Being French I confirm what Jennifer says. Most of those names are outdated... I would not even give Beau or Cadeau to my kid (imagine you call your son Handsome or Gift) and Cerise does not sound as good as Sherry in English... The french trend is actually to pick up... American names (Jennifer, Jessica, very popular)!!!
These are French names that NOONE uses in the 20th or 21st centuries. There are better more modern and real French names out there. More than half of these are no longer in common usage.
Some of them are not even first names in French like Vachel... not sure where they found it?
5/25/2011 03:14:26 PM Report AbuseBeing French I confirm what Jennifer says. Most of those names are outdated... I would not even give Beau or Cadeau to my kid (imagine you call your son Handsome or Gift) and Cerise does not sound as good as Sherry in English... The french trend is actually to pick up... American names (Jennifer, Jessica, very popular)!!!
5/25/2011 03:12:19 PM Report Abusereally not a good reference if one wants to find a nice french first name
2/21/2011 02:52:05 PM Report Abusei completely agree with you, 3/4 of them i even had never heard before.
2/21/2011 02:50:45 PM Report AbuseThese are French names that NOONE uses in the 20th or 21st centuries. There are better more modern and real French names out there. More than half of these are no longer in common usage.
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