French boy's first name that is same spelling in French as in English?

Question

I need a first name for a boy that spells the same in French as in English. This will be for a WW2 era novel. My first preference is a rwo-syllable name. Thank you for any suggestions.

Answer 1

Albert

Louis

Bertrand

David

Richard

Thomas

Daniel

Robert

Victor

Hugo

Simon

Martin





I was surprised to see someone had mention "Anton": that name is neither French nor English. The French equivalent of "Anthony" is "Antoine".

Answer 2

Alfred, Benjamin, Anton, Bernard, Bruno, Daniel, David, Gabriel, Joseph, Louis, Marc, Lucas, Martin, Patrick, Paul, Raymond, Richard, Robert, Roger, Thomas, Victor, Vincent, Xavier

Answer 3

even when they are spelled the same, they will be pronounced slightly differently. the Normans were French and they brought a lot of French names with them into England and later the Huguenots fleeing religious persecution in France brought more names into England with them.



example: the English surname "Beauchamp" is pronounced "Beachem" and not the French "Bow shom"



below are a few that you may be able to use:

Guy. but it won't be pronounced the same. French: ghee (g is pronounced like the g in goat and the name rhymes w/ key) English: guy rhymes w/ eye.



Alphonse

Alvin

Avery

Brian (different meaning and pronunciation)

Brice

Bruce

Chandler (different pronunciation--sh instead of ch)

Claude (different pronunciation)

Elliot

Gervais (pronounced differently English pronounce it as Jarvis)

Gilles (English: Jiles)

Horace

Hubert (French: U bear English: Hew Bert)

Lance

Louis (French: Loo ee English: Loo iss)

Maurice (French: Maw reece English: Morris)

Answer 4

Olivier, Robert, Nicolas, Albert, Victor

Answer 5

I don't think anyone's mentioned my brother's name, Charles, which is common both in French-speaking and English-speaking countries. Paul would be another example.

Answer 6

luc

... only one i can think of