French Dog Names

"A collection of great French Names."

Bonjour! If you have a Basset, a Poodle, a Papillon or any other French breed you may want to consider a French name for your dog.

Or you may just want a name that says proudly French and celebrates your pride in your national identity. Either way, you'll find a ton of famous French names that will work really well for your dog.

Here are a few examples? What about?;

BARDOT: In honor of actress and animal rights campaigner, Brigette Bardot.

MATISSE: Honoring the great painter Henri Matisse.

ZIDANE: After Zinidine Zidane, French soccer legend.

There are lots more names like this on the list of French Dog names below. Just browse and pick, it's that easy.

p.s. Want to see just the names, without the detail? Click here to visit our French Puppy Names Quicklist.

ALEXIA Alexia Portal, actress

AMELIE Amelie Mauresmo, tennis player

ANAIS Anais Nin, erotic fiction author

ANOUK Anouk Aimee, actress

ARIELLE Arielle Dombasle, actress

ARON Raymond Aron, sociologist & philosopher

AUDREY Audrey Tautou, actress

AZNAVOUR Charles Aznavour, singer and actor

BALZAC Honore de Balzac, realist author

BARDO Brigitte Bardot, actress

BARTHEZ Fabien Barthez, football player

BEATRICE Beatrice Dalle, actress

BERNARD Bernard Buffet, Painter

BETTENCOURT Liliane Bettencourt, majority owner of L'Oreal

BIXENTE Bixente Lizarazu, football player

BIZET Georges Bizet, composer of Carmen

BRIGITTE Brigitte Fossey, actress

CAMUS Albert Camus, existentialist author

CANTONA Eric Cantona, football player

CAPUCINE Capucine, actress

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CARDIN	Pierre Cardin, fashion designer
CARON	Leslie Caron, actress
CERDAN	Marcel Cerdan, world champion boxer
CEZANNE	Paul Cezanne, artist
CHIRAC	Jacques Chirac, former president
CLAUDE	Claude Makelele, footballer
CLEMENCE	Clemence Poesy, actress
CLEMENT	Clement Marot, poet
COCO	Coco Chanel, fashion designer
COCTEAU	Jean Cocteau, poet and playwright
CONSTANT	Constant Huret, cyclist
CRISTOBAL	Cristobal Huet, hockey player
CYRANO	Cyrano de Bergerac, dramatist
DAMIEN	Damien Touya, fencer
DANIELLE	Danielle Darrieux, actress
DANY	Dany Boon, comedian and actor
DE GAULLE	Charles de Gaulle, former president
DEBUSSY	Claude Debussy, composer
DEGAS	Edgar Degas, artist
DELON	Alain Delon, actor

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DELPHINE Delphine Seyrig, actress

