18. Guillaume: the determined protector

French boy names that start with H:

1. Hamlet: small village; little home
2. Hamlin: little home lover
3. Harbin: celebrated soldier
4. Harcourt: fortified; armed dwelling
5. Harland: meadow of the hares
6. Harlequin: mute pantomime clown
7. Harvey: a strong man
8. Haye: hedge
9. Henri: ruler of the house

French boy names that start with J:

1. Jacinth: hyacinth flowers
2. Jacques: God is gracious
3. Jaimin: one who is loved
4. Jamaine: from Germain
5. Janvier: one who born in January
6. Jay: blue jaybird
7. Jean: God is gracious
8. Jean luc: a person comes from Lucania
9. Jehan: God is gracious
10. Jemond: worldly
11. Jermaine: a man from Germany
12. Jules: youthful

French boy names that start with K:

1. Kaarlo: strong and manly
2. Kado: gateway
3. Kalle: strong and manly
4. Kalman: strong and Masculine
5. Karcsi: strong and manly
6. Karlis: strong; Masculine
7. Korbin: bird raven
8. Kota: river bank

French boy names that start with L:

1. Lacey: man from Normandy
2. Lafayette: faith
3. Lamar: of the sea
4. Lamond: the world
5. Lamont: mountain
6. Lance: knight’s attendant
7. Lamcelot: knight’s attendant
8. Landry: ruler of the land
9. Lanier: one who works with wool
10. Laramie: crying tears of love
11. Larrimore: armorer
12. Larron: thief 
13. Lasalle: from the hall
14. Latimer: language teacher; interpreter
15. Lavalle: valley
16. Leggett: delegate
17. Legrand: the great one
18. Leron: the circle
19. Leroy: the king
20. Leverett: young hare
21. Lionel: young lion
22. Lorimer: saddler; maker of sprus
23. Lourdes: from Lourdes in France
24. Lowell: wolf
25. Loyal: faithful
26. Luc: bringer of light
27. Lyle: Island

French boy names that start with M:

1. Mace: club
2. Macon: from the city in France
3. Mailhairer: an ill-fated man
4. Mallory: wild duck
5. Manville: worker’s Village
6. Marc: warrior; warlike
7. Marcel: the little warrior
8. Marin: sailor
9. Marion: wished for; star of the sea
10. Markese: nobleman
11. Marlon: little falcon
12. Marmion: our little one
13. Marquis: nobleman
14. Marshall: a caretaker of horses
15. Maslin: little town; little Thomas
16. Masselin: a young Thomas
17. Mathieu: gift of God
18. Matisse: one who is gifted
19. Merle: blackbird
20. Michel: like God
21. Minet: delightful
22. Mirage: an illusion
23. Montgomery: from Gomeric’s Mountain
24. Montague: pointed Mountain
25. Montre: show
26. Montreal: royal Mountain
27. Morel: mushroom
28. Mortimer: of the still water; of the dead sea
29. Mystique: a man with an air of mystery

French boy names that start with N:

1. Napier: a mover
2. Natale: born on Christmas day
3. Navarre: the land of Plains
4. Nellee: the ultimate fact; extraordinary
5. Neville: from the new village
6. Nirvikara: born on Christmas day
7. Noe: long rest; peaceful
8. Noel: born at Christmas
9. Nohl: Christmas eve; celebration of Christmas
10. Nollie: olive tree  
11. Norman: man from the north
12. Norris: northerner
13. Nowel: born on Christmas day

French boy names that start with O:

1. Oates: charming love; charming friend
2. Octave: gentleman; one who helps others
3. Odil: who is always on the right bath
4. Olever: olive tree; represents peace
5. Ordric: wise ruler
6. Oriel: golden
7. Orry: the cub of the bear
8. Orval: a town of gold
9. Orvel: the golden and shinning person
10. Orville: from the gold town
11. Otave: eighth-born child
12. Othon: a fortunate and wealthy person
13. Ottewell: the prosperous son of Otewel
14. Outacite: man-killer
15. Ourson: resembling a little bear

