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French Names

How naming works in France — order, inheritance, particles, and the names Foundry's own data sees most often, backed by a live parser.

Analyze full name ↓ Common Names

Common names in France

The given and family names Foundry sees most often for France, each shown with its share of what Foundry has learned — not an official statistic, just what the engine's own data reflects.

Given names

  1. Nicolas 0.78%
  2. David 0.74%
  3. Julien 0.67%
  4. Philippe 0.63%
  5. Christophe 0.6%
  6. Laurent 0.59%
  7. Pierre 0.58%
  8. Nathalie 0.57%
  9. Sylvie 0.51%
  10. Isabelle 0.5%

Family names

  1. Petit 0.15%
  2. Dubois 0.14%
  3. Garcia 0.14%
  4. Dupont 0.13%
  5. Durand 0.13%
  6. Diallo 0.13%
  7. Da Silva 0.11%
  8. Lefebvre 0.11%
  9. Moreau 0.11%
  10. Martinez 0.1%

Naming convention

Surnames may include the particle "de", historically indicating nobility.

Analyze name from France

Split full names from France into given name, family name, titles, and particles — calibrated confidence instead of a single guess, powered by Foundry.

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This page is one view onto Foundry's Name Intelligence engine, fixed to the France context. For the full feature list, how it works, and other countries, see Name Intelligence.

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