French Horse Name Generator

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Generate French horse names, each with an English gloss: Étoile du Matin (morning star), Tonnerre (thunder), Vent d'Ouest (west wind) and Duc de Brume (duke of mist), plus mare, stallion, pony and funny names and heritage names for Camargue, Percheron and Breton horses.

About French horse names

Each of the 1,000 entries is a word, phrase or name from France with a short English gloss in parentheses. French horse names lean on a few old habits: one strong noun (Tonnerre, Mistral, Panache), a picture from the sky (Étoile du Matin, Vent d'Ouest), or a title joined to a landscape (Duc de Brume, Comtesse des Bois). Gender matters in French. A mare takes the feminine form (La Fougueuse, Belle de Nuit) and a stallion or gelding the masculine (Le Fougueux, Bel Ami).

The list also covers gems and metals, coat colors (Alezan, Bai Cerise, Gris Pommelé), gaits and riding terms, flowers, sweets, figures of legend such as Bayard, pony and foal names, and kind jokes like Minute Papillon. Heritage names follow three breeds: the pale grey Camargue horse of the Rhône delta, the Percheron of the Perche, and the Breton draft horse, with some words of the Breton language.

A small share are sport-horse names with a place suffix, such as Icare du Vallon. In France that suffix is usually a breeder's affix, and a real affix belongs to its breeder, so these use plain landscape words. French studbooks also have a well-known custom of a set first letter for each foaling year. Ask your own registry for the current one.

How to choose French horse names

  • Match the gender. French adjectives and many nouns change for a mare: Le Fougueux becomes La Fougueuse, Rêveur becomes Rêveuse and Danseur becomes Danseuse. Plain nouns such as Tonnerre or Comète are used for any horse.
  • Say it aloud before you choose. A name you call every day should be two or three syllables you can shout: Bijou, Filou, Mistral, Praline. Keep a long phrase such as Entre Chien et Loup for a show name and shorten it at home.
  • Use the coat. Alezan and Rouquin fit a chestnut, Gris Pommelé and Neige a grey, Ébène and Noir de Jais a black, and Isabelle a buckskin.
  • Keep the accents when you write the name: Éclair, Fée des Prés and Zéphyr are spelled with them in French. A registry or an entry form may record a name its own way, so ask yours how it will appear.
  • For a registered sport horse, do not borrow a place suffix from a real stud. Build one from your own farm or village, and ask your studbook which letter the foal's birth year calls for.

Frequently asked questions

What are some good French names for a horse?

Short nouns work well: Tonnerre (thunder), Éclair (lightning), Bijou (jewel), Mistral and Panache. For something longer, try Étoile du Matin (morning star), Vent d'Ouest (west wind), Clair de Lune (moonlight) or Duc de Brume (duke of mist).

How do French names differ for a mare and a stallion?

French marks gender in articles, adjectives and many nouns. A mare takes feminine forms such as Belle de Nuit, Dame Blanche or La Fougueuse, and a stallion or gelding takes masculine ones such as Bel Ami, Beau Sire or Le Fougueux. A plain noun like Comète or Tonnerre keeps its own grammatical gender, and owners use those freely for either.

What do names like Icare du Vallon mean?

They copy the shape of French sport-horse names, where a name is followed by du, de la or des and a place. In real pedigrees that ending is usually the affix of the stud that bred the horse, and it belongs to that breeder. The examples here use plain landscape words, such as Tornade de la Lande and Nectar du Ruisseau, so treat them as patterns and build yours from your own farm's name.

Which names suit a Camargue, Percheron or Breton horse?

For a Camargue horse there are words from the delta such as Gardian, Manade, Saladelle and Fleur de Sel. Percheron names draw on the Perche and on draft work: Mortagne, Laboureur, Sillon and Doux Géant. Breton names include Korrigan, Armor, Triskell and Breton words such as Marc'h, which means horse.

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A: 60 names

  • À Tire-d'Aile (swift as a bird on the wing)
  • À Toute Allure (at top speed)
  • Aber (a Breton estuary)
  • Abrivado (the gardians' run with the bulls into town)
  • Acajou (mahogany)
  • Achille (Achilles)
  • Acier (steel)
  • Aigle Royal (golden eagle)
  • Aigrette (egret)
  • Aigue-Marine (aquamarine)
  • Aigues-Mortes (the walled town of the salt marshes)
  • Ajonc (gorse)
  • Albâtre (alabaster)
  • Alezan (chestnut coat)
  • Alezan Brûlé (liver chestnut)

