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French names typically consist of one or multiple given names, and a surname. One given name, usually the first, and the surname are used in a person's daily life, with the other given names used mainly in official documents. Middle names, in the English sense, do not exist. Initials are not used to represent second or further given names.
Pages in category "French masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 342 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "French feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 255 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
"Docteur" (Dr) is used for medical practitioners whereas "Professeur" is used for professors and teachers.The holders of a doctorate other than medical are generally not referred to as Docteurs, though they have the legal right to use the title; Professors in academia used the style Monsieur le Professeur rather than the honorific plain Professeur.
Geneviève Hafner, French photographer based in New York City; Geneviève Halévy (1849-1926), French salonnière; Genevieve Hannelius (born 1998), American teen actress, also known as G Hannelius; Genevieve Hughes (1932-2012), American Freedom Rider; Gen Kitchen, British politician; Geneviève Lacambre (born 1937), French heritage curator
English names are personal names used in, or originating in, England. In England, as elsewhere in the English-speaking world , a complete name usually consists of one or more given names , commonly referred to as first names, and a (most commonly patrilineal , rarely matrilineal ) family name or surname , also referred to as a last name.
lit. "present yourself" or "proceed to"; a meeting, appointment, or date in French. In English, it generally endorses a mysterious overtone and refers to a one-on-one meeting with someone for another purpose than a date. Always hyphenated in French: rendez-vous. Its only accepted abbreviation in French is RDV. reprise
The first element god-is conflated from two, or possibly three, distinct roots, ie got and possibly *gaut, in origin a tribal name (Geats, Goths) or a theonym (a byname of Wotan). [ 3 ] Albert Dauzat (1951, rev. ed. 1980) followed by others, argued that the Middle French name Geoffrey in fact retains a distinction between two Germanic names ...