Diccionario de nombres
200 nombres con significado y origen verificados
AALIS
Old French form of ALICE.
ABEL
From the Hebrew name הֶבֶל (Hevel) or הָבֶל (Havel) which meant "breath". In the Old Testament he is the second son of A...
ADÉLAÏDE
French form of ADELAIDE.
ADÉLARD
French form of ADALHARD.
ADELINE
Diminutive of ADÈLE.
ADRIEN
French form of ADRIAN.
ADRIENNE
French feminine form of ADRIAN.
ABRAHAM
This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM (1) and הָמוֹן (...
ACHILLE
French and Italian form of ACHILLES.
ADAM
This is the Hebrew word for "man". It could be ultimately derived from Hebrew אדם ('adam) meaning "to be red", referring...
ADÈLE
French form of ADELA.
ADOLPHE
French form of ADOLF.
AGATHE
Cognate of AGATHA.
AIMÉ
From Old French Amé, the masculine form of Amée (see AMY).
ALAIN
French form of ALAN.
ALAN
The meaning of this name is not known for certain. It was used in Brittany at least as early as the 6th century, and it ...
AGLAÉ
French form of AGLAIA.
AGNÈS
French and Catalan form of AGNES.
AIMÉE
French form of AMY.
ALBERT
From the Germanic name Adalbert, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright". This name was comm...
ALBERTE (2)
French and Danish feminine form of ALBERT.
ALBERTINE
French feminine form of ALBERT.
ALBINE
French form of ALBINA.
ALCIDE
Italian and French form of ALCIDES.
ALDRIC
From a Germanic name, derived from the elements ald "old" and ric "ruler, power". Saint Aldric was a 9th-century bishop ...
ALEXANDRE
Form of ALEXANDER. This name was borne by the 19th-century French author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), who wrote 'The Thr...
ALEXIS
From the Greek name Αλεξις (Alexis), which meant "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, to...
ALFRED
Derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel". Alfred the Great was a 9...
ALICE
From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis (see ADELAI...
ALINE
Medieval short form of ADELINE. As an English name, in modern times it has sometimes been regarded as a variant of EILEE...
ALISON
Norman French diminutive of Aalis (see ALICE). It was common in England and France in the Middle Ages, and was later rev...
ALPHONSE
French form of ALFONSO.
ALBAN
From the Roman cognomen Albanus which meant "from Alba". Alba (from Latin albus "white") was the name of various places ...
ALBIN
Form of ALBINUS.
ALDÉRIC
Variant of ALDRIC.
ALEX
Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.
ALEXANDRA
Feminine form of ALEXANDER. In Greek mythology this was a Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera, and an alternate name o...
ALEXANDRIE
French variant of ALEXANDRA.
ALEXANDRINE
French elaborated form of ALEXANDRA. This was the name of a Danish queen, the wife of King Christian X.
ALEXIA
Feminine form of ALEXIS.
ALIX
Medieval French variant of ALICE.
ALPHONSINE
French feminine diminutive of ALFONSO.
AMABLE
French form of AMABILIS.
AMAND
French form of AMANDUS.
AMBROISE
French form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).
AMÉ
Old French form of AIMÉ.
AMÉDÉE
French form of AMADEUS.
AMÉE
Old French form of AIMÉE.
AMÉLIE
French form of AMELIA.
AMIS
Medieval name, a masculine form of AMICE. It appears in the medieval French poem 'Amis and Amiles', about two friends wh...
ANASTASIE
French form of ANASTASIA.
ANATOLE
French form of ANATOLIUS.
AMANDINE
French diminutive of AMANDA.
AMARANTE
French form of AMARANTHA.
AMAURY
French form of AMALRIC.
AMBRE
French cognate of AMBER.
AMOUR
French form of AMOR.
ANAÏS
Occitan and Catalan form of ANNA.
ANDRÉ
French and Portuguese form of Andreas (see ANDREW).
ANGÈLE
French feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).
ANGELINE
French diminutive of ANGELA.
ANGÉLIQUE
French form of ANGELICA.
ANNE (1)
French form of ANNA. In the 13th-century it was imported to England, where it was also commonly spelled Ann. The name wa...
ANNIE
Diminutive of ANNE (1).
ANSELME
French form of ANSELM.
ANTOINE
French form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTONIN
French form of Antoninus (see ANTONINO). This name was borne by the French playwright Antonin Artaud (1896-1948).
ANDRÉE
French feminine form of ANDREW.
ANNABELLE
Variant of ANNABEL. It can also be taken as a combination of ANNA and BELLE.
ANNETTE
French diminutive of ANNE (1). It has also been widely used in the English-speaking world, and it became popular in Ame...
ANOUK
Dutch and French diminutive of ANNA.
ANTHELME
French form of ANTHELM.