A, continued

  • Alezan Cuivré (copper chestnut)
  • Alezan Doré (golden chestnut)
  • Alizé (trade wind)
  • Allure (pace, bearing)
  • Alouette (lark)
  • Alpilles (the limestone hills near Arles)
  • Altesse (Highness)
  • Amandier (almond tree)
  • Amazone (horsewoman, Amazon)
  • Ambassadeur (ambassador)
  • Ambre (amber)
  • Âme Sœur (soulmate)
  • Améthyste (amethyst)
  • Ami Fidèle (faithful friend)
  • An Dro (a Breton round dance)

A, continued

  • Apollon (Apollo)
  • Ar-Men (the rock, a lighthouse off the Breton coast)
  • Aramis (the scholar among Dumas's musketeers)
  • Arc-en-Ciel (rainbow)
  • Ardent du Gué (fiery one of the ford)
  • Ardoise (slate)
  • Argent (silver)
  • Argenté (silvery)
  • Argoat (inland Brittany, the land of the woods)
  • Arlequin (Harlequin)
  • Arlésienne (woman of Arles)
  • Armor (the coast of Brittany, the land of the sea)
  • As de Pique (ace of spades)
  • Athos (the eldest of Dumas's musketeers)
  • Atout Maître (master trump)

A, continued

  • Attelage (team in harness)
  • Aubade (dawn serenade)
  • Aube Claire (clear daybreak)
  • Aubépine (hawthorn)
  • Aubère (red roan)
  • Audace (boldness)
  • Audacieuse (bold one)
  • Aurore (dawn)
  • Autan (the southeast wind of Toulouse)
  • Auteuil (the jump racecourse of Paris)
  • Avel (wind, in Breton)
  • Aventure (adventure)
  • Aventurière (adventuress)
  • Averse (downpour)
  • Azur de la Vallée (azure of the valley)

B: 82 names

  • Bagad (Breton pipe band)
  • Bai (bay)
  • Bai Brun (dark bay)
  • Bai Cerise (cherry bay)
  • Ballade (ballad)
  • Ballerine (ballerina)
  • Balzane (white sock)
  • Baron Noir (black baron)
  • Baronne (baroness)
  • Baroudeur (seasoned adventurer)
  • Bayard (the magic horse of the four sons of Aymon)
  • Beau Geste (noble gesture)
  • Beau Sire (fair lord)

B, continued

  • Beau Ténébreux (dark and brooding beau)
  • Beauduc (a wild beach of the Camargue)
  • Bec Sucré (sweet tooth)
  • Bel Ami (handsome friend)
  • Bel Espoir (fine hope)
  • Belette (weasel)
  • Belle Dame (fair lady)
  • Belle de Jour (day beauty, a morning glory)
  • Belle de Nuit (night beauty, the four o'clock flower)
  • Belle Étoile (fair star)
  • Belle Face (bald face, a wide white blaze)
  • Belle Foulée (lovely stride)
  • Belle Saison (the fine season, summertime)
  • Belle-Île (the largest Breton island)

B, continued

  • Bellême (a hill town of the Perche)
  • Berceuse (lullaby)
  • Bergère (shepherdess)
  • Bergeronnette (wagtail)
  • Berlingot (a striped boiled sweet)
  • Biche (doe)
  • Bichette (little doe, dear)
  • Bijou (jewel)
  • Biniou (Breton bagpipe)
  • Biscotte (crisp toast)
  • Bise (cold north wind)
  • Blanc d'Écume (foam white)
  • Blanche-Neige (Snow White)
  • Blanchette (little white one)

B, continued

  • Blason (coat of arms)
  • Blé Mûr (ripe wheat)
  • Blé Noir (buckwheat)
  • Bleiz (wolf, in Breton)
  • Bleuet (cornflower)
  • Blond Vénitien (strawberry blond)
  • Bolide (fireball, fast machine)
  • Bombarde (Breton oboe)
  • Bon Vent (fair wind)
  • Bonhomme (good fellow)
  • Bonne Chance (good luck)
  • Bonne Étoile (lucky star)
  • Bonne Fée (good fairy)

B, continued

  • Bonne Humeur (good cheer)
  • Borée (Boreas, the north wind)
  • Boule de Neige (snowball)
  • Boule de Poils (furball)
  • Bouleau (birch)
  • Bouquet Final (the last burst of a fireworks show)
  • Bourrasque (squall)
  • Bourrée (a country dance of central France)
  • Bout de Chou (little sweetheart)
  • Bouton d'Or (buttercup)
  • Bouton de Rose (rosebud)
  • Bouvine (the bull traditions of the Camargue)
  • Bras de Fer (iron arm, a trial of strength)
  • Bravoure (bravery)

