Given Names 
List of Given Names
Sometimes, deciphering a given name in an old handwritten document is not as easy as one might suppose. This could be due to the widespread use of abbreviations or to the difficulty in reading the handwriting. Use the following list of given names to assist you in interpreting the names mentioned in the documents.
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
Given names beginning with 'A':
| Abraham |
| Achille |
| Adalbert |
| Adam |
| Adélaïde |
| Adeline |
| Adriel |
| Adrien |
| Ady |
| Aelix |
| Agathe |
| Agnès |
| Ailyd |
| Aimé |
| Aimeri |
| Aimery |
| Alain |
| Alban |
| Albert |
| Alex |
| Alexandra |
| Alexandre |
| Alexia |
| Alexis |
| Alfred |
| Alice |
| Alix |
| Alphonse |
| Amandin |
| Amandine |
| Amaury |
| Ambroise |
| Amélie |
| Anaïs |
| Anatoile |
| Anatole |
| André |
| Andy |
| Angèle |
| Angeline |
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| Anne |
| Anselme |
| Ansgaire |
| Anstrude |
| Antide |
| Antoine |
| Antoinette |
| Apphia |
| Appia |
| Appolinaire |
| Appoline |
| Ariane |
| Ariel |
| Armand |
| Armel |
| Armelle |
| Arnaud |
| Arnold |
| Arry |
| Arthur |
| Asaël |
| Aschlomo |
| Aser |
| Athanase |
| Aubry |
| Aude |
| Audrey |
| Auguste |
| Augustin |
| Aulaire |
| Aurélie |
| Aurélien |
| Aurore |
| Axa |
| Axel |
| Axelle |
| Aymeric |
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Given names beginning with 'B':
| Baptiste |
| Barak |
| Baraka |
| Barbe |
| Barnabé |
| Barth |
| Barthélemy |
| Barthélémy |
| Bartholomée |
| Baruch |
| Basile |
| Béat |
| Béatrice |
| Bède |
| Ben |
| Benédicte |
| Bénigne |
| Benjamin |
| Benji |
| Benny |
| Benoît |
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| Benoîte |
| Berekia |
| Bérekia |
| Bérenger |
| Bérengère |
| Bernadette |
| Bernard |
| Bernardin |
| Bertrand |
| Blaise |
| Blaisotte |
| Blandine |
| Bonaventure |
| Bonfils |
| Boniface |
| Bonne |
| Brice |
| Brigitte |
| Bruno |
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Given names beginning with 'C':
| Calendal |
| Calliste |
| Camille |
| Capucine |
| Carine |
| Carole |
| Caroline |
| Casimir |
| Catherine |
| Cécile |
| Cédric |
| Céline |
| Céphas |
| Charles |
| Charlotte |
| Chloé |
| Chrétien |
| Christel |
| Christian |
| Christianne |
| Christine |
| Christophe |
| Claire |
| Clarisse |
| Claude |
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| Claudette |
| Claudine |
| Claudot |
| Claudotte |
| Clémence |
| Clément |
| Clémentin |
| Clémentine |
| Cléo |
| Cléopas |
| Clothilde |
| Colette |
| Colomban |
| Côme |
| Conrad |
| Constance |
| Constantin |
| Coralie |
| Corinne |
| Corneille |
| Crescence |
| Cunégonde |
| Cyprien |
| Cyrille |
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Given names beginning with 'D':
| Dalila |
| Damaris |
| Damase |
| Damien |
| Dan |
| Daniel |
| Danielle |
| Dany |
| Daphné |
| Dav |
| David |
| Davina |
| Deicole |
| Deile |
| Delphine |
| Denis |
| Denise |
| Denys |
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| Déodat |
| Désiré |
| Désirée |
| Desle |
| Deslot |
| Deslotte |
| Deyle |
| Diane |
| Didier |
| Didière |
| Dié |
| Dieudonné |
| Djibril |
| Dominique |
| Domitille |
| Donat |
| Dorothée |
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Given names beginning with 'E':
| Edouard |
| Egide |
| Eléonore |
| Eleusippe |
| Eliakim |
| Elias |
| Elie |
| Eliezer |
| Eliot |
| Elisa |
| Elisabeth |
| Elisée |
| Eliza |
| Elizabeth |
| Elodie |
| Eloi |
| Ely |
| Emerence |
| Emery |
| Emile |
| Emilie |