French boy names that start with P:

1. Padgett: one who strives to better himself
2. Paine: country person
3. Paris: from Paris, capital of France
4. Pascal: born at Easter
5. Percival: one who can pierce the vale
6. Peverell: one who plays the pipes
7. Pierre: rock
8. Plantagenet: resembling the broom flower
9. Platte: flat land
10. Pomeroy: apple or orchard
11. Prewitt: a brave young one

French boy names that start with Q:

1. Quain: clever
2. Quen: fifth-born son; small oak
3. Quennel: small oak tree
4. Quent: fifth
5. Quesnel: from the little oak tree
6. Quincy: fifth-born child; the fifth-son estate
7. Quintiliano: born in the fifth month

French boy names starting with R:

1. Ranger: protector; keeper
2. Raoul: wolf counsel
3. Rapier: sharp like a blade
4. Raul: wolf counsellor
5. Rawlins: from the renowned land
6. Ray: king
7. Regine: one who is artistic
8. Rene: born again
9. Reynard: fox
10. Richmond: from the wealthy hill
11. Rondel: short poem
12. Ross: red-haired
13. Rousseau: a little red-haired boy
14. Roy: a king
15. Royal: regal one
16. Royce: son of the King
17. Ruff: red-haired
18. Rush: red-haired
19. Ruskin: red-haired
20. Russ: red-haired
21. Russell: a little red-haired boy
22. Rusty: red-haired

French boy names starting with S:

1. Saber: man of the sword; sword
2. Sacheverell: without leather gloves
3. Sage: herb; wise person
4. Salaun: man of peace
5. Sargent: military man
6. Satchel: small bag
7. Satordi: the planet Saturn
8. Saville: from the willow town
9. Sebastien: venerable
10. Seignour: lord of the house 
11. Sennett: wise one
12. Serge: attendant; servant
13. Sergius: attendant; servant
14. Seymour: from the French town of Saint Maur
15. Sinclair: saint clair
16. Solange: an angel of the son
17. Somer: born during the summer
18. Sorrell: bitter; red-brown colour

French boy names starting with T:

1. Tabberner: drummer
2. Taft: from the homestead
3. Talbot: boot maker
4. Talen: claw
5. Talon: claw
6. Tanguy: warrior
7. Telford: iron cutter
8. Tempest: storm
9. Teppo: crowned
10. Thayer: nation’s army
11. Thierry: ruler of the people
12. Thies: gift of God
13. Tiennan: crowned
14. Travers: crossroads
15. Travis: crossroads
16. Tremont: from the three mountains
17. Trent: thirty
18. Troy: curly-haired
19. Tyrone: from Owen’s land
20. Tyson: firebrand; high-spirited; fiery

French boy names starting with U, V:

1. Ulrich: world ruler
2. Urbain: city dweller
3. Vachel: one who tends cows; little cow
4. Vallis: from Wales
5. Valri: one who is strong
6. Varden: green hill
7. Verdun: fort on the hill
8. Vere: alder tree
9. Vern: alder tree Grove
10. Verney: alder tree Grove
11. Vernon: alder tree Grove
12. Verrill: loyal
13. Vine: vineyard worker
14. Vitale: alive; lively

French boy names starting with W:

1. Wacian: alert
2. Walsh: from Wales
3. Waltier: army ruler
4. Warrane: warden of the game
5. Warren: a game preserve
6. Wiatt: guide
7. Winoc: white; fair; blessed
8. Wyatt: little warrior

French boy names starting with X, Y:

1. Xarles: manly in nature
2. Xenofon: ruler of all
3. Xenon: foreign; stranger
4. Xever: owns a new house
5. Yann: God is gracious
6. Yannick: the lord is gracious
7. Yezekael: generous lord
8. Yves: little archer
9. Yvet: archer
10. Yvon: little archer

French boy names starting with Z:

1. Zakarie: God remembers
2. Zdenek: follower of Saint denys
3. Zebulon: exalted
4. Zed: justice of God
5. Zeno: guest; host
Zosime: full of life


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