B, continued

  • Bréhat (the island of flowers)
  • Breizh (Brittany, in Breton)
  • Bride (bridle)
  • Bride Abattue (at full tilt)
  • Brindille (twig)
  • Brioche (brioche)
  • Brise de Mer (sea breeze)
  • Brise du Soir (evening breeze)
  • Brocéliande (the forest of Arthurian legend)
  • Brouillard (fog)
  • Brume d'Aube (dawn mist)
  • Bruyère (heather)
  • Bucéphale (Bucephalus, the horse of Alexander the Great)
  • Bûcheron (woodcutter)

C: 131 names

  • C'est Pas Moi (it wasn't me)
  • Cabane de Gardian (the herdsman's reed-roofed hut)
  • Cabri (kid goat)
  • Cabriole (capriole, the great leap of the high school)
  • Cadet de Gascogne (younger son of a Gascon house)
  • Cador des Genêts (top dog of the broom bushes)
  • Café au Lait (milky coffee, a pale coat)
  • Café Crème (coffee with cream)
  • Calanque (rocky inlet)
  • Câlin (cuddle)
  • Câline du Levant (cuddly one of the east)
  • Calisson (the almond sweet of Aix)
  • Calvados (the apple brandy of Normandy)
  • Camarguais (of the Camargue)

C, continued

  • Camelle (a mound of harvested salt)
  • Canaille (scoundrel)
  • Canelé (the small caramelized cake of Bordeaux)
  • Cannelle (cinnamon)
  • Capitaine (captain)
  • Caprice (whim)
  • Capucine (nasturtium)
  • Caresse (caress)
  • Carillon (chimes)
  • Carrousel (musical ride)
  • Casaque (jockey's silks)
  • Cascade (waterfall)
  • Casse-Cou (daredevil)
  • Cataclop (clip-clop)
  • Cavalière (horsewoman)

C, continued

  • Cèdre (cedar)
  • Céleste (heavenly)
  • Cendre (ash)
  • Cendrillon (Cinderella)
  • Centaure (centaur)
  • Cerf-Volant (kite)
  • Champagne (champagne)
  • Chansonnette (little song)
  • Chant du Vent (song of the wind)
  • Chantecler (the rooster of the Renart tales)
  • Chantilly (whipped cream, also a great racing town)
  • Chaperon Rouge (Red Riding Hood)
  • Charbon (coal)
  • Chardon (thistle)

C, continued

  • Charmeuse (charmer)
  • Charretier (carter)
  • Charrette (cart)
  • Charrue (plow)
  • Chasseur (hunter, light cavalryman)
  • Chat Botté (Puss in Boots)
  • Châtaigne (sweet chestnut)
  • Châtelain (lord of the castle)
  • Châtelaine (lady of the castle)
  • Chaton (kitten)
  • Chenapan (little rascal)
  • Chêne Vert (holm oak)
  • Cheval à Bascule (rocking horse)
  • Cheval de Bataille (warhorse, also a pet subject)
  • Cheval de Bois (wooden horse)

C, continued

  • Cheval Donné (gift horse)
  • Chevalier de l'Aube (knight of the dawn)
  • Chevalier Errant (knight errant)
  • Chevalier Sans Peur (fearless knight)
  • Chevauchée (long ride)
  • Chèvrefeuille (honeysuckle)
  • Chevreuil (roe deer)
  • Chimère (chimera, wild dream)
  • Chipeur de Pommes (apple pincher)
  • Chipie (little minx)
  • Chocolat (chocolate)
  • Chouchen (Breton mead)
  • Chouchou (teacher's pet, darling)
  • Choupette (poppet)

C, continued

  • Chouquette (sugar-topped choux puff)
  • Cidre Doux (sweet cider)
  • Ciel Bleu (blue sky)
  • Ciel d'Orage (stormy sky)
  • Cigale (cicada)
  • Cigogne (stork)
  • Clair de Lune (moonlight)
  • Clairon (bugle)
  • Clochette (small bell)
  • Cocarde (rosette, the prize of the Camargue ring)
  • Coccinelle (ladybug)
  • Cocher (coachman)
  • Collier (harness collar)
  • Colombe (dove)
  • Colombine (the sweetheart of the old comedy)

C, continued

  • Comète (comet)
  • Comme Ci Comme Ça (so-so)
  • Compagnon (companion)
  • Complice (partner in crime)
  • Comte de Givre (count of frost)
  • Comtesse des Bois (countess of the woods)
  • Connétable (constable of France)
  • Coquelicot (field poppy)
  • Coquette (coquette)
  • Coquin (cheeky one)
  • Coquine (cheeky girl)
  • Corail (coral)
  • Corbeau (raven)
  • Cornouaille (the southwest of Brittany)