| Emma |
| Emmanuel |
| Emmanuelle |
| Emmany |
| Enoch |
| Ephrem |
| Eric |
| Esaïe |
| Esdras |
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| Estéban |
| Estelle |
| Estérelle |
| Estevenette |
| Estevenin |
| Estevennette |
| Esther |
| Etevenin |
| Ethan |
| Etienne |
| Etiennette |
| Eudes |
| Eugénie |
| Eulalie |
| Eunice |
| Eunyce |
| Euphémie |
| Euphrosine |
| Eusèbe |
| Eustache |
| Eustaine |
| Eva |
| Evatte |
| Eve |
| Evelyne |
| Evodie |
| Evody |
| Evotte |
| Evrard |
| Ezéchiel |
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Given names beginning with 'F':
| Fabien |
| Fabrice |
| Fanny |
| Félicie |
| Félicité |
| Félix |
| Ferdinand |
| Ferjeux |
| Ferréol |
| Festus |
| Fidèle |
| Fleur |
| Flore |
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| Florence |
| Florent |
| Florentin |
| Florian |
| Francis |
| Franck |
| François |
| Françoise |
| Frédéric |
| Frédérique |
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Given names beginning with 'G':
| Gab |
| Gabby |
| Gabriel |
| Gabrielle |
| Gaby |
| Gaël |
| Gaelle |
| Gaétan |
| Gamaliel |
| Gaspard |
| Gasparine |
| Gaston |
| Généreuse |
| Geneviève |
| Geoffroy |
| Geogina |
| Georges |
| Georgette |
| Georgine |
| Gérald |
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| Géraldine |
| Gérard |
| Gérardin |
| Géraud |
| Germain |
| Germaine |
| Gertrude |
| Gervais |
| Ghislain |
| Ghislaine |
| Gilles |
| Girard |
| Giuseppe |
| Grégoire |
| Guérin |
| Guillaume |
| Guillemette |
| Guy |
| Gwenaël |
| Gwenaelle |
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Given names beginning with 'H':
| Hadelin |
| Haude |
| Hedwige |
| Hélène |
| Héloise |
| Hémery |
| Hénoch |
| Henri |
| Herman |
| Hervé |
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| Hilaire |
| Hippolyte |
| Hiram |
| Hortense |
| Hubert |
| Hugues |
| Huguette |
| Hyacinthe |
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Given names beginning with 'I':
| Ibrahim |
| Ignace |
| Irénée |
| Isaac |
| Isabelle |
| Isaure |
| Isidore |
| Ismaël |
| Israël |
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Given names beginning with 'J':
| Jack |
| Jackie |
| Jacob |
| Jacobée |
| Jacot |
| Jacqueline |
| Jacques |
| Jacquette |
| Jacquotte |
| Jamal |
| James |
| Jan |
| Janvier |
| Jason |
| Jaspar |
| Jean |
| Jeanne |
| Jeannette |
| Jemima |
| Jeremiah |
| Jérémie |
| Jérome |
| Jérôme |
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| Joachim |
| Joan |
| Job |
| Johan |
| Johanna |
| John |
| Jonas |
| Jonathan |
| Josaphat |
| José |
| Joseph |
| Josèphe |
| Joséphine |
| Josué |
| Jude |
| Judith |
| Judy |
| Jules |
| Julie |
| Julien |
| Julienne |
| Juliette |
| Justin |
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Given names beginning with 'L':
| Laetitia |
| Lambert |
| Lambertine |
| Laure |
| Laurence |
| Laurent |
| Laurette |
| Léa |
| Leah |
| Léger |
| Légière |
| Léon |
| Léonard |
| Léonardine |
| Lévi |
| Libert |
| Ligier |
| Ligière |
| Lionel |
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| Lisbeth |
| Lisette |
| Lison |
| Liz |
| Loïc |
| Loïs |
| Lorraine |
| Lothaire |
| Louis |
| Louise |
| Louisette |
| Luc |
| Luce |
| Lucia |
| Lucie |
| Lukas |
| Lydia |
| Lydie |
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Given names beginning with 'M':
| Madeleine |
| Mainboeuf |
| Mammès |
| Manuel |
| Marc |
| Marcel |
| Marcelin |
| Marcelle |
| Marco |
| Marguerite |
| Marianne |
| Marie |
| Marielle |
| Marine |
| Marion |
| Marius |
| Marjolaine |
| Mark |
