| French First Names for Boys |
| Prénoms français masculins |
Introduction | Boy Names | Girl Names
Looking for a name to use in French class, or inspiration for naming your baby? This list includes more than 100 common French names for boys, along with their pronunciation, English equivalents, and literal meaning, if any. The names in (parentheses) are diminutives. When there are are two different spellings on the same line but only one is hyperlinked, the pronunciation for those two spellings is identical.
| French Name | English | Literal Meaning |
| Adrien | Adrian | |
| Aimé | loved | |
| Alain | Alan, Allen | |
| Alexandre | Alexander | |
| Alexis | ||
| Alfred | Alfred | |
| Alphonse | Alfonso | |
| Amaury | ||
| André | Andrew | |
| Antoine | Anthony | |
| Anton |
| Arnaud | ||
| Arthur | Arthur | |
| Auguste, Augustin | Augustus | noble |
| Benjamin | Benjamin | youngest |
| Benoît | Benedict | blessed |
| Bernard | Bernard | |
| Bertrand | Bertrand, Bertram | |
| Bruno | ||
| Charles, (Charlot) | Charles, (Charlie) | |
| Christian | ||
| Christophe | Christopher | |
| Claude | Claude | |
| Daniel | Daniel | |
| David | David | |
| Denis | Dennis | |
| Didier | ||
| Dominique | Dominic | |
| Édouard | Edward | |
| Émile | Emile | |
| Emmanuel | Emmanuel | |
| Éric | Eric | |
| Étienne | Steven | |
| Eugène | Eugene | |
| Francis, François | Francis | |
| Franck | Frank | |
| Frédéric | Frederick | |
| Gabriel | Gabriel | |
| Gaston | ||
| Georges | George | |
| Gérard | Gerald | |
| Gilbert | Gilbert | |
| Gilles | Giles | |
| Grégoire | Gregory | |
| Guillaume, (Guy) | William, (Bill) | |
| Gustave | ||
| Henri | Henry | |
| Honoré | (honored) | |
| Hugues | Hugo | |
| Isaac | Isaac | |
| Jacques, (Jacquot) | James, (Jimmy) | |
| Jean, (Jeannot) | John, (Johnny) | |
| Jérôme | Jerome | |
| Joseph | Joseph | |
| Jules | Julius | guy, bloke |
| Julien | Julian | |
| Laurent | Laurence | |
| Léon | Leon, Leo | |
| Louis | Louis, Lewis | |
| Luc | Luke | |
| Lucas, | Lucas | |
| Marc | Mark, Marcus | |
| Marcel | Marcel | |
| Martin | Martin | |
| Matthieu | Matthew | |
| Maurice | Morris | |
| Michel | Michael | |
| Nicolas | Nicholas | |
| Noël | Christmas | |
| Olivier | Oliver | olive tree |
| Pascal | ||
| Patrick, Patrice | Patrick | |
| Paul | Paul | |
| Philippe | Philip | |
| Pierre | Peter | stone |
| Raymond | Raymond | |
| Rémy, Rémi | ||
| René | reborn | |
| Richard | Richard | |
| Robert | Robert | |
| Roger | Roger | |
| Roland | Roland | |
| Sébastien | Sebastian | |
| Serge | ||
| Stéphane | Stephen | |
| Théodore | Theodore | |
| Théophile | Theophilus | |
| Thibaut, Thibault | Theobald | |
| Thierry | Terry | |
| Thomas | Thomas | |
| Timothée | Timothy | |
| Tristan | Tristan, Tristram | |
| Victor | Victor | |
| Vincent | Vincent | |
| Xavier | Xavier | |
| Yves | Ives | |
| Zacharie | Zachary |
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