C, continued

  • Corsaire (privateer)
  • Cosette (the orphan of Les Misérables)
  • Costaud (burly)
  • Côte d'Émeraude (Emerald Coast)
  • Coup d'Éclat (brilliant feat)
  • Coup d'Étrier (stirrup cup, one for the road)
  • Coup de Cœur (a sudden favorite)
  • Coup de Maître (masterstroke)
  • Coup de Sabot (a kick of the hoof)
  • Coup de Tonnerre (thunderclap)
  • Coup de Vent (gust of wind)
  • Cœur d'Acier (heart of steel)
  • Cœur de Lion (lionheart)
  • Cœur Vaillant (valiant heart)
  • Couronne (crown)

C, continued

  • Couronne de Laurier (laurel crown)
  • Coursier (steed)
  • Crachin (fine drizzle)
  • Cravache (riding crop)
  • Crépuscule (twilight)
  • Crinière (mane)
  • Crinière Blanche (white mane)
  • Crins Lavés (flaxen mane and tail)
  • Cristal (crystal)
  • Cristal de Roche (rock crystal)
  • Croissant de Lune (crescent moon)
  • Croix de Camargue (the Camargue cross)
  • Croque-Pomme (apple cruncher)
  • Cuivre (copper)
  • Cyrano (the swordsman poet of Rostand's play)

D: 44 names

  • D'Artagnan (the fourth musketeer)
  • Dada (gee-gee, hobbyhorse)
  • Dame Blanche (white lady)
  • Dame d'Honneur (lady-in-waiting)
  • Dame de Cœur (queen of hearts)
  • Dame du Lac (lady of the lake)
  • Dandy du Verger (dandy of the orchard)
  • Danseur (dancer)
  • Danseuse (dancer)
  • Dauphin (heir to the French throne)
  • Deauville (the seaside racing town of Normandy)
  • Débonnaire (easygoing)
  • Déesse (goddess)
  • Délice (delight)

D, continued

  • Delta (the Rhône delta)
  • Demain Peut-Être (tomorrow, maybe)
  • Demoiselle (young lady)
  • Dentelle (lace)
  • Départ Lancé (flying start)
  • Dernière Ligne Droite (home straight)
  • Destin (destiny)
  • Destrier (warhorse)
  • Diabolo de la Combe (diabolo of the combe)
  • Diabolo Menthe (lemonade with mint syrup)
  • Diadème (tiara)
  • Diamant Brut (rough diamond)
  • Diamant Noir (black diamond)
  • Diane (Diana, goddess of the hunt)
  • Digue à la Mer (the sea dike of the Camargue)

D, continued

  • Diligence (stagecoach)
  • Dolmen (ancient stone table)
  • Dordogne (the Dordogne river)
  • Dort Debout (sleeps standing up)
  • Douce Amie (sweet friend)
  • Douce Brise (gentle breeze)
  • Douce France (sweet France)
  • Douceur (gentleness)
  • Doudou (comfort blanket, a term of endearment)
  • Doux Géant (gentle giant)
  • Dragée (sugar-coated almond)
  • Dragon (dragon, also a dragoon)
  • Duc de Brume (duke of mist)
  • Duchesse d'Avril (duchess of April)
  • Durandal (Roland's sword)

E: 42 names

  • Ébène (ebony)
  • Écarlate (scarlet)
  • Échappée Belle (a fine breakaway)
  • Écho (echo)
  • Éclair (lightning)
  • Éclair Noir (black lightning)
  • Éclaircie (sunny spell)
  • Éclaireur (scout)
  • Éclat (sparkle, burst)
  • Éclat de Rire (burst of laughter)
  • Écume de Mer (sea foam)
  • Écureuil (squirrel)
  • Écuyer (squire)
  • Églantine (dog rose)

E, continued

  • Élan (momentum)
  • Élégance (elegance)
  • Élixir de la Source (elixir of the spring)
  • Embellie (bright spell)
  • Embrun (sea spray)
  • Émeraude (emerald)
  • Éminence Grise (the power behind the throne)
  • Empereur (emperor)
  • En Selle (into the saddle)
  • En Voiture Simone (all aboard, off we go)
  • Encore Cinq Minutes (five more minutes)
  • Enez (island, in Breton)
  • Entre Chien et Loup (dusk, between dog and wolf)
  • Envol (taking flight)

