How to choose a French name that start with R? Discover our list of 47 original ideas

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

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

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Most Popular French Names Starting With R : 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 : Régine is the most popular GIRL first name that start with R between 1946 and 1964 with 37,769 girls born with the first name “Régine”.

Renée is the second most popular GIRL first name that beginning with R given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 21,665 births.

…etc

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	RÉGINE	Girl	37,769
2	RENÉE	Girl	21,665
3	RAYMONDE	Girl	16,842
4	ROSELYNE	Girl	15,983
5	ROSE	Girl	10,605
6	ROSELINE	Girl	10,002
7	ROLANDE	Girl	6,990
8	ROSE-MARIE	Girl	6,166
9	REINE	Girl	4,673
10	REJANE	Girl	3,771

Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Boys

How to read the graph ?

ex : Robert is the most popular BOY first name that start with R between 1946 and 1964 with 78,431 girls born with the first name “Robert”.

René is the second most popular BOY first name that beginning with R given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 76,951 births.

…etc

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	Robert	Boy	78,431
2	René	Boy	76,951
3	Roger	Boy	60,719
4	Roland	Boy	44,512
5	Raymond	Boy	39,562
6	Richard	Boy	34,225
7	Regis	Boy	24,501
8	Rémy	Boy	17,977
9	Rémi	Boy	12,133
10	Raphaël	Boy	4,583

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Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	Rachel	Girl	16,825
2	Régine	Girl	8,006
3	Roselyne	Girl	4,217
4	Rachida	Girl	3,177
5	Roseline	Girl	2,857
6	Rose	Girl	2,587
7	Rose-Marie	Girl	2,331
8	Rosa	Girl	2,281
9	Rebecca	Girl	2,106
10	Rozenn	Girl	1,964

Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	Richard	Boy	27,518
2	Raphaël	Boy	22,801
3	Regis	Boy	21,916
4	Romain	Boy	15,755
5	Rodolphe	Boy	11,131
6	Rémi	Boy	10,658
7	Romuald	Boy	10,449
8	Rémy	Boy	9,864
9	Renaud	Boy	9,551
10	Robert	Boy	8,932

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Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	Rachel	Girl	8,464
2	Roxane	Girl	6,737
3	Rebecca	Girl	5,318
4	Romane	Girl	4,633
5	Raphaëlle	Girl	2,873
6	Rachida	Girl	1,880
7	Rose	Girl	1,338
8	Roxanne	Girl	1,244
9	Romy	Girl	1,133
10	Rozenn	Girl	1,056

Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	Romain	Boy	111,942
2	Rémi	Boy	35,691
3	Raphaël	Boy	26,594
4	Rémy	Boy	21,175
5	Robin	Boy	13,915
6	Rudy	Boy	10,084
7	Renaud	Boy	9,586
8	Richard	Boy	8,287
9	Romuald	Boy	6,674
10	Rachid	Boy	5,858

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Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	Romane	Girl	39,258
2	Rose	Girl	12,840
3	Rachel	Girl	7,981
4	Roxane	Girl	6,324
5	Rania	Girl	4,416
6	Rebecca	Girl	3,649
7	Raphaëlle	Girl	3,214
8	Romy	Girl	3,170
9	Rosalie	Girl	2,132
10	Roxanne	Girl	1,453

Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	Romain	Boy	54,322
2	Raphaël	Boy	46,879
3	Rayan	Boy	24,477
4	Robin	Boy	22,887
5	Rémi	Boy	19,407
6	Ryan	Boy	14,349
7	Rémy	Boy	9,411
8	Rayane	Boy	8,064
9	Rafael	Boy	7,987
10	Ruben	Boy	7,804

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Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Girls

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	Rose	Girl	16,803
2	Romane	Girl	13,682
3	Romy	Girl	7,203
4	Roxane	Girl	4,886
5	Rachel	Girl	2,116
6	Raphaëlle	Girl	1,709
7	Rania	Girl	1,524
8	Rosalie	Girl	1,241
9	Rita	Girl	901
10	Rebecca	Girl	856

Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Boys

Rank	First Name	Gender	Nombre
1	Raphaël	Boy	29,365
2	Robin	Boy	12,977
3	Rayan	Boy	12,802
4	Ruben	Boy	5,320
5	Rafael	Boy	4,922
6	Rafaël	Boy	3,999
7	Romain	Boy	3,976
8	Raphael	Boy	3,942
9	Ryan	Boy	3,419
10	Roméo	Boy	3,094

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Video To see (YouTube)

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

https://youtu.be/77PpDR6EO2U

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

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

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