Names distinctive to France

The list of names unique to the French Republic*

Female forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Dominique 72% 2.
2. Marie 39% 1.
3. Nathalie 79% 3.
4. Isabelle 76% 4.
5. Sylvie 86% 6.
6. Martine 86% 8.
7. Sandrine 86% 11.
8. Monique 55% 7.
9. Catherine 24% 5.
10. Sophie 57% 13.
11. Francoise 90% 19.
12. Valerie 37% 10.
13. Laurence 64% 14.
14. Aurelie 93% 23.
15. Corinne 73% 18.
16. Anne 27% 9.
17. Christiane 60% 16.
18. Celine 76% 22.
19. Christelle 67% 20.
20. Chantal 67% 21.
21. Veronique 83% 24.
22. Jacqueline 22% 12.
23. Brigitte 40% 15.
24. Delphine 83% 28.
25. Emilie 70% 27.

Male forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Jean 55% 1.
2. Michel 66% 2.
3. Philippe 93% 5.
4. Pierre 76% 4.
5. Alain 83% 6.
6. Jacques 79% 9.
7. Francis 35% 3.
8. Thierry 91% 12.
9. Christophe 92% 15.
10. Bernard 45% 7.
11. Pascal 72% 17.
12. Andre 35% 8.
13. Laurent 63% 16.
14. Olivier 68% 19.
15. Didier 83% 22.
16. Rene 46% 14.
17. Guy 63% 21.
18. Patrick 26% 10.
19. Georges 85% 25.
20. Yves 80% 24.
21. Henri 83% 28.
22. Serge 77% 27.
23. Christian 24% 11.
24. Stephane 88% 31.
25. Julien 75% 29.

Surnames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Moreau 78% 3.
2. Durand 67% 1.
3. Dubois 61% 2.
4. Roux 64% 5.
5. Faure 89% 15.
6. Blanc 76% 11.
7. Garnier 90% 16.
8. Girard 61% 7.
9. Fournier 60% 8.
10. Lefebvre 66% 10.
11. Morel 55% 6.
12. Mercier 70% 14.
13. Leroy 38% 4.
14. Bonnet 84% 19.
15. Dupont 60% 12.
16. Rousseau 66% 17.
17. Chevalier 72% 21.
18. Masson 67% 20.
19. Gautier 79% 25.
20. Joly 81% 31.
21. Roussel 81% 32.
22. Lemaire 78% 29.
23. Perrin 61% 23.
24. Guerin 72% 30.
25. Dufour 66% 27.

Distinctive names in
the related** countries

CountrySimilarity
Belgium 43%
Luxembourg 23%
United States of America (the) 21%
New Zealand 20%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) 17%
Switzerland 15%
Australia 15%

*The rank of the unique name is the geometric average of the name uniqueness and the name prevalence in the respective country. Name uniqueness is measured only by the exact grapheme form (not taking into account transliterational equivalents or phonetic similarities).

** Country similarity is the correlation of the relative frequency of the names shared by two countries (as measured by cosine similarity).