E, continued

  • Éole (Aeolus, keeper of the winds)
  • Éperon (spur)
  • Épervier (sparrowhawk)
  • Érable (maple)
  • Esmeralda (the dancer of Notre-Dame de Paris)
  • Espiguette (the dunes by Le Grau-du-Roi)
  • Espoir (hope)
  • Étincelle (spark)
  • Étoile du Berger (the shepherd's star, Venus)
  • Étoile du Matin (morning star)
  • Étoile du Nord (north star)
  • Étoile en Tête (star on the forehead)
  • Étoile Filante (shooting star)
  • Étrier (stirrup)

F: 56 names

  • Fanfan la Tulipe (the swashbuckling soldier of the old song)
  • Fanfare (brass band)
  • Fantôme (ghost)
  • Faon (fawn)
  • Far Breton (Breton prune flan)
  • Farandole (the chain dance of Provence)
  • Farceur des Dunes (prankster of the dunes)
  • Farfadet (sprite)
  • Farigoule (thyme, in Provence)
  • Farouche (shy and untamed)
  • Faucon (falcon)
  • Fauve (wild beast, tawny)
  • Fauvette (warbler)
  • Favori (the favorite)

F, continued

  • Favorite (favorite)
  • Fée des Prés (meadow fairy)
  • Fenaison (haymaking)
  • Fer à Cheval (horseshoe)
  • Ferrade (branding day in the Camargue)
  • Fest-Noz (Breton night dance)
  • Feu d'Artifice (fireworks)
  • Feu de Joie (bonfire)
  • Feu Follet (will-o'-the-wisp)
  • Fierté (pride)
  • Figaro (the barber of Beaumarchais)
  • Fille du Vent (daughter of the wind)
  • Filou (rascal)
  • Fils de Roi (son of a king)

F, continued

  • Fils du Tonnerre (son of thunder)
  • Fils du Vent (son of the wind)
  • Fine Bouche (picky eater)
  • Finistère (land's end)
  • Flamant Rose (flamingo)
  • Flamme (flame)
  • Flânerie (idle stroll)
  • Flâneur du Rivage (stroller of the shore)
  • Flèche (arrow)
  • Fleur Bleue (blue flower, a romantic at heart)
  • Fleur de Cour (flower of the court)
  • Fleur de Sel (flower of salt, the finest sea salt)
  • Fleur des Champs (wildflower)
  • Flibustier (freebooter)

F, continued

  • Fontainebleau (a forest town with a great showground)
  • Force Tranquille (quiet strength)
  • Forgeron (blacksmith)
  • Foudre (lightning bolt)
  • Fouette Cocher (whip up, coachman)
  • Fougère (fern)
  • Fougue (fire, spirit)
  • Fraise des Bois (wild strawberry)
  • Framboise (raspberry)
  • Frère d'Armes (brother in arms)
  • Fripon (rogue)
  • Frisson (shiver, thrill)
  • Frondeuse (rebel)
  • Fusée (rocket)

G: 63 names

  • Galant des Ajoncs (gallant of the gorse)
  • Galette (buckwheat pancake of Brittany)
  • Galop (gallop)
  • Galopeur (galloper)
  • Galopin (urchin)
  • Gamin (kid)
  • Gardian (Camargue herdsman)
  • Gargantua (the giant of Rabelais)
  • Garonne (the Garonne river)
  • Garrigue (southern scrubland)
  • Gauvain (Sir Gawain)
  • Gavotte (gavotte, an old dance)

G, continued

  • Gavroche (the street boy of Les Misérables)
  • Géant Gris (grey giant)
  • Gelée Blanche (white frost)
  • Genêt (broom)
  • Gentiane (gentian)
  • Gentilhomme (gentleman)
  • Gerbe (sheaf)
  • Gerfaut (gyrfalcon)
  • Giboulée (sudden spring shower)
  • Givre (hoarfrost)
  • Glaz (blue-green, in Breton)
  • Gloire (glory)
  • Glycine (wisteria)

G, continued

  • Goéland (gull)
  • Goémon (kelp)
  • Goémonier (kelp gatherer)
  • Gourmand (food lover)
  • Graal (Grail)
  • Gracieuse (graceful)
  • Gradlon (the legendary king of the city of Ys)
  • Grain de Folie (a touch of madness)
  • Grand Air (fresh open air)
  • Grand Cerf (great stag)
  • Grand Cœur (big heart)
  • Grand Duc (grand duke, also the eagle owl)

