Decoding French Chic: The Ultimate List Of French Names that start with D

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

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

• Baby boomers between 1946 and 1964
• Generation X between 1965 and 1980
• Generation Y between 1981and 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 M in an YouTube video, MP3 and pdf file below (end of the post).

Read Also : Top 49 French Names That Start With L

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Most Popular French Names Starting With D : 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 : Dominique is the most popular GIRL first name that start with D between 1946 and 1964 with 137,157 girls born with the first name “Dominique”.

Danielle is the second most popular GIRL first name that beginning with D given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 98,333 births.

…etc

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	DOMINIQUE	Girl	137,157
2	DANIELLE	Girl	98,333
3	DANIELE	Girl	50,000
4	DENISE	Girl	40,006
5	DANY	Girl	5,214
6	DANIÈLE	Girl	3,657
7	DOLORES	Girl	3,377
8	DORIS	Girl	2,500
9	DALILA	Girl	2,239
10	DOROTHEE	Girl	1,977

Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Boys

How to read the graph ?

ex : Daniel is the most popular BOY first name that start with D between 1946 and 1964 with 246,000 boys born with the first name “Daniel”.

Dominique is the second most popular BOY first name that beginning with D given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 161,945 births.

…etc

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	DANIEL	Boy	246,000
2	DOMINIQUE	Boy	161,945
3	DIDIER	Boy	152,720
4	DENIS	Boy	79,025
5	DANY	Boy	5,387
6	DAVID	Boy	5,356
7	DAMIEN	Boy	3,048
8	DÉSIRÉ	Boy	1,323
9	DJAMEL	Boy	933
10	DENYS	Boy	523

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Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	DELPHINE	Girl	80,149
2	DOMINIQUE	Girl	24,275
3	DOROTHEE	Girl	7,599
4	DANIELLE	Girl	7,171
5	DALILA	Girl	6,022
6	DEBORAH	Girl	4,294
7	DANIELE	Girl	4,091
8	DIANE	Girl	3,087
9	DJAMILA	Girl	3,012
10	DOLORES	Girl	2,940

Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	DAVID	Boy	197,541
2	DIDIER	Boy	71,870
3	DOMINIQUE	Boy	55,825
4	DANIEL	Boy	40,316
5	DENIS	Boy	40,070
6	DAMIEN	Boy	29,331
7	DIMITRI	Boy	5,503
8	DANY	Boy	4,546
9	DJAMEL	Boy	3,378
10	DAVY	Boy	3,136

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Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	DELPHINE	Girl	38,909
2	DEBORAH	Girl	15,907
3	DIANE	Girl	6,886
4	DOROTHEE	Girl	4,641
5	DORIANE	Girl	4,043
6	DOUNIA	Girl	3,058
7	DIANA	Girl	2,815
8	DÉBORAH	Girl	2,775
9	DORINE	Girl	2,624
10	DAPHNÉ	Girl	2,062

Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	DAVID	Boy	84,706
2	DAMIEN	Boy	71,742
3	DYLAN	Boy	21,696
4	DIMITRI	Boy	21,611
5	DANIEL	Boy	9,949
6	DORIAN	Boy	8,547
7	DENIS	Boy	8,216
8	DIDIER	Boy	5,426
9	DOMINIQUE	Boy	4,924
10	DAVY	Boy	4,435

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Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	DIANE	Girl	5,826
2	DEBORAH	Girl	5,357
3	DOUNIA	Girl	4,373
4	DORIANE	Girl	3,973
5	DAPHNÉ	Girl	3,578
6	DELPHINE	Girl	3,443
7	DORINE	Girl	2,755
8	DINA	Girl	2,723
9	DIANA	Girl	2,554
10	DOMITILLE	Girl	1,604

Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	DYLAN	Boy	42,053
2	DORIAN	Boy	22,006
3	DAMIEN	Boy	19,188
4	DAVID	Boy	17,599
5	DIMITRI	Boy	9,473
6	DIEGO	Boy	9,300
7	DANIEL	Boy	5,665
8	DONOVAN	Boy	4,629
9	DJIBRIL	Boy	3,880
10	DANY	Boy	2,880

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Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	DIANE	Girl	3,688
2	DINA	Girl	2,882
3	DAPHNÉ	Girl	1,953
4	DIANA	Girl	1,415
5	DOUNIA	Girl	1,240
6	DANIA	Girl	950
7	DALIA	Girl	797
8	DJENNA	Girl	784
9	DAHLIA	Girl	575
10	DAYANA	Girl	551

Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	DIEGO	Boy	6,415
2	DAVID	Boy	5,794
3	DYLAN	Boy	4,016
4	DANIEL	Boy	3,444
5	DJIBRIL	Boy	2,829
6	DORIAN	Boy	2,295
7	DIMITRI	Boy	1,437
8	DAMIEN	Boy	1,379
9	DANY	Boy	923
10	DARIO	Boy	901

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Video To see (YouTube)

If you want to listen to the pronunciation of first names beginning with D (girls and boys) and see how they are spelled, you can watch this short video (about 1 minute):

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

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

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French Names That Start With D : PDF To Print

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

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