59 Popular French Names That Start With M From 1946 To 2024

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Most Popular French Names Starting With M : List To Read
Video To see (YouTube)
French Names That Start With M : Pronunciation To Listen (Mp3)
French Names That Start With M : PDF To Print

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

I’ve sorted the 10 most popular French first names (boys and girls) starting with M 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).

Most Popular French Names Starting With M : 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 : Marie is the most popular GIRL first name that start with M between 1946 and 1964 with 407,828 girls born with the first name “Marie”.

Martine is the second most popular GIRL first name that beginning with M given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 277,842 births.

…etc

Rank	First Name	Gender	Number
1	MARIE	Girl	407828
2	MARTINE	Girl	277842
3	MONIQUE	Girl	175611
4	MICHÈLE	Girl	117322
5	MARYSE	Girl	64315
6	MIREILLE	Girl	64200
7	MICHELLE	Girl	58960
8	MARIE-CHRISTINE	Girl	58860
9	MARIE-CLAUDE	Girl	44801
10	MARIE-THÉRÈSE	Girl	43710

Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Boys

How to read the graph ?

ex : Michel is the most popular BOY first name that start with M between 1946 and 1964 with 404,271 boys born with the first name “Michel”.

Marc is the second most popular BOY first name that beginning with M given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 101,708 births.

…etc

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

Rank	First Name	Gender	Number
1	MICHEL	Boy	404271
2	MARC	Boy	101708
3	MARCEL	Boy	49422
4	MAURICE	Boy	42218
5	MARTIAL	Boy	11414
6	MAX	Boy	11363
7	MARIO	Boy	5717
8	MANUEL	Boy	5180
9	MOHAMED	Boy	4384
10	MAXIME	Boy	3608

Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Girls

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

Rank	First Name	Gender	Number
1	MARIE	Girl	103997
2	MAGALI	Girl	48794
3	MYRIAM	Girl	36921
4	MURIEL	Girl	35730
5	MARTINE	Girl	30795
6	MARIA	Girl	25921
7	MURIELLE	Girl	21252
8	MÉLANIE	Girl	18492
9	MARIE-LAURE	Girl	18433
10	MARYLINE	Girl	15805

Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Boys

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

Rank	First Name	Gender	Number
1	MICHEL	Boy	59316
2	MARC	Boy	54727
3	MICHAEL	Boy	43286
4	MICKAEL	Boy	34097
5	MATHIEU	Boy	23802
6	MANUEL	Boy	16430
7	MATTHIEU	Boy	14980
8	MOHAMED	Boy	14727
9	MARTIAL	Boy	10163
10	MAXIME	Boy	9591

Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Girls

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

Rank	First Name	Gender	Number
1	MARIE	Girl	116958
2	MÉLANIE	Girl	82905
3	MARION	Girl	79734
4	MARINE	Girl	73856
5	MANON	Girl	46908
6	MATHILDE	Girl	46450
7	MORGANE	Girl	37403
8	MÉLISSA	Girl	31513
9	MARINA	Girl	20374
10	MYRIAM	Girl	18904

Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Boys

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

Rank	First Name	Gender	Number
1	MAXIME	Boy	96383
2	MATHIEU	Boy	83280
3	MICKAEL	Boy	64232
4	MATTHIEU	Boy	45140
5	MICHAEL	Boy	32088
6	MOHAMED	Boy	23413
7	MARC	Boy	23295
8	MEHDI	Boy	19959
9	MORGAN	Boy	16041
10	MARTIN	Boy	12318

Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Girls

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

Rank	First Name	Gender	Number
1	MANON	Girl	99777
2	MARIE	Girl	64821
3	MATHILDE	Girl	51745
4	MARINE	Girl	39203
5	MAEVA	Girl	31509
6	MARION	Girl	30636
7	MORGANE	Girl	30595
8	MARGAUX	Girl	29948
9	MÉLISSA	Girl	28489
10	MARGOT	Girl	25139

Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Boys

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

Rank	First Name	Gender	Number
1	MAXIME	Boy	81181
2	MATHIS	Boy	62871
3	MATHÉO	Boy	38308
4	MAXENCE	Boy	36462
5	MATHIEU	Boy	34429
6	MOHAMED	Boy	28865
7	MATTÉO	Boy	28550
8	MARTIN	Boy	25377
9	MAEL	Boy	25222
10	MATTHIEU	Boy	19206

Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Girls

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

Rank	First Name	Gender	Number
1	MANON	Girl	24021
2	MILA	Girl	21399
3	MIA	Girl	16727
4	MARGAUX	Girl	14083
5	MAËLYS	Girl	11594
6	MARGOT	Girl	11219
7	MATHILDE	Girl	10064
8	MYA	Girl	8922
9	MARIE	Girl	8283
10	MAYA	Girl	6724

Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Boys

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

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	MAËL	Boy	28197
2	MOHAMED	Boy	22280
3	MATHIS	Boy	20938
4	MARTIN	Boy	17043
5	MAXIME	Boy	15925
6	MARIUS	Boy	15124
7	MAXENCE	Boy	14022
8	MATHÉO	Boy	13794
9	MALO	Boy	11378
10	MARCEAU	Boy	10038

Video To see (YouTube)

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

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

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

French-Names-That-Start-With-M-FrenchWin Download

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