G, continued

  • Grand Frère (big brother)
  • Grand Galop (full gallop)
  • Grand Large (open sea)
  • Grand Rhône (the greater arm of the Rhône)
  • Grand Seigneur (great lord)
  • Grand Trot (fast trot)
  • Grande Foulée (long stride)
  • Grande Marée (spring tide)
  • Grands Chevaux (high horse)
  • Grasse Matinée (a long lie-in)
  • Grelot (jingle bell)
  • Grenat (garnet)
  • Grillon (cricket)

G, continued

  • Griotte (sour cherry)
  • Gris Perle (pearl grey)
  • Gris Pommelé (dapple grey)
  • Gris Truité (flea-bitten grey)
  • Grisette (little grey one)
  • Gros Bras (strongman, literally big arms)
  • Gros Sabots (big clogs, none too subtle)
  • Groseille (redcurrant)
  • Guêpier (bee-eater)
  • Guerrier (warrior)
  • Guignol (the glove puppet of Lyon)
  • Guimauve (marshmallow)
  • Gwenn-ha-Du (white and black, the Breton flag)

H: 17 names

  • Hardi de la Haie (bold one of the hedge)
  • Haute École (high-school riding)
  • Heol (sun, in Breton)
  • Héraut (herald)
  • Hercule (Hercules)
  • Hermine de la Lande (ermine of the moor)
  • Héron Cendré (grey heron)
  • Herse (harrow)

H, continued

  • Heure Bleue (the blue hour before nightfall)
  • Hibou (owl)
  • Hirondelle (swallow)
  • Homme de Cheval (horseman)
  • Houle (swell)
  • Hue Cocotte (giddy-up, old girl)
  • Hue Dia (gee and haw)
  • Huisne (a river of the Perche)
  • Hussard (hussar)

I: 10 names

  • Icare du Vallon (Icarus of the dell)
  • Idole de la Vallée (idol of the valley)
  • Idylle de la Clairière (idyll of the clearing)
  • Impératrice (empress)
  • Ingénue (innocent young woman)
  • Insolent du Chemin Creux (cheeky one of the sunken lane)
  • Iroise (the sea off western Brittany)
  • Isabelle (buckskin)
  • Iseut (Isolde)
  • Ivoire (ivory)

J: 16 names

  • Jais (jet)
  • Jasmin (jasmine)
  • Java (the dance of the old Paris dance halls)
  • Javelle (swath of cut grain)
  • Je Ne Sais Quoi (a certain something)
  • Je-Sais-Tout (know-it-all)
  • Joker du Coteau (joker of the hillside)
  • Joli Cœur des Peupliers (charmer of the poplars)

J, continued

  • Jolie Brise (moderate breeze, a sailor's term)
  • Jolie Fleur (pretty flower)
  • Jongleur du Plateau (juggler of the plateau)
  • Jonquille (daffodil)
  • Joyau (gem)
  • Joyeuse (joyful, also the sword of Charlemagne)
  • Jupiter des Prés (Jupiter of the meadows)
  • Justicier (righter of wrongs)

K: 8 names

  • Kalon (heart, in Breton)
  • Karantez (love, in Breton)
  • Kazeg (mare, in Breton)
  • Kenavo (goodbye, in Breton)
  • Kermesse du Pré Vert (village fair of the green field)
  • Koad (wood, in Breton)
  • Korrigan (Breton sprite)
  • Kouign-Amann (Breton butter cake)

L: 60 names

  • L'Audacieux (the daring one)
  • L'Espiègle (the mischievous one)
  • L'Indomptable (the untamable one)
  • L'Indompté (the untamed)
  • L'Insoumise (the unbowed one)
  • L'Intrépide (the fearless one)
  • L'Invincible (the invincible)
  • La Belle Endormie (the sleeping beauty)
  • La Brune (the dark-haired one)
  • La Crau (the stony plain east of Arles)
  • La Fougueuse (the fiery one)
  • La Grise (the grey mare)
  • La Parisienne (the Parisian lady)
  • La Provençale (the lady of Provence)
  • La Rousse (the redhead)

L, continued

  • Laboureur (plowman)
  • Lagune (lagoon)
  • Lamballe (a stud town of Brittany)
  • Lancelot (Lancelot of the Lake)
  • Landivisiau (a horse-fair town of Brittany)
  • Lapinou (bunny)
  • Lascar du Bocage (rogue of the hedgerow country)
  • Lavande (lavender)
  • Le Bien-Aimé (the beloved)
  • Le Brave (the brave)
  • Le Conquérant (the conqueror)
  • Le Fougueux (the fiery one)
  • Le Magnifique (the magnificent)
  • Le Perche (the home region of the Percheron)
  • Le Rebelle (the rebel)

