Pronunciation of Popular French Names (women)

Given Name

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Agnès	aɲɛs	Agnes	[FASHION DESIGNER] agnès b.
Aimée	εme	Amy
Alexandra	alɛksɑ͂dʁa		[EXPLORER] Alexandra David-Néel visited Tibet in disguise
Alice	alis	Alice
Amélie	ameli	Amelia	[MOVIE TITLE] Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain 艾蜜莉的異想世界
Anne	an	Ann
Antoinette	ɑ͂twanɛt	Antoinette	Marie Antoinette, last queen of France, supposedly said: "Let them eat cake" 瑪麗·安東娃妮特
Aurélie	ɔʁeli
Bernadette	bɛʁnadɛt
Brigitte	bʁiʒit	Bridget	[ACTRESS] Brigitte Bardot 碧姬·芭杜
Capucine	kapysin		Nasturtium: a kind of flower
Caroline	kaʁɔlin	Caroline
Catherine	katʁin	Catherine	[ACTRESS] Catherine Deneuve 凱撒琳·丹尼芙
Cécile	sesil	Cecilia
Céline, Célina	selin		[SINGER] Céline Dion
Chantal	ʃɑ͂tal
Charlotte	ʃaʁlɔt	Charlotte	Also a type of dessert
Christiane	kʁistjan
Christine	kʁistin	Christine
Claire	klɛʁ	Claire
Claudine	klodin	Claudia
Colette	kɔlɛt		[AUTHOR] Colette
Danielle	daɲɛl	Danielle
Diane	djan	Diane
Dorothée	dɔʁɔte	Dorothy	[SINGER] Dorothée
Édith	edit	Edith	[SINGER] Édith Piaf
Éléonore	eleɔnɔʁ	Eleanor
Élise	eliz	Elisa
Émilie	emili	Emily
Emmanuelle	emaɲɥɛl	Emmanuelle
Françoise	fʁɑ͂swaz	Frances
Geneviève	ʒənvjɛv		Sainte Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris
Hélène	elɛn	Helen, Ellen
Isabelle	izabεl	Isabel
Jacqueline	ʒaklin	Jacqueline	Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
Jeanne	ʒan	Joan	Joan of Arc 聖女貞德
Joséphine	ʒozefin	Josephine	Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte
Josette	ʒozɛt
Julie	ʒyli	Julie
Juliette	ʒyljɛt	Juliet	[SINGER] Juliette Gréco
Louise	lwiz	Louise
Madeleine	madlεn	Madeline	A madeleine is a small cake named after a woman called Madeleine
Manon	mano͂
Marcelle	maʁsɛl
Marguerite	maʁgəʁit	Margaret	Daisy: a kind of flower
Marianne	maʁjan		A woman who represents France
Marie	maʁi	Mary	Marie Curie 居禮夫人
Martine	maʁtin
Maryse	maʁiz
Michèle	miʃɛl	Michelle
Monique	mɔnik	Monica
Nathalie	natali	Nathalie
Nicole	nikɔl	Nicole
Noémi	nɔemi	Naomi	A name from the Bible
Odette	odɛt
Olivie	ɔlivi	Olivia
Paulette	polεt
Renée	ʁəne	Renee
Sabine	sabin
Simone	simɔn		[AUTHOR] Simone de Beauvoir
Sophie	sɔfi	Sophia
Stéphanie	stefani	Stephanie
Suzanne	syzan	Susan
Sylvie	silvi	Sylvia	[SINGER] Sylvie Vartan
Thérèse	teʁɛz	Theresa
Valentine	valɑ͂tin	Valentina	Valentine is a song by Maurice Chevalier
Valérie	valeʁi	Valerie
Véronique	veʁɔnik	Veronica
Virginie	viʁʒini	Virginia
Zoé	zoe	Zoe

Most famous French women are either actresses or singers. Do you know any other names? Please leave a comment below.

Image Credits: Nasturtium photo: CC-BY-SA: Armon; Image of Marianne: public domain (uncopyrightable image)