Baby_Spice's list "☆ F®ench names ☆" of 4 great name ideas: Iréne - Amandine!

☆ F®ench names ☆

Lovely list of romantic french names c:  some modern, some old,and some you've never heard before :] enjoy 

sources: youtube vid on french names [ will post the link asap]

Iréne

A trendy name in France, sometimes also spelled Ysaline, that's related to both Isabelle and Iseult.  To the American ear, it freshens up Isabelle without really improving on it.

Isaline

This old-time fairy tale name is rarely heard in the modern English-speaking world, but it's so, well, mellifluous, that it would make a lovely choice for a twenty-first century girl--a romanticized tribute to an Aunt Melissa or Melanie. 
 
Pelleas and Melisande is a play by Maeterlinck, the inspiration for the Debussy opera of the same name. In modern times, Melisande became a princess via the Rankin and Bass film The Flight of Dragons. And Broadway buffs might remember Melisande as the name the main character Ella Peterson takes in the musical Bells are Ringing. The name of the beautiful red-haired character on Game of Thrones is spelled Melisandre.

Melisande

A French diminutive of Amanda — and the French culinary term for a garnish of almonds — Amandine is a pretty, almond-scented choice that's rarely heard in the US. Meaning "much-loved" or "lovable" from Latin, Amandine ranked in the Top 200 in Belgium in Belgium in the 90s and 2000s, while in France, it was a Top 20 choice in the 80s and remained in the Top 400 until 2020. 
 
Notably borne by footballer Amandine Henry, actor John Malkovich also used it for his daughter in the 90s.