L, continued

  • Le Téméraire (the reckless one)
  • Le Vagabond (the wanderer)
  • Le Vaillant (the valiant)
  • Légende (legend)
  • Légèreté (lightness, a watchword of French riding)
  • Libellule (dragonfly)
  • Liberté (freedom)
  • Licorne (unicorn)
  • Lièvre (hare)
  • Ligne d'Arrivée (finish line)
  • Lilas (lilac)
  • Limonier (shaft horse)
  • Lion d'Or (golden lion)
  • Liste (blaze)
  • Loar (moon, in Breton)

L, continued

  • Loire (the Loire river)
  • Longchamp (the flat racecourse of Paris)
  • Lou Biòu (the bull, in Provençal)
  • Louis d'Or (the old French gold coin)
  • Loulou (sweetie pie)
  • Loup Gris (grey wolf)
  • Loustic (joker)
  • Loutre (otter)
  • Louvet (wolf-colored dun)
  • Luciole (firefly)
  • Lueur d'Espoir (glimmer of hope)
  • Lune Rousse (russet moon, the frosty moon of spring)
  • Luron de la Butte (merry fellow of the hillock)
  • Lutin (imp)
  • Lys Royal (royal lily)

M: 85 names

  • M'as-Tu-Vu (show-off)
  • Ma Belle (my beauty)
  • Ma Douce (my sweet)
  • Ma Mie (my dear, an old endearment)
  • Ma Reine (my queen)
  • Macaron (macaron)
  • Madeleine (small shell-shaped cake)
  • Mademoiselle (miss)
  • Maître d'Armes (fencing master)
  • Maître du Vent (master of the wind)
  • Majesté (Majesty)
  • Malice (mischief)
  • Mammouth (mammoth)
  • Manade (a Camargue herd of bulls or horses)

M, continued

  • Manadier (owner of a Camargue herd)
  • Mange-Foin (hay eater)
  • Mange-Tout (eats everything, also a snow pea)
  • Marais Salant (salt pan)
  • Marc'h (horse, in Breton)
  • Maréchal (marshal)
  • Maréchal-Ferrant (farrier)
  • Marengo (the grey charger of Napoleon, a real horse)
  • Marguerite (oxeye daisy)
  • Marie-Morgane (Breton sea fairy)
  • Marmotte (marmot, a sleepyhead)
  • Marquis de Carabas (the master of Puss in Boots)
  • Marquis de Minuit (marquess of midnight)
  • Marquise des Prés (marchioness of the meadows)

M, continued

  • Marron Glacé (candied chestnut)
  • Mas (Provençal farmhouse)
  • Mascotte du Grand Pré (mascot of the big field)
  • Médaillon (locket)
  • Mélodie (melody)
  • Mélusine (the fairy of Lusignan)
  • Même Pas Peur (not even scared)
  • Ménestrel (minstrel)
  • Menez (mountain, in Breton)
  • Menhir (standing stone)
  • Menthe (mint)
  • Menuet (minuet)
  • Merlin (the enchanter)
  • Merveille (marvel)

M, continued

  • Mésange (titmouse)
  • Messire (sire, an old form of address)
  • Meunier (miller)
  • Miel (honey)
  • Mignon (cute)
  • Mignonne (sweet little one)
  • Mille Feux (a thousand lights)
  • Mille Sabords (a thousand portholes, a sea dog's oath)
  • Mimi (cutie)
  • Minuit (midnight)
  • Minute Papillon (hold your horses)
  • Mirabelle (small yellow plum)
  • Mireille (the heroine of Mistral's Provençal poem)
  • Mirliton de la Prairie (reed pipe of the grassland)

M, continued

  • Mistral (the cold north wind of Provence)
  • Moineau (sparrow)
  • Moisson (harvest)
  • Moissonneur (harvester)
  • Mon Lapin (my bunny, a pet name)
  • Mon Trésor (my treasure)
  • Monseigneur (my lord)
  • Montagne (mountain)
  • Monte-Cristo (the count of Dumas's novel)
  • Monte-en-l'Air (cat burglar, for a jumper)
  • Monts d'Arrée (the moorland hills of Brittany)
  • Mor (sea, in Breton)
  • Morbihan (little sea)
  • Mordoré (golden brown)