ANTOINETTE
Feminine diminutive of ANTOINE. This name was borne by Marie Antoinette, the queen of France during the French Revolutio...
APOLLINE
French form of APOLLONIA.
ARIEL
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament it is used as another name for the city of Jerusalem. Shakespeare us...
ARISTIDE
French and Italian form of ARISTIDES.
ARLETTE
French form of HERLEVA.
ARMAND
French form of HERMAN.
ARMELLE
Feminine form of ARMEL.
ARNAUD
French form of ARNOLD.
ARSÈNE
French form of ARSENIOS.
APOLLINAIRE
French form of APOLLINARIS. It was adopted as a surname by the Polish-French poet Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918), who...
ARIANE
French form of ARIADNE.
ARIANNE
Variant of ARIANE.
ARIELLE
French feminine form of ARIEL.
ARMEL
From the old Welsh name Arthfael, which was composed of the elements arth "bear" and mael "prince". This was the name of...
ARNAUDE
French feminine form of ARNOLD.
ARTHUR
The meaning of this name is unknown. It could be derived from the Celtic elements artos "bear" combined with viros "man"...
ASTRID
Modern form of ÁSTRÍÐR. This name was borne by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), the author of 'Pippi Long...
ATHÉNAÏS
French form of ATHENAIS.
AUBIN
French form of ALBINUS.
AUGUSTE (1)
French form of AUGUSTUS.
AUGUSTIN
Form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).
AUGUSTINE (2)
French feminine form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).
AURÈLE
French form of AURELIUS.
AURÉLIE
French feminine form of AURELIUS.
ASTRIDE
French variant of ASTRID.
AUBERT
French variant of ALBERT.
AUDE
French feminine form of ALDO.
AURÉLIEN
French form of AURELIANUS.
AURORE
French form of AURORA.
AVRIL
French form of APRIL.
AXELLE
Feminine form of AXEL.
BABETTE
French diminutive of ELIZABETH.
BARBARA
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign". According to legend, Saint Barbara was a young woman killed by...
BARTHÉLÉMY
French form of BARTHOLOMEW.
BASILE
French form of BASIL (1).
BASTIEN
Short form of SÉBASTIEN.
BABYLAS
Derived from the name of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon. Saint Babylas was a 3rd-century patriarch of Antioch ...
BAPTISTE
Means "baptist" in French, originally deriving from Greek βαπτω (bapto) "to dip". This name is usually given in honour o...
BARNABÉ
French form of BARNABAS.
BAUDOUIN
French form of BALDWIN.
BÉATRICE
French form of BEATRIX.
BÉNÉDICTE
French feminine form of BENEDICT.
BENJAMIN
From the Hebrew name בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand". Benjamin in the O...
BENJAMINE
French feminine form of BENJAMIN.
BENOÎTE
French feminine form of BENEDICT.
BÉRENGÈRE
French form of BERENGARIA.
BÉRÉNICE
French form of BERENICE.
BERTRAND
Derived from the Germanic elements beraht meaning "bright" and rand meaning "rim (of a shield)". From an early date it h...
BENOÎT
French form of BENEDICT.
BÉRENGER
French form of BERENGAR.
BERNADETTE
French feminine form of BERNARD. Saint Bernadette was a young woman from Lourdes in France who claimed to have seen visi...
BERNARD
Derived from the Germanic element bern "bear" combined with hard "brave, hardy". The Normans brought it to England, wher...
BERNARDINE
French feminine form of BERNARD.
BERTHE
French form of BERTHA.
BERTILLE
French diminutive of BERTHA.
BLAISE
From the Roman name Blasius which meant "lisping" from Latin blaesus. A famous bearer was the French mathematician and p...
BLANCHE
From a medieval French nickname meaning "white, fair". This name and its cognates in other languages are ultimately deri...
BLANDINE
French form of the Roman name Blandina, which was the feminine form of Blandinus, which was itself a derivative of the c...
BRICE
From the name Bricius, which was probably a Latinized form of a Gaulish name meaning "speckled". This was the name of a ...
BONIFACE
From the Late Latin name Bonifatius, which meant "good fate" from bonum "good" and fatum "fate". This was the name of ni...
BRUNO
Derived from the Germanic element brun "armour, protection" or brun "brown". Saint Bruno of Cologne was a German monk of...
BRIGITTE
German and French form of BRIDGET.
CALIXTE
French form of CALIXTUS.
CAMILLE
French feminine and masculine form of CAMILLA. It is also used in the English-speaking world, where it is generally only...
CANDIDE
French form of CANDIDUS or CANDIDA.
CAPUCINE
Means "nasturtium" in French. This was the stage name of the French actress and model Capucine (1928-1990).
CAROLE
French feminine form of CAROLUS.
