looking for suggestions! this is so much harder with our second boy and DH is so picky, vetoes almost everything i like! It was a miracle we came up with an awesome name the first time!
So i am looking for French boy names that sound nice in English too (or vice versa - any boy name that sounds good with a French accent).
grapefruit / 4988 posts
There are lots that are basically the same as the English version, like:
Thomas
Gabriel
Lucas
Hugo
Charles
Victor
But is you want it to look French but be pronounced in a reasonable way in English, here are a few ideas:
Christophe
Henri
Francois
Auguste
Julien
Antoine
cantaloupe / 6885 posts
I live in a bilingual community and some popular names are:
Samuel
Olivier
Zachary
Jonas
Liam
Benjamin
Vincent
Joel
pineapple / 12566 posts
Jacques
Henri/Henry -- although, not pronounced the same
Louis
Marcel
Lucas
Olivier
Théo
Léo
Raphaël
Arthur
A lot of the classics work in both languages.
pear / 1986 posts
My French Canadian friends have two boys and they had a similar idea to have the names sound good in both French and English: Zachary and Blaise. I love both names!
pomegranate / 3604 posts
I have the same requirement as you and Eric, Jack, Sebastian, Olivier, Logan, Lucas, Frederic, Felix, Theodore, Timothy & Adrien have all made the short list at one point or another.
pomegranate / 3393 posts
Some that come to mind:
Julien
Félix
Rémy
August
George
Henry
Albert
Alan/Alain
Louis
Theo
Leo
Vincent
Jack/Jacques
André
pear / 1503 posts
Some great ones from PP. Here are a few others:
Dominic
Christian
Anthony
Michael/Michel
Joseph
Maxim
John/Jean
Johnathan/Jonathon
grape / 92 posts
An alternative to Julien might be Jules (though I think that's more unisex outside French languages).
kiwi / 698 posts
I have another. Our neighbour is named Maxime- he goes by Max, but I really like it.
pomegranate / 3411 posts
thanks for all these suggestions. i am still at a loss, but will definitely refer back to this thread next time DH and I talk about it 
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