M, continued

  • Morgane (Morgan le Fay)
  • Morphée (Morpheus, god of dreams)
  • Mors aux Dents (the bit between the teeth)
  • Mortagne (a market town of the Perche)
  • Morvarc'h (sea horse, the steed of King Gradlon in legend)
  • Mouche du Coche (the busybody fly on the coach)
  • Mousquetaire (musketeer)
  • Muguet (lily of the valley)
  • Mûre (blackberry)
  • Murmure (murmur)
  • Muscade (nutmeg)
  • Musette (a horse's nosebag, also accordion dance music)
  • Myosotis (forget-me-not)
  • Myrtille (wild blueberry)
  • Mystère (mystery)

N: 20 names

  • Nacre (mother-of-pearl)
  • Naïade (water nymph)
  • Né Noir (born black, as Camargue foals are)
  • Nectar du Ruisseau (nectar of the brook)
  • Neige (snow)
  • Noblesse (nobility)
  • Nogent (for Nogent-le-Rotrou, a town of the Perche)
  • Noir de Jais (jet black)
  • Noiraud (little dark one)
  • Noisetier (hazel tree)

N, continued

  • Noisette (hazelnut)
  • Noroît (northwest wind)
  • Nougat (nougat)
  • Nounours (teddy bear)
  • Nuage (cloud)
  • Nuit Blanche (sleepless night)
  • Nuit d'Été (summer night)
  • Nuit Étoilée (starry night)
  • Nuit Noire (pitch-dark night)
  • Nymphe (nymph)

O: 20 names

  • Oasis de la Source (oasis of the spring)
  • Obsidienne (obsidian)
  • Œil-de-Tigre (tiger's eye)
  • Olympe de la Colline (Olympus of the hill)
  • Ombre (shadow)
  • Omnibus (the horse-drawn city bus)
  • On Verra (we'll see)
  • Ondée (passing shower)
  • Ondine (water sprite)
  • Opale (opal)

O, continued

  • Opale de Feu (fire opal)
  • Or Fin (fine gold)
  • Or Pur (pure gold)
  • Oracle de la Falaise (oracle of the cliff)
  • Orage (thunderstorm)
  • Oriflamme (the royal war banner)
  • Orphée (Orpheus)
  • Ouessant (the far western island of Brittany)
  • Ouragan (hurricane)
  • Ourson (bear cub)

P: 86 names

  • P'tit Loup (little wolf, a pet name)
  • Paillette (sequin, fleck of gold)
  • Pain d'Épices (gingerbread)
  • Palefroi (palfrey)
  • Panache (plume, flair)
  • Papillon (butterfly)
  • Pâquerette (daisy)
  • Pas Avant Midi (not before noon)
  • Pas de Côté (sidestep)
  • Pas de Deux (dance for two)
  • Pas Si Vite (not so fast)
  • Passe-Partout (master key, goes anywhere)
  • Patapouf (roly-poly)
  • Pataud (big clumsy one)

P, continued

  • Pégase (Pegasus)
  • Peluche (plush toy)
  • Pépite (nugget)
  • Pépite d'Or (gold nugget)
  • Perce-Neige (snowdrop)
  • Perceval (the knight of the Grail)
  • Père Tranquille (easygoing old fellow)
  • Perle (pearl)
  • Perle de Rosée (dewdrop)
  • Perle Noire (black pearl)
  • Perle Rare (rare pearl)
  • Petiot (wee one)
  • Petit Ange (little angel)
  • Petit Bonheur (small happiness)

P, continued

  • Petit Diable (little devil)
  • Petit Galop (canter)
  • Petit Matin (early morning)
  • Petit Poucet (Hop-o'-My-Thumb)
  • Petit Prince des Dunes (little prince of the dunes)
  • Petit Rhône (the lesser arm of the Rhône)
  • Petite Fleur (little flower)
  • Petite Merveille (little wonder)
  • Petite Reine (little queen)
  • Phénix (phoenix)
  • Piaffer (piaffe, the trot on the spot)
  • Picotin du Vallon (a peck of oats from the dell)
  • Pie (piebald, also magpie)
  • Pied à l'Étrier (a foot in the stirrup, a helping start)
  • Pieds dans l'Eau (feet in the water)

P, continued

  • Pierre de Lune (moonstone)
  • Pierre de Soleil (sunstone)
  • Pierrot (the sad white clown)
  • Pin Parasol (umbrella pine)
  • Pince-sans-Rire (deadpan joker)
  • Pinson (chaffinch)
  • Pitchoun (little one, in Provence)
  • Pivoine (peony)
  • Placide (placid)
  • Plein Soleil (full sun)
  • Pleine Lune (full moon)
  • Pluie d'Étoiles (shower of stars)
  • Poète (poet)
  • Poil de Carotte (carrot top)

P, continued

  • Point du Jour (break of day)
  • