List of French Baby Names Meanings

Falcon

(FAL-kən)

English Meaning: The name Falcon is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Falcon is: Surname relating to falconry.

Meaning: Falcon keeper Origin: English, French

Falconner

(fahl-CAHN-ər)

Falconer is a Scottish surname, a sept of Clan Keith, and an Anglicized version of the French surname "Fauconnier". In both cases, the name is derived from the occupational name for a trainer of falcons.

Meaning: Falcon keeper Origin: English, French

Falkner

(FAWK-nər)

Gender: M Meaning of Falkner: "falcon trainer" Origin of Falkner: Occupational name.

Meaning: One who hunts with falcons Origin: English, French

Farrin

(FAR-in)

The different meanings of the name Farrin are: English meaning: Ox-herd; good-looking servant. Celtic - Gaelic meaning: Descendant of Farachan. Afghan meaning: Glorified.

Meaning: Blacksmith Origin: English, French

Faulkner

(FAWK-nər)

Faulkner Name Meaning. English: occupational name for someone who kept and trained falcons (a common feudal service). Falconry was a tremendously popular sport among the aristocracy in medieval Europe, and most great houses had their falconers.

Meaning: Keeper of falcons Origin: English, French

Fitzgerald

(FITS-jehr-əld)

The surname FitzGerald comes from the Norman tradition of adding Fitz, meaning "son of" before the father's name. "Fitz Gerald" thus means in Old Norman and in Old French "son of Gerald". Gerald itself is a Germanic compound of ger, "spear", and waltan, " rule".

Meaning: Son of a powerful ruler Origin: English, French

Flemming

(FLEHM-ing)

Fleming Name Meaning. English: ethnic name for someone from Flanders. In the Middle Ages there was considerable commercial intercourse between England and the Netherlands, particularly in the wool trade, and many Flemish weavers and dyers settled in England.

Meaning: From Flanders in Normandy Origin: English, French

Gable

(GAYB-lə)

Contribute your knowledge to the name Gable English surname derived from the Old Norse gafl (gable), meaning "a triangular-shaped hill." Also related to the Old English geafol "fork." Famous real-life people named Gable: | Edit. Clark Gable, American actor.

Meaning: Tax collector, gobler Origin: English, French

Gael

(GAH-ehl)

Etymology & Historical Origin - Gael. Gael is a modern masculine name coined from the word Gael, a term used to describe a specific ethno-linguistic group of people descended from the Celtic tribes (the others being the Picts and the Brythons). Gael comes from the ancient Gaelic word “Goídel” meaning “Irishman”.

Meaning: Of Gaelic descent Origin: French

Gaston

(gas-TAWN)

Gaston Name Meaning. French: from the Old French oblique case of a Germanic personal name, originally probably a byname from gasti 'stranger', 'guest', 'host'. Compare Guest. The surname is also found in England and Ireland, where it is probably a Huguenot importation.

Meaning: Guest Origin: French, Germanic