| Markus |
| Marlène |
| Martha |
| Marthe |
| Martin |
| Martine |
| Maryline |
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| Marylise |
| Maryse |
| Mathias |
| Mathieu |
| Mathilde |
| Matthias |
| Matthieu |
| Maud |
| Maurice |
| Mauricette |
| Maxence |
| Maxime |
| Médard |
| Mélanie |
| Melchior |
| Méthode |
| Michel |
| Michelle |
| Mireille |
| Mirèio |
| Monique |
| Mougeotte |
| Mougin |
| Muriel |
| Myriam |
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Given names beginning with 'N':
| Nathalie |
| Nathan |
| Nathanaël |
| Néhémie |
| Nérée |
| Nick |
| Nicolas |
| Nicole |
| Nicolette |
| Nikkos |
| Noé |
| Noël |
| Noémi |
| Noémis |
| Norbert |
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Given names beginning with 'O':
| Octavie |
| Odet |
| Odile |
| Odot |
| Olivier |
| Osée |
| Ours |
| Ourse |
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Given names beginning with 'P':
| Pancrace |
| Paolo |
| Pascal |
| Paul |
| Paule |
| Paulette |
| Paulin |
| Pauline |
| Pedro |
| Pélagie |
| Pernette |
| Perpétue |
| Perrine |
| Peter |
| Philémon |
| Philibert |
| Philiberte |
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| Philip |
| Philipotte |
| Philippe |
| Philippine |
| Pie |
| Pierette |
| Pierre |
| Pierrette |
| Pierrot |
| Piotr |
| Polycarpe |
| Ponce |
| Pons |
| Pontien |
| Priscilla |
| Priscille |
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Given names beginning with 'Q':
Given names beginning with 'R':
| Rachel |
| Raoul |
| Raphaël |
| Raphaelle |
| Raymond |
| Réal |
| Rébecca |
| Réginald |
| Reine |
| Rémi |
| Rémy |
| Renaud |
| René |
| Renée |
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| Richard |
| Ricover |
| Robert |
| Rodolphe |
| Roger |
| Roland |
| Romain |
| Romaric |
| Romuald |
| Rose |
| Ruth |
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Given names beginning with 'S':
| Sabine |
| Salomon |
| Sam |
| Sammy |
| Samson |
| Samuel |
| Sandrine |
| Sara |
| Sarah |
| Scholastique |
| Sébastien |
| Sébastienne |
| Séphora |
| Sérah |
| Serge |
| Servais |
| Servan |
| Séverin |
| Sheila |
| Siegfried |
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| Silas |
| Siméon |
| Simon |
| Sixte |
| Solange |
| Sophie |
| Stanislas |
| Stéphane |
| Stéphanette |
| Stéphanie |
| Suzan |
| Suzanne |
| Suzette |
| Suzie |
| Suzon |
| Sylvain |
| Sylvestre |
| Sylvie |
| Symètre |
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Given names beginning with 'T':
| Tanguy |
| Théa |
| Théo |
| Théodore |
| Théodoric |
| Théophile |
| Thérèse |
| Thibaud |
| Thibaut |
| Thierry |
| Thomas |
| Timothée |
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| Tite |
| Toinette |
| Toinon |
| Tom |
| Toussain(t) |
| Toussaine |
| Tristan |
| Turibe |
| Tychique |
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Given names beginning with 'U':
| Ulric |
| Ulrich |
| Urbain |
| Urs |
| Urse |
| Ursule |
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Given names beginning with 'V':
| Valbert |
| Valentin |
| Valentine |
| Valère |
| Valérie |
| Valérien |
| Vanessa |
| Venceslas |
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| Vérène |
| Véronique |
| Victoire |
| Victor |
| Vincent |
| Violaine |
| Virginie |
| Vit |
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Given names beginning with 'W':
Given names beginning with 'X' 'Y' or 'Z':
| Xavier |
| Yohan |
| Yona |
| Youssouf |
| Yves |
| Yvonne |
| Zaccharie |
| Zacharie |
| Zara |
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