As promised, part II of IV from early 2010 Le Figaro birth announcements in France.
These lists overall are quite different from the country at large, intentionally so. French schools are not exactly teeming with Télémaques and Théotimes. Use with caution: not for amateurs.
Malo
Marin
Martin
Mathis
Maxime
Maximilian
Melchior
Mickaël
Nicolas
Octave x3
Paul x4
Paul-Antoine
Philippe
Pierre x2
Pierre-Oscar
Quentin
Rahul
Raphaël x2
Romain
Senlis
Stanislas
Télémaque
Théodore
Théotime
Thibaut
Thomas
Thorlak
Tristan
Timothée
Vadim
Victor x3
Viktor-Alexander
Vincent
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Of the M-Z list, I love Malo, Mathis, Maxime, Octave, Raphaël, Romain, Théodore and Thibaut. Can’t wait to see the girls list!
Malo is the name of a famous Breton saint. I think in Brittany its a fairly common male name. The feminine form of Maelle has gotten trendy in France. There is also Mael, which is masculine.
These are awesome!
Marin
Mathis
Maxime
Maximilian
Melchior
Mickaël-this is the Breton form of Michael
Octave
Philippe-classic
Pierre-a classic
Stanislas
Télémaque
Théotime
Thibau-fairly common in the Francophone, either as Thibault or Thibaud
Thorlak
Vadim
Victor
I’m digging Vadim. It really stood out from the list to me. Very interesting.
Vadim is Slavic, Meg. I’m uncovering various possible meanings, most of which revolve around a “glorious powerful ruler.” Sebastiane or anyone else care to confirm?