Top 49 French Names That Start With L

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

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

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Most Popular French Names Starting With L : 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 : Laurence is the most popular GIRL first name that start with L between 1946 and 1964 with 49,962 girls born with the first name “Laurence”.

Liliane is the second most popular GIRL first name that beginning with L given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 48,057 births.

…etc

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1LAURENCEGirl49,962
2LILIANEGirl48,057
3LYDIEGirl19,106
4LUCETTEGirl15,101
5LUCIENNEGirl12,064
6LYDIAGirl8,104
7LAUREGirl6,754
8LOUISEGirl6,542
9LYSIANEGirl6,466
10LOUISETTEGirl6,152

Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Boys

How to read the graph ?

ex : Laurent is the most popular BOY first name that start with L between 1946 and 1964 with 53,803 girls born with the first name “Laurent”.

Louis is the second most popular BOY first name that beginning with L given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 33,462 births.

…etc

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1LAURENTBoy53,803
2LOUISBoy33,462
3LUCBoy27,708
4LIONELBoy26,444
5LUCIENBoy22,656
6LOÏCBoy12,086
7LÉONBoy4,958
8LUDOVICBoy3,514
9LEONARDBoy925
10LIONELBoy919

Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Girls

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1LAURENCEGirl112,108
2LAETITIAGirl54,174
3LAUREGirl26,383
4LYDIEGirl19,962
5LINDAGirl12,678
6LYDIAGirl11,137
7LUDIVINEGirl8,310
8LUCIEGirl6,910
9LEILAGirl5,513
10LAURAGirl3,964

Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Boys

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1LAURENTBoy217,823
2LUDOVICBoy62,950
3LIONELBoy42,632
4LOÏCBoy23,739
5LUCBoy16,589
6LOUISBoy6,909
7LILIANBoy4,012
8LUISBoy3,278
9LUCIENBoy2,955
10LIONNELBoy1,097

Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Girls

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1LAURAGirl84,219
2LAETITIAGirl68,929
3LUCIEGirl48,191
4LÉAGirl33,767
5LAUREGirl26,773
6LUDIVINEGirl23,926
7LAURIEGirl18,923
8LISAGirl14,726
9LUCILEGirl13,420
10LOUISEGirl11,710

Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Boys

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1LUDOVICBoy49,910
2LOÏCBoy46,900
3LAURENTBoy35,681
4LUCASBoy21,556
5LOUISBoy17,743
6LIONELBoy14,655
7LÉOBoy10,470
8LUCBoy7,868
9LILIANBoy2,925
10LUCIENBoy2,324

Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Girls

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1LÉAGirl113,066
2LUCIEGirl54,721
3LAURAGirl52,559
4LOLAGirl46,741
5LOUISEGirl45,385
6LISAGirl42,478
7LILOUGirl32,054
8LÉNAGirl32,039
9LINAGirl27,854
10LOUGirl26,673

Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Boys

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1LUCASBoy117,307
2LOUISBoy70,106
3LÉOBoy58,034
4LOÏCBoy20,322
5LORENZOBoy16,662
6LILIANBoy15,312
7LENNYBoy14,938
8LIAMBoy11,031
9LUCABoy10,320
10LORISBoy9,138

Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Girls

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1LOUISEGirl36,991
2LINAGirl26,985
3LÉAGirl26,552
4LOLAGirl22,504
5LÉNAGirl20,871
6LUCIEGirl18,218
7LOUGirl17,954
8LOUNAGirl15,425
9LÉONIEGirl14,733
10LILOUGirl12,482

Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Boys

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

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1LOUISBoy39,885
2LÉOBoy39,262
3LUCASBoy38,834
4LIAMBoy27,969
5LÉONBoy14,855
6LENNYBoy11,205
7LYAMBoy10,315
8LORENZOBoy8,352
9LÉANDREBoy7,110
10LOUKABoy6,687

Video To see (YouTube)

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

French Names That Start With L : 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 L : PDF To Print

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

French-Names-That-Start-With-L-FrenchWinDownload

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