French Dog Names

Chante

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Charlize

Feminine form of Charles, using the Afrikaans name suffix ize

Charlott

A short form of Charlotta and a phonetic spelling of French Charlotte

Charlotte

French feminine diminutive of Charles.

Chase

From an English surname meaning "chase, hunt" in Middle English

Chasse

Chauncey

From a Norman surname of unknown meaning

Chauncy

A given name and surname; also the name of an album, a school and an award

Chelle

Diminutive of Michelle

Cher

Short form of Cheryl; for the musician Cher, short for Cherilyn

Chev

Chouchou

A French term of endearment meaning 'favorite' or 'darling'

ChéRi

Greek word for hand (χέρι); also a French term of endearment

Ciel

French for "sky"; not used as a given name in France itself.

Clair

French form of Clarus, from Latin meaning clear or bright

Clarette

A diminutive of Clara

Clarisse

French form of Clarice

Clementine

English form of Clémentine, the French feminine diminutive of Clément.

Clouseau

The name means 'a person who is unrefined or foolish,' derived from the character Inspector Jacques Clouseau from the Pink Panther series.

Coco

Diminutive of names beginning with Co, influenced by the word cocoa

Coco Chanel

Collette

From Coll + -ette, a medieval diminutive of the given name Nicholas

Coralie

French female given name meaning "coral", from Latin coralium

Cosette

French chosette, "little thing"

Cousteau

Derived from the last name of Jacques Cousteau, the famous French explorer and conservationist.

Crouton

CâLin

CéLeste

Dakar

A given name recorded in modern English, and the name of the capital of Senegal

Danton

French surname, recorded as a rare masculine given name in the United States.

Darcel

Recorded as a given name in English (American), used for both girls and boys

Darcey

The name is derived from Old French and means 'from the marsh town'.

Dashiel

No documented meaning; recorded as a rare English given name

Dashiell

The name Dashiell is of French origin and is believed to mean 'page boy' or 'young squire'.

Deja

Means "already", from the French phrase déjà vu, "already seen"

Demi

A short form of Demetria, and a transcription of Greek Δήμη, Ντίμι or Ντίμη

Denisse

Spanish feminine form of Denis.

Desirae

Variant of Desiree

Desiree

English form of Désirée, from French, meaning "desired".

Destin

Desy

Recorded as a feminine given name in Indonesian

Dez

Recorded as a given name in English (masculine), per a user-submitted entry

Dijon

Recorded as a given name in modern African American usage, masculine

Dior

French luxury brand known for fashion and perfumes

Dore

Douce

French feminine given name, recorded as rare

Doux

Duchesse

Dury

Derived from Old French meaning 'hard' or 'strong'.

Eclair

The French word for a choux pastry filled with cream and iced

Eiffel

A surname, usually a reference to Gustave Eiffel

Elaine

An Old French form of Helen

Elan

A word with several unrelated uses; not documented as a name in the sources checked

Eleanor

From the Old French form of the Occitan name Aliénor

Elinor

Variant of Eleanor, a female given name

Eliot

From a surname that was a variant of Elliott

Elise

Short form of Elizabeth

Elle

French pronoun meaning 'she'

Ellei

Finnish univerbation of dialectal ellä, "if", and ei, "no".

Elodie

English form of Élodie, a French feminine given name

Eloise

From the Old French Héloïse, probably from the Germanic Helewidis: heil "healthy, whole" and wit "wide"

Emmeline

From Old French Emeline, a diminutive of Germanic names with the element amal

Esmae

Feminine form of Esm, used in Dutch

Esmé

From Old French esmer, "to esteem"; esteemed or beloved

Estelle

From an Old French name meaning "star", ultimately from Latin stella

Etoile

Evelyn

From an english surname derived from the given name aveline

Faye

Variant of Fay; from Middle English "faie", meaning "fairy"

Fideaux

Fifi

A diminutive of joséphine and other names containing the same sound

Fitz

Short form of names from the Norman French fitz, "son of"

Fleur

Means "flower" in French

Fliss

English given name (feminine), recorded as a surname

Franc

French term for free or free man

Francine

Diminutive of Françoise; a French female given name

Frank

French for free or truthful

Franklin

From an English surname meaning "freeman", from Middle English frankelin

Gallant

An English word meaning a brave or courteous man; recorded as a masculine given name

Gardi

Gaspard

Introduced to France through the Latinized form of the name, Gaspard means 'treasurer' or 'keeper of the treasure'.

Gaston

French masculine given name, of disputed origin, perhaps Germanic gast "guest"

Gennie

Recorded as a feminine given name in American English (user-submitted)

Genny

A clipping of Genesis with the suffix -y

Georgette

French feminine form of George, from Georges + -ette.

Gigi

Diminutive of names containing the letters or sound "gi"

Giselle

From the Old German element gisal, "hostage, pledge"

Grand

A surname recorded in France, Denmark, Canada, Britain and the United States

Hardi

Estonian short form of names with the Old High German element hart, "hard"

Hardy

From a surname derived from Middle English hardi, "bold, hardy"

Heloise

French female given name

Henri

French form of Henry, from Heinrich

Heureux

French word meaning happy or fortunate, from heur (luck) + -eux

Hugo

Old German form of Hugh

Humphrey

From the Old German elements hun "bear cub" and fridu "peace"

Idelfix

InèS

A feminine given name related to Agnes

Isabeau

A variant of Isabelle, meaning 'God is my oath'.

Isabelle

French form of Isabel

Jaci

Diminutive of Jacqueline; also a Tupi name from a y, "moon"

Jadore

No documented meaning; recorded as a rare modern American given name