DENEUVE Catherine Deneuve, actress

DENIS Denis Diderot, author and philosopher

DEPARDIEU Gerard Depardieu, actor

DIDIER Didier Marouani, musician and composer

DIOR Christian Dior, fashion designer

DOMANIQUE Domanique de Villpin, former prime minister

DUMAS Alexandre Dumas, author

EIFFEL Gustave Eiffel, engineer

ELODIE Elodie Bouchez, actress

EMILE Emile Delahaye, race car pioneer

EMMANUELLE Emmanuelle Beart, actress

EUGENE Eugene Christophe, cyclist

EVA Eva Green, actress

FABRICE Fabrice Tiozzo, world champion boxer

FANNY Fanny Ardant, actress

FONTAINE Just Fontaine, footballer

FRANCOIS Francois Mitterand, former president

GABRIELLE Gabrielle Rejane, actress

GASPARD Gaspard Dughet, painter

GAUGUIN Paul Gauguin, artist

GAULTIER Jean-Paul Gaultier, fashion designer

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GERARD	Rosemond Gerard, poet and playright
GIVENCHY	Hubert de Givenchy, fashion designer
GRAPPELLI	Stephane Grappelli, jazz guitarist
GUY	Guy de Maupassant, novelist
GWENDAL	Gwendal Peizerat, ice dancer
HARDY	Francoise Hardy, singer
HERVE	Herve Villechaize, actor
ISABELLE	Isabelle Adjani, actress
JEAN-LOUIS	Jean-Louis Etienne, explorer
JEAN-PAUL	Jean-Paul Belmondo, actor
JEAN-PIERRE	Jean-Pierre Papin, footballer
JEANNE	Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), commander and saint
JOAKIM	Joakim Noah, NBA basketball player
JOSEPHINE	Josephine de Beauharnais, wife of Napoleon
JOUBERT	Brian Joubert, figure skater
JULES	Jules Verne, novelist
JULIEN	Julien Pillet, fencer
JULIETTE	Juliette Binoche, actress
KILLY	Jean-Claude Killy, skier
KOPA	Raymond Kopa, footballer
LAETITIA	Laetitia Casta, actress

LAURENT	Laurent Fignon, cyclist
LEBLANC	Maurice Leblanc, author
LILLI	Lili Damita, actress
LOEB	Sebastien Loeb, rally driver
LOUIS	Louis XIV, the Sun King (reigned 1643-1715)
LOUISON	Louison Bobet, cyclist
LUC	Luc Alphand, alpine skier
LUCIEN	Lucien Gaudin, fencer
LUNA	Sheryfa Luna, actress
MARAT	Jean Paul Marat, revolutionary and philosopher
MARCEL	Marcel Marceau, famous mime
MARIE	Marie Curie, physicist and chemist
MARION	Marion Bartolli, tennis player
MARLENE	Marlene Jobert, actress
MARQUIS	Marquis de Sade, erotic and philosophic author
MARTINE	Martine Carol, actress
MARTINEZ	Olivier Martinez, actor
MATTHIEU	Matthieu Marais, 18th century lawyer and writer
MATTISE	Henri Matisse, artist
MAURICE	Maurice Jarre, film music composer
MAX	Max Jean, Formula One driver

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MICHEL Jean Michel Jarre, musician

MONET Claude Monet, artist

NAPOLEON Emperor Napoleon I, reigned 1799-1814 and 1815

NICOLAS Nicolas Anelka, footballer

NOEMIE Noemie Lenoir, actress

OFFENBACH Jacques Offenbach, composer

PAPIN Denis Papin, physicist, mathematician and inventor

PASCAL Pascal Lavanchy, ice dancer

PASTEUR Louis Pasteur, scientist

PHILLIPE Philippine de Rothschild, banker

PIAF Edith Piaf, singer

PICCOLI Michel Piccoli, actor

PIERRE Pierre Boulle, novelist

PISSARO Camille Pissarro, artist

PROST Alain Prost, Formula One champion

PROUST Marcel Proust, novelist

RENE Rene Jacquot, boxing world champion

RENO Jean Reno, actor

RENOIR Pierre-Auguste Renoir, artist

RITZ Cesar Ritz, hotelier

ROBESPIERRE	Maximilien Robespierre, revolutionary leader
ROGER	Roger Walkowiak, cyclist
ROUX	Michel Roux, chef
SACHA	Sacha Distel, singer
SANDRINE	Sandrine Bonnaire
SARKOZY	Nicolas Sarkozy, president
SARTRE	Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist philosopher
SERGE	Serge Blanco, rugby player
SIMONE	Simone Signoret, actress
SOPHIE	Sophie Marceau, actress
SURYA	Surya Bonaly, figure skater
SUZANNE	Suzanne Lenglen, tennis player
TARIQ	Tariq Abdul-Wahad, basketball player
THIERRY	Thierry Henry, footballer
TIOZZO	Christophe Tiozzo, world champion boxer
TRISTAN	Tristan Bernard, author
VADIM	Roger Vadim, filmaker
VALERIE	Valerie Kaprisky, actress
VICTOR	Victor Hugo, novelist, poet, and playwright
VIERA	Patrick Vieira, footballer
VUITTON	Louis Vuitton, fashion designer
YANNICK	Yannick Noah, tennis player
YVES	Yves Saint-Laurent, fashion designer
ZIDANE	Zinedine Zidane, footballer
ZOLA	Emile Zola, naturalist author