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The country of France — which was the most populous country in Europe from the Middle Ages until the early 19th century, and still ranks within the top five today — shares land borders with eight other countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain.
Last year, France welcomed about 723,000 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Jade (pronounced zhahd) and Gabriel.
Here are France’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
Jade, 3,420 baby girls
Louise, 3,412
Ambre, 3,380
Alba, 3,280
Emma, 3,158
Rose, 2,692
Alice, 2,520
Romy, 2,409
Anna, 2,380
Lina, 2,355
Léna, 2,266
Mia, 2,173
Lou, 2,114
Julia, 2,056
Chloé, 2,004
Alma, 1,974
Agathe, 1,958
Iris, 1,904
Inaya, 1,875
Charlie, 1,834
Juliette, 1,802
Léa, 1,791
Victoire, 1,772
Luna, 1,751
Giulia, 1,745
Adèle, 1,718
Jeanne, 1,699
Nina, 1,669
Eva, 1,630
Olivia, 1,546
Zoé, 1,523
Léonie, 1,511
Romane, 1,481
Victoria, 1,452
Nour, 1,372
Inès, 1,284 (tie)
Lya, 1,284 (tie)
Lucie, 1,261
Lyana, 1,235
Lola, 1,205
Alix, 1,182
Charlotte, 1,176
Mila, 1,173
Sofia, 1,168
Louna, 1,163
Ava, 1,153 (tie)
Margaux, 1,153 (tie)
Elena, 1,149
Emy, 1,118
Mya, 1,115
Boy Names
Gabriel, 4,889 baby boys
Léo, 4,078
Raphaël, 3,798
Maël, 3,571
Louis, 3,560
Noah, 3,325
Jules, 3,308
Arthur, 3,284
Adam, 3,212
Lucas, 2,774
Liam, 2,715
Sacha, 2,613
Isaac, 2,590
Gabin, 2,561
Eden, 2,460
Hugo, 2,447
Naël, 2,325
Aaron, 2,287
Mohamed, 2,237
Léon, 2,203
Paul, 2,200
Noé, 2,154
Marceau, 1,970
Ethan, 1,963
Nathan, 1,899
Théo, 1,872
Tom, 1,843
Nino, 1,825
Marius, 1,751
Ayden, 1,717
Malo, 1,715
Mathis, 1,636
Gaspard, 1,606
Martin, 1,559
Lyam, 1,549
Victor, 1,537
Rayan, 1,484
Elio, 1,432
Timéo, 1,424
Eliott, 1,420
Milo, 1,416
Robin, 1,393
Tiago, 1,383
Valentin, 1,378
Ibrahim, 1,359
Axel, 1,350
Augustin, 1,317
Amir, 1,305
Enzo, 1,270
Imran, 1,246
The girls’ top 100 included Alya (53rd), Diane (81st), Maddy (90th), and Suzanne (97th).
The boys’ top 100 included Camille (61st), Mahé (66th), Basile (78th), and Andrea (91st).
Charlie is still rising on the girls’ side — which could explain why the parents of baby boys slightly prefer the spelling Charly (73rd) over the spelling Charlie (80th) these days.
In the capital city of Paris last year, the top boy name was also Gabriel, but the top girl name was Alma instead of Jade. (Jade was tied with Léa for 10th/11th place in Paris.)
Finally, here are France’s 2021 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Paris, the capital of France, has an area of 41 square miles and a population of about 2.1 million — making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world.
Last year, Paris’ most popular baby names were Alma and Gabriel.
Here are the city’s top 50+ girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
Alma, 211 baby girls
Louise, 210
Emma, 152
Jeanne, 150
Anna, 144
Adèle, 138
Rose, 136
Gabrielle, 133
Chloé, 131
Jade, 128 (tie)
Léa, 128 (tie)
Victoria, 126
Alice, 120 (tie)
Lina, 120 (tie)
Sofia, 117
Iris, 115 (tie)
Olivia, 115 (tie)
Juliette, 114 (tie)
Victoire, 114 (tie)
Romy, 113
Eva, 111
Joséphine, 106
Ava, 104
Fatoumata, 103
Alba, 98
Diane, 96
Ambre, 94 (3-way tie)
Nina, 94 (3-way tie)
Zoé, 94 (3-way tie)
Charlotte, 92
Mia, 90
Alix, 89 (tie)
Julia, 89 (tie)
Léonie, 88
Sarah, 87
Ella, 86
Lou, 83
Suzanne, 82
Charlie, 81
Nour, 78
Héloïse, 75
Mariam, 74
Romane, 72
Inaya, 68
Agathe, 64
Inès, 63 (tie)
Maya, 63 (tie)
Madeleine, 62
Céleste, 59
Aminata, 57 (tie)
Fatima, 57 (tie)
Boy Names
Gabriel, 332 baby boys
Adam, 254
Raphaël, 250
Louis, 223
Mohamed, 209
Arthur, 199
Isaac, 190
Noah, 180
Gaspard, 175
Léon, 173
Léo, 158
Joseph, 154
Paul, 150
Lucas, 145
Victor, 139
Hugo, 119
Alexandre, 118
Jules, 116
Sacha, 115
Ibrahim, 109
Noé, 103
Augustin, 101
Liam, 95
Oscar, 94
Samuel, 92
Maël, 91
Marceau, 89 (3-way tie)
Simon, 89 (3-way tie)
Timothée, 89 (3-way tie)
Nathan, 88
Basile, 81
Côme, 80
Aaron, 79
Ethan, 78
Auguste, 77 (4-way tie)
Eliott, 77 (4-way tie)
Moussa, 77 (4-way tie)
Naël, 77 (4-way tie)
Marius, 75
Eden, 74
Mathis, 72 (tie)
Rayan, 72 (tie)
Achille, 71 (3-way tie)
Andrea, 71 (3-way tie)
Valentin, 71 (3-way tie)
Antoine, 70
Charles, 69
Ismaël, 68
Léonard, 66 (tie)
Martin, 66 (tie)
And here’s a selection of names from lower down in the rankings, which includes all names given to at least five Parisian babies (of one gender or the other) per year.
