Here is a list of French names that start with B. The page includes French names for boys and girls from different eras, as well as last names.
The list is divided into several sections. The modern names are baby names and other names popular in the 2000s, while the traditional names are those common among people born in the 1900s.
The names come from data provided by the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, with a few additions from Wikipedia, Reddit and other sources. All of the names also appear in my Random French Name Generator.
- Traditional Male French Names that Start with B
- Modern Male French Names that Start with B
- Traditional Female French Names that Start with B
- Modern Female French Names that Start with B
- French Last Names that Start with B
Classic French Male Names Starting with B
- Baptiste
- Bastien
- Benjamin
- Benoît
- Bernard
- Bertrand
- Brice
- Bruno
- Bryan
Names for French Boys that Start with B
- Baptiste
- Basile
- Bastien
- Benjamin
- Bryan
Old Fashioned French Girl Names Beginning with B
- Babette
- Barbara
- Benedicte
- Bernadette
- Berthe
- Blanche
- Blandine
- Brigitte
- Béatrice
- Bérengère
- Bérénice
French Girl Names Beginning with B (2000s)
Female names starting with B have become less common in France. There are several reasons for this. Naming fashions shift in waves, and endings such as –ette and –trice are less popular than before. Contemporary French girls’ names often end in –a, –ia, –ine, or –is (for example, Léa and Sofia).
Today’s French naming trends also favor softer, lighter sounds, often beginning with vowels or “light” consonants such as L, M, and S. Stronger, less melodic initial consonants like B, G, or P are less common at the moment – a fashion pattern seen across many European languages.
Common French Surnames Beginning with B
- Babin
- Bachelet
- Bailleul
- Bailly
- Barbe
- Barbier
- Barbot
- Bardet
- Bardin
- Baron
- Barraud
- Barre
- Barreau
- Barret
- Barriere
- Barthelemy
- Basset
- Bastien
- Bataille
- Baud
- Baudet
- Baudin
- Baudoin
- Baudouin
- Baudry
- Bauer
- Bayle
- Bazin
- Beau
- Beaufils
- Beaulieu
- Beaumont
- Beauvais
- Beck
- Becker
- Begue
- Beguin
- Belin
- Bellanger
- Bellec
- Bellet
- Ben
- Benard
- Benoist
- Benoit
- Berard
- Berger
- Bernard
- Bernier
- Berry
- Berthe
- Berthelot
- Berthet
- Berthier
- Bertin
- Bertrand
- Besnard
- Besse
- Besson
- Bianchi
- Bidault
- Bigot
- Billard
- Billet
- Billon
- Billy
- Binet
- Blaise
- Blanc
- Blanchard
- Blanchet
- Blandin
- Blin
- Blondeau
- Blondel
- Blot
- Bo
- Bob
- Bocquet
- Bodin
- Bois
- Boisseau
- Boisson
- Boivin
- Bon
- Bonhomme
- Bonin
- Bonnard
- Bonnaud
- Bonneau
- Bonnefoy
- Bonnet
- Bonnin
- Bontemps
- Bordes
- Bossard
- Bouchard
- Bouche
- Boucher
- Bouchet
- Bouchez
- Boudet
- Bouillon
- Boulanger
- Boulay
- Boulet
- Bouquet
- Bour
- Bourbon
- Bourdin
- Bourdon
- Bourgeois
- Bourgoin
- Bourguignon
- Bousquet
- Boutet
- Boutin
- Bouton
- Bouvet
- Bouvier
- Boyer
- Brault
- Braun
- Bresson
- Bret
- Breton
- Briand
- Briere
- Brisset
- Brochard
- Brossard
- Bru
- Brun
- Bruneau
- Brunel
- Brunet
- Bruno
- Bruyere
- Buisson
- Bureau
- Burel
- Busson
About this List
I have made similar lists of French names for all the letters of the alphabet from A to Z:
- Names that Start with A
- Names that Start with B
- Names that Start with C
- Names that Start with D
- Names that Start with E
- Names that Start with F
- Names that Start with G
- Names that Start with H
- Names that Start with I
- Names that Start with J
- Names that Start with K
- Names that Start with L
- Names that Start with M
- Names that Start with N
- Names that Start with O
- Names that Start with P
- Names that Start with Q
- Names that Start with R
- Names that Start with S
- Names that Start with T
- Names that Start with U
- Names that Start with V
- Names that Start with W
- Names that Start with X
- Names that Start with Y
- Names that Start with Z
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