French is a beautiful language, and even the most common French names sound a little like magic. So if you love the sound of ...

Fast Fact. French girl names are associated with some pretty remarkable women — Josephine Baker, the first African American woman to star in a motion picture, Celine Dion, the award-winning ...

Following the unseating of the French monarchy and the institution of the French Republic in 1792, cultural revisionism was all the rage—and it extended to the Gregorian calendar.

The French did attempt to “decimalize” timekeeping as well with the French Republican Calendar at around this same time, but this “metric” timekeeping system never caught on particularly well.

Say "bonjour" to French names for girls beyond classics like "Marie," "Charlotte" and "Louise." American parents fell in love with French girl names in the 1960s, according to Laura Wattenberg ...