Here is a list of French names that start with T. The page includes French names for boys and girls from different eras, as well as last names like Thibault and Turpin.
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 T
- Modern Male French Names that Start with T
- Traditional Female French Names that Start with T
- Modern Female French Names that Start with T
- French Last Names that Start with T
Traditional 1900s French Male Names that Begin with T
- Teddy
- Theodore
- Theophile
- Thibault
- Thibaut
- Thierry
- Thomas
- Théo
- Tom
- Tony
- Tristan
Contemporary French Male Names Starting with T
- Tanguy
- Theo
- Thibault
- Thibaut
- Thomas
- Théo
- Tiago
- Timeo
- Timothée
- Timéo
- Titouan
- Tom
- Tony
- Tristan
Classic French Feminine Names Starting with T
- Thérèse
- Tiffany
Trendy French Girl Names Starting with T (2000s)
- Thaïs
- Théa
Female names beginning with T have always been rare in France, both historically and today. The reasons are mostly linguistic, historical, and aesthetic.
Thérèse (and its diminutive Thérèse-Marie, Thérèse-Anne) was extremely common in the early 1900s. By the mid-20th century, it had become a “grandmother name”. Once that happened, the initial T got “stuck” to an old-fashioned image.
The French T sound (/t/) is a hard, abrupt consonant – a “stop” sound that doesn’t flow as gently as initials like L, A, or M, which dominate French feminine naming.
French Surnames Beginning with T
- Tanguy
- Tardy
- Tavernier
- Teixeira
- Tellier
- Terrier
- Tessier
- Texier
- Teyssier
- Thebault
- Thery
- Thevenet
- Thevenin
- Thibault
- Thiebaut
- Thierry
- Thiery
- Thomas
- Thuillier
- Tison
- Tisserand
- Tissier
- Tissot
- Tixier
- Torres
- Tournier
- Toussaint
- Tran
- Turpin
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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