Enchanting France: 49 Beautiful French Names That Start With E!

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| By : Christine
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Are you looking for a French name beginning with E for your future boy or girl ?

I’ve sorted the 10 most popular French first names (boys and girls) starting with E 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 E in an YouTube video, MP3 and pdf file below (end of the post).

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Most Popular French Names Starting With E : 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 : Evelyne is the most popular GIRL first name that start with E between 1946 and 1964 with 98,822 girls born with the first name “Evelyne”.

Elisabeth is the second most popular GIRL first name that beginning with E given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 74,925 births.

…etc

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1EVELYNEGirl98,822
2ELISABETHGirl74,925
3ELIANEGirl48,487
4EDITHGirl25,483
5EVELINEGirl9,055
6EDWIGEGirl6,170
7ELISEGirl4,572
8EMMANUELLEGirl4,465
9EMILIENNEGirl2,167
10ELIETTEGirl2,124

Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Boys

How to read the graph ?

ex : Eric is the most popular BOY first name that start with E between 1946 and 1964 with 128,871 girls born with the first name “Eric”.

Emmanuel is the second most popular BOY first name that beginning with E given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 12,950 births.

…etc

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1ERICBoy128,871
2EMMANUELBoy12,950
3ETIENNEBoy12,532
4EMILEBoy9,187
5EDOUARDBoy6,115
6EDMONDBoy5,514
7EUGÈNEBoy5,145
8ERICKBoy4,363
9ELIEBoy3,424
10ERNESTBoy2,647

Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Girls

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1EMMANUELLEGirl45,872
2ELISABETHGirl33,837
3ESTELLEGirl26,709
4EMILIEGirl25,240
5ELODIEGirl18,563
6EVELYNEGirl16,953
7ELISEGirl7,573
8EDITHGirl6,936
9EDWIGEGirl6,849
10ELSAGirl4,245

Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Boys

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1ERICBoy163,370
2EMMANUELBoy75,359
3EDDYBoy11,133
4ETIENNEBoy8,471
5ERWANBoy7,569
6EDOUARDBoy5,343
7EDDIEBoy1,884
8ERICKBoy1,696
9ELIEBoy1,504
10EMERICBoy1,492

Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Girls

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1ELODIEGirl117,720
2EMILIEGirl106,972
3ESTELLEGirl27,294
4EMMANUELLEGirl24,932
5ELISEGirl23,916
6EMELINEGirl18,039
7ELSAGirl13,132
8EVAGirl11,898
9EMMAGirl8,070
10ELISAGirl7,953

Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Boys

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1EMMANUELBoy24,981
2ERICBoy18,398
3ETIENNEBoy14,970
4EDOUARDBoy10,136
5ERWANBoy9,687
6EDDYBoy8,551
7EMILIENBoy5,837
8EMERICBoy4,212
9ELIEBoy3,643
10ENZOBoy3,608


Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Girls

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1EMMAGirl96,829
2EVAGirl45,972
3EMILIEGirl31,074
4ELISAGirl28,961
5ELISEGirl24,533
6ELSAGirl19,339
7ELODIEGirl17,971
8ELOISEGirl14,758
9EMELINEGirl12,947
10ESTELLEGirl12,834

Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Boys

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1ENZOBoy89,449
2ETHANBoy36,040
3EVANBoy30,233
4ESTEBANBoy19,670
5ERWANBoy18,352
6ELIOTTBoy11,758
7ETIENNEBoy9,616
8ELIASBoy8,090
9EMILIENBoy7,720
10ELIOTBoy7,147


Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Girls

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1EMMAGirl38,266
2EVAGirl16,946
3ELENAGirl10,101
4ELSAGirl8,959
5EMYGirl8,507
6ELISEGirl8,413
7ELISAGirl6,277
8EMMYGirl6,221
9ELOÏSEGirl5,474
10ELÉNAGirl5,378

Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Boys

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1ETHANBoy30,835
2ENZOBoy23,375
3EDENBoy16,775
4EVANBoy13,542
5ELIOTTBoy12,050
6ESTEBANBoy8,094
7ELIOBoy5,877
8ELIASBoy5,119
9EWENBoy4,843
10EZIOBoy4,184


Video To see (YouTube)

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


French Names That Start With E : 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-E

French Names That Start With E : PDF To Print

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


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