47 Popular French Names That Start With C

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Are you looking for a French name beginning with C for your future boy or girl ?

I’ve sorted the 10 most popular French first names (boys and girls) starting with C by generation :

  • Baby boomers between 1946 and 1964
  • Generation X between 1965 and 1980
  • Generation Y between 1981 and 1996
  • Generation Z between 1997 and 2012
  • Generation ALPHA between 2013 and today

And you can also see, listen to the pronunciation and print a list of first names beginning with C in an YouTube video, MP3 and pdf file below (end of the post).

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Most Popular French Names Starting With C : List To Read

For each generation, you’ll find the 10 most popular French first names, i.e. the names that have been given the most in France during that generation :

Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Girls

How to read the graph ?

ex : Catherine is the most popular GIRL first name that start with C between 1946 and 1964 with 221,420 girls born with the first name “Catherine”.

Chantal is the second most popular GIRL first name that beginning with C given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 186,029 births.

…etc

French-GIRLS-names-that-start-with-C-baby-boomers

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1CATHERINEGirl221,420
2CHANTALGirl186,029
3CHRISTINEGirl162,766
4CHRISTIANEGirl118,695
5CLAUDINEGirl99,056
6CORINNEGirl64,122
7COLETTEGirl61,128
8CLAUDEGirl23,249
9CLAIREGirl22,519
10CAROLEGirl19,437

Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Boys

How to read the graph ?

ex : Christian is the most popular BOY first name that start with C between 1946 and 1964 with 274,359 boys born with the first name “Christian”.

Claude is the second most popular BOY first name that beginning with C given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 152,600 births.

…etc

French-BOYS-names-that-start-with-C-baby-boomers

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1CHRISTIANBoy274,359
2CLAUDEBoy152,600
3CHRISTOPHEBoy39,983
4CHARLESBoy24,076
5CAMILLEBoy4,550
6CLÉMENTBoy3,049
7CYRILLEBoy2,686
8CONSTANTBoy1,031
9CHARLYBoy998
10CARLOSBoy873

Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Girls

French-GIRLS-names-that-start-with-C-Generation-X

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1CHRISTELLEGirl121,429
2CÉLINEGirl119,875
3CATHERINEGirl118,830
4CHRISTINEGirl101,868
5CORINNEGirl94,010
6CAROLEGirl67,941
7CÉCILEGirl65,235
8CAROLINEGirl64,485
9CLAIREGirl33,157
10CARINEGirl33,122

Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Boys

French-BOYS-names-that-start-with-C-Generation-X

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1CHRISTOPHEBoy271,554
2CEDRICBoy63,993
3CHRISTIANBoy50,578
4CYRILBoy42,941
5CLAUDEBoy24,025
6CYRILLEBoy23,411
7CHARLESBoy11,358
8CÉDRICBoy9,231
9CARLOSBoy7,683
10CLÉMENTBoy4,391

Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Girls

French-GIRLS-names-that-start-with-C-Generation-Y

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1CÉLINEGirl91,386
2CAMILLEGirl68,612
3CAROLINEGirl59,092
4CLAIREGirl53,048
5CHARLOTTEGirl52,550
6CINDYGirl49,264
7CÉCILEGirl39,158
8CHLOÉGirl36,369
9CORALIEGirl32,686
10CHRISTELLEGirl30,215

Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Boys

French-BOYS-names-that-start-with-C-Generation-Y

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1CEDRICBoy62,097
2CLÉMENTBoy58,970
3CHRISTOPHEBoy56,694
4CYRILBoy37,277
5CHRISTOPHERBoy27,723
6CHARLESBoy20,474
7CORENTINBoy16,406
8CÉDRICBoy8,235
9CAMILLEBoy7,967
10CYRILLEBoy6,843

Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Girls

French-GIRLS-names-that-start-with-C-Generation-Z

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1CAMILLEGirl87,422
2CHLOÉGirl86,659
3CLARAGirl66,790
4CHARLOTTEGirl37,933
5CÉLIAGirl32,546
6CLÉMENCEGirl31,948
7CARLAGirl19,766
8CLAIREGirl16,034
9CASSANDRAGirl14,488
10CORALIEGirl14,433

Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Boys

French-BOYS-names-that-start-with-C-Generation-Z

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1CLÉMENTBoy69,554
2CORENTINBoy34,714
3CHARLESBoy14,372
4CHRISTOPHERBoy8,639
5CAMILLEBoy8,241
6CEDRICBoy7,283
7CYRILBoy6,780
8CHARLYBoy6,748
9CYPRIENBoy4,537
10CHRISTOPHEBoy4,317

Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Girls

French-GIRLS-names-that-start-with-C-Generation-ALPHA

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1CHLOÉGirl26,839
2CAMILLEGirl20,164
3CLARAGirl12,786
4CHARLOTTEGirl12,725
5CLÉMENCEGirl10,831
6CAPUCINEGirl9,361
7CHARLIEGirl8,499
8CÉLIAGirl6,876
9CONSTANCEGirl5,260
10CANDICEGirl5,000

Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Boys

French-BOYS-names-that-start-with-C-Generation-ALPHA

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1CLÉMENTBoy15,671
2CAMILLEBoy8,404
3CÔMEBoy6,100
4CHARLESBoy5,604
5CHARLYBoy5,330
6CHARLIEBoy4,650
7CORENTINBoy3,976
8CÉSARBoy2,138
9CAMERONBoy1,752
10CÉLESTINBoy1,569

Video To see (YouTube)

If you want to listen to the pronunciation of first names beginning with C (girls and boys) and see how they are spelled, you can watch this short video (about 2 minutes) :

Video YouTube of French Names that start with C

French Names That Start With C : Pronunciation To Listen (Mp3)

If you only want to listen to the pronunciation, you can listen to this audio file (mp3):

French Names That Start With C : PDF To Print

Please download the most popular French names that start with C (girls and boys) in PDF format to print :

French-Names-That-Start-With-C-FrenchWinDownload

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