Did you know that France is the most-visited tourist destination in the world?
Last year, the country welcomed about 738,000 babies. The most popular names among these babies were Jade (pronounced zhahd) and Gabriel.
Here are France’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Jade, 3,802 baby girls
Louise, 3,768
Emma, 3,202
Ambre, 3,017
Alice, 2,769
Rose, 2,703
Anna, 2,515
Alba, 2,504
Romy, 2,446
Mia, 2,430
Lina, 2,366
Lou, 2,222
Julia, 2,212
Chloé, 2,210
Léna, 2,093
Léa, 2,039
Agathe, 2,020
Iris, 2,006
Nina, 1,896
Juliette, 1,870
Inaya, 1,867 – an Urdu name derived from the Arabic word inayah, meaning “care, concern.”
Zoé, 1,840
Jeanne, 1,727
Léonie, 1,726
Charlie, 1,725
Eva, 1,709
Mila, 1,706
Luna, 1,686
Adèle, 1,661
Victoire, 1,648
Inès, 1,594
Olivia, 1,594
Lola, 1,547
Victoria, 1,537
Lucie, 1,493
Margaux, 1,472
Romane, 1,458
Giulia, 1,454
Camille, 1,428
Sofia, 1,381
Charlotte, 1,352
Alix, 1,349
Nour, 1,274
Lyana, 1,237
Margot, 1,225
Sarah, 1,214
Louna, 1,209 – likely based on Luna (#28).
Mya, 1,182
Manon, 1,177
Lya, 1,158
Boy Names
Gabriel, 4,974 baby boys
Léo, 4,358
Raphaël, 3,957
Louis, 3,715
Arthur, 3,598
Jules, 3,594
Maël, 3,438
Noah, 3,384
Adam, 3,148
Lucas, 3,054
Hugo, 2,905
Gabin, 2,719 – based on the Latin name Gabinus, which might have referred to the ancient city of Gabii (located in what is now central Italy).
Liam, 2,672
Sacha, 2,628
Aaron, 2,496
Léon, 2,362
Isaac, 2,322
Paul, 2,291
Nathan, 2,286
Noé, 2,276
Eden, 2,260
Mohamed, 2,183
Ethan, 2,104
Tom, 1,995
Malo, 1,935 – a Breton name probably derived from the Old Breton elements mach, meaning “pledge, hostage,” and lou, meaning “luminous; beautiful.”
Naël, 1,919
Théo, 1,902
Marius, 1,868
Nino, 1,838
Marceau, 1,834
Mathis, 1,801
Victor, 1,768
Ayden, 1,753
Milo, 1,723
Martin, 1,712
Tiago, 1,658
Robin, 1,657
Axel, 1,571
Timéo, 1,541
Eliott, 1,538 (tie)
Lyam, 1,538 (tie)
Enzo, 1,503
Antoine, 1,445
Nolan, 1,439
Augustin, 1,430
Gaspard, 1,379
Valentin, 1,362
Amir, 1,309
Samuel, 1,301
Côme, 1,300 – (pronounced kohm, as in the brand name Lancôme) the French form of Cosmas, ultimately derived from the ancient Greek word kosmos, meaning “order.”
The girls’ top 100 included Capucine (52nd), Apolline (65th), Thaïs (82nd), and Garance (98th).
The boys’ top 100 included Sohan (55th), Kaïs (58th), Soan (66th), and Livio (81st).
Soan, a variant spelling of Sohan, has been popularized recently by French singer/songwriter Soan (born Julien Decroix).
Also on the boys’ list, Charly (#78) pulled ahead of Charlie (#90) after the names saw nearly identical levels of usage in 2020. I wonder if this means that Charly is emerging as the preferred male spelling of the name…?
Gabriel also topped the rankings for the capital city of Paris last year. Jade, on the other hand, didn’t even make the top 10 — it was way down in 32nd place.
Finally, here are France’s 2020 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
French military leader Napoléon Bonaparte may have spent his life trying to conquer a continent, but that life began and ended on islands.