CAROLINE
French feminine form of CAROLUS.
CASIMIR
English form of the Polish name Kazimierz, derived from the Slavic element kaziti "to destroy" combined with miru "peace...
CATELINE
Medieval French form of KATHERINE.
CÉCILE
French form of CECILIA.
CÉLESTE
French feminine and masculine form of CAELESTIS.
CÉLESTIN
French form of CAELESTINUS.
CÉLESTINE
French feminine form of CAELESTINUS.
CÉLINE
French feminine form of CAELINUS. This name can also function as a short form of MARCELINE.
CERISE
Means "cherry" in French.
CÉSAR
French, Spanish and Portuguese form of CAESAR. A famous bearer was the American labour organizer César Chávez (1927-1993...
CHANTAL
From a French surname which was derived from a place name meaning "stony". It was originally given in honour of Saint Je...
CHARLINE
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES.
CHARLOT
French diminutive of CHARLES.
CHARLOTTE
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES. It was introduced to Britain in the 17th century. A notable bearer was Charlotte ...
CARINE
French form of CARINA (1). It can also function as a short form of CATHERINE, via Swedish Karin.
CASSANDRA
From the Greek name Κασσανδρα (Kassandra), derived from possibly κεκασμαι (kekasmai) "to excel, to shine" and ανηρ (aner...
CATHERINE
French form of KATHERINE, and also a common English variant.
CÉDRIC
French form of CEDRIC.
CÉSAIRE
French form of CAESARIUS.
CHARLES
From the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word meaning "man". However, an alternative theory states...
CHLOÉ
French form of CHLOE.
CHRISTELLE
French diminutive of CHRISTINE.
CHRISTIAN
From the medieval Latin name Christianus meaning "a Christian" (see CHRISTOS). In England it has been in use since the M...
CHRISTIANE
German and French feminine form of CHRISTIAN.
CHRISTOPHE
French form of CHRISTOPHER.
CLAIRE
French form of CLARA.
CLARISSE
French form of CLARICE.
CLAUDE
French masculine and feminine form of CLAUDIUS. In France the masculine name has been common since the Middle Ages due t...
CLAUDIE
French feminine variant of CLAUDE.
CLÉMENCE
French feminine form of Clementius (see CLEMENT).
CLÉMENT
French form of Clemens (see CLEMENT).
CLOÉ
Portuguese form and French variant of CHLOE.
CHRISTINE
French form of CHRISTINA, as well as a variant in other languages.
CLAIR
French form of Clarus (see CLARA).
CLAUDETTE
French feminine form of CLAUDIUS.
CLAUDINE
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS.
CLÉMENTINE
French feminine form of CLEMENT.
CLOTHILDE
Variant of CLOTILDE.
CLOTILDE
French form of the Germanic name Chlotichilda which was composed of the elements hlud "fame" and hild "battle". Saint Cl...
CLOVIS
Shortened form of Clodovicus, a Latinized form of Chlodovech (see LUDWIG). Clovis was a Frankish king who united France ...
COLETTE
Short form of NICOLETTE. Saint Colette was a 15th-century French nun who gave her money to the poor. This was also the p...
COLOMBE
French feminine form of COLUMBA.
CONSTANCE
Medieval form of CONSTANTIA. The Normans introduced this name to England (it was the name of a daughter of William the C...
CORALIE
Either a French form of KORALIA, or a derivative of Latin corallium "coral" (see CORAL).
CORNÉLIE
French form of CORNELIA.
COSETTE
From French chosette meaning "little thing". This is the nickname of the illegitimate daughter of Fantine in Victor Hugo...
COSME
Portuguese and French form of COSMAS.
CYPRIEN
French form of Cyprianus (see CYPRIAN).
CYRIL
From the Greek name Κυριλλος (Kyrillos) which was derived from Greek κυριος (kyrios) "lord", a word used frequently in t...
CYRILLE
French form of CYRIL, sometimes used as a feminine form.
COLINE
Diminutive of NICOLE.
CÔME
French form of COSMAS.
CONSTANT
From the Late Latin name CONSTANS. It was also used by the Puritans as a vocabulary name, from the English word constant...
CONSTANTIN
Romanian and French form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).
CORENTIN
Possibly means "hurricane" in Breton. This was the name of a 5th-century bishop of Quimper in Brittany.
CORIN
French form of QUIRINUS.
CORINNE
French form of CORINNA. The French-Swiss author Madame de Staël used it for her novel 'Corinne' (1807).
CORNEILLE
French form of CORNELIUS.
CUNÉGONDE
French form of KUNIGUNDE. Voltaire used this name in his novel 'Candide' (1759).
CYRIELLE
French feminine form of CYRIL.
DAN (2)
Short form of DANIEL.