List of French Baby Names Meanings

Lovett

(LAH-vit)

This surname, of English or Scottish origin, and found chiefly in Staffordshire, can be either a nickname from the Anglo-Norman French "lo(u)vet", meaning "wolfcub" or "young wolf", or it can be a locational name from Lovat near Beauly, Inverness, deriving from the Gaelic "lobh", meaning "rot", plus "ait", place.

Meaning: Small wolf Origin: English, French

Manon

(mah-NOH)

Manon is a French form of Madeline and a nickname for Marie. Manon is also a Welsh language girl's name (rather more popular in North Wales than in South Wales) meaning "wished-for child." Manon is currently a Top Ten name for girls in France and Belgium.

Meaning: Rebellious woman Origin: French

March

(MAHRCH)

March Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone who lived on the border between two territories, especially in the Marches between England and Wales or England and Scotland, from Anglo-Norman French marche 'boundary' (of Germanic origin; compare Mark 2).

Meaning: Border or extremity Origin: French

Marva

(MAHR-və)

Marva Name meaning in Urdu is -- , a Christian English Girl name with lucky number is -- and Marva Name meaning in English is marrow-eminent.

Meaning: Wonder, miracle Origin: French

Marvel

(MAHR-vəl)

French Meaning: The name Marvel is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Marvel is: Miracle.

Meaning: Wonder, miracle Origin: French

Matisse

(mə-TEES)

Matisse is the French name derived from 'Matthew' or 'Matias', which both mean “Gift of God”. The name also means "free gentle spirit" and usually comes off as being elegant and refined.

Meaning: God's present Origin: French, Hebrew

Mavis

(MAY-vis)

Mavis is a female given name. Its usage was initiated by Marie Corelli's 1895 novel The Sorrows of Satan which featured a character named Mavis Clare whose first name is said to be "rather odd" but suitable for Miss Clare as "she sings quite as sweetly as any thrush".

Meaning: Song thrush Origin: French

Melville

(MEL-vil)

Melville is a surname and a given name. The surname has two different origins: Scottish and Irish. In Scotland, the name is a habitational name, originally of Norman origin, derived from any of several places called Malleville in Normandy.

Meaning: Bad settlement Origin: French

Montague

(MAHN-tə-gyoo)

French Meaning: The name Montague is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Montague is: Pointed hill. Steep mountain. More commonly found as a surname, although used occasionally as a first name.

Meaning: From a pointed mountain Origin: French

Montgomery

(mənt-GUM-ər-ee)

Montgomery Name Meaning. English, Scottish, and northern Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from a place in Calvados, France, so named from Old French mont 'hill' + a Germanic personal name composed of the elements guma 'man' + ric 'power'.

Meaning: Strong man's hill Origin: French