He was born (as “Napoleone Buonaparte”) on the Mediterranean island of Corsica in 1769 — the same year that France took Corsica from the Republic of Genoa (now part of Italy). He died while in exile on the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena in 1821.
In between, Napoléon: attended military school on the mainland, began serving in the French Army, rose to prominence during the French Revolution and the French Revolutionary Wars, became the de facto leader of France in 1799, declared himself Emperor in 1804, and proceeded to build a vast empire via the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815).
Needless to say, a large number of babies all over the world have been named “Napoleon” since that time.
I don’t want this post to get too crazy, though, so I’ve decided to collect namesakes from just two locations — France and the U.S. — and to stick to the years during which Napoléon was active.
Napoléon’s namesakes in France
Thousands of French babies were named in honor of Napoléon from the mid-1790s to the mid-1810s.
In contrast with namesakes in other countries (like the U.S. and England), most of his French namesakes were given only his first name — not both names — and it was typically combined with one or more traditional French names (e.g., “Louis Napoléon,” “Jean Baptiste Napoléon”).
With that in mind, I went out of my way to find combinations that were a bit more varied…
Napoléon Baillot, b. 1793 in France
Jacques Napoléon Desiré Campa, b. 1795 in France
Napoléon Stéphanie Joseph Therin, b. 1797 in France
Napoléon Joseph Buttin, b. 1799 in France
Napoléon-Jean Demeester, b. 1800 in France
Napoléon Nicolas Senelar, b. 1801 in France
Guillaume Napoléon Pelletier, b. 1802 in France
Willebrod Napoléon Désiré Degrave, b. 1803 in France
Charlemagne Napoléon Lambert, b. 1804 in France
Napoléon Louis François Richounne, b. 1805 in France
Napoléon Parfait Furpille, b. 1806 in France
parfait means “perfect” in French
Bienaimé Napoléon Le Cagneux, b. 1807 in France
bienaimé means “beloved” in French
François Desiré Prosper Napoléon Loiseau, b. 1808 in France
Napoléon La Paix Lemasson, b. 1809 in France
la paix means “peace” in French
Gustave Napoléon Fichet, b. 1810 in France
Esprit Napoléon Houdry, b. 1811 in France
esprit means “spirit” in French
Napoléon Bonaventure Dusautier, b. 1812 in France
Auguste César Napoléon Decoene, b. 1813 in France
Napoléon-Etienne Vernoni, b. 1814 in France
Fructueux Napoléon Artigue, b. 1815 in France
fructueux means “successful” in French
Almost all of the namesakes in this group were boys, but a handful were girls with feminized forms of the name (like Napoléonne, Napoléonide, and Napoléontine).
Several dozen more boys — most of them born early on — were given only the surname:
Jacques Dominique Bonaparte Venkirch, b. 1796 in France
Augustin Bonaparte Joseph Galle, b. 1797 in France
Jean Baptiste Bonaparte Mollard, b. 1798 in France
Séraphin Adolphe Bonaparte Decorne, b. 1799 in France
Alexis Sébastien Bonaparte Poirée, b. 1801 in France
Napoléon had usually been called “General Bonaparte” or “citizen Bonaparte” before mid-1802, when the people of France went to the polls to decide: “Should Napoléon Bonaparte be consul for life?” Millions voted yes, and, after that, “he was generally known as Napoléon rather than Bonaparte.”
Napoléon’s namesakes in the U.S.
Napoléon didn’t wage any wars on North American soil (though he did sell a lot of that soil in 1803, when he let go of the Louisiana Territory for $15 million). Nonetheless, U.S. newspapers paid close attention to him:
Americans were clearly impressed by Napoléon’s achievements, judging by the hundreds of U.S. namesakes born in the late 1790s and first decades of the 1800s. Many of these babies received both his first name and his surname:
A few of the people named Bonaparte (but not Napoléon) did have other given names — like Lucien, and Jerome — that could have been inspired by other members of the Bonaparte family. I found a Josephine Bonaparte Evans (b. 1815), for instance, who was probably named after Napoléon’s first wife.
Another of the relatively few females in this group was Federal Ann Bonaparte Gist (b. 1799), the daughter of Joshua Gist, who served in the Maryland Militia during the Revolutionary War.
Defining “Napoléon” and “Bonaparte”
Other famous men named Napoléon Bonaparte (including Napoleon III) also had namesakes, but it was the original Napoléon Bonaparte who put these two unusual names on the map.
So…what do they mean?
The Italian forename Napoleone has obscure origins, so the meaning isn’t known for certain. One popular theory is that it’s made up of the elements Neapolis, the original name of Naples, and leone, meaning “lion.” When Bonaparte was born in 1769, the name was “relatively common around Genoa and Tuscany,” though it was spelled a variety of ways (e.g., Nabulio, Nabulione, Napulione, Napolionne, Lapulion). The name had been used in his family before; his father’s uncle, for instance, was also named Napoleone.
The Italian surname Buonaparte, on the other hand, is much more straightforward: it’s made up of the elements buona, meaning “good,” and parte, meaning “part, share, portion.”
Was anyone in your family tree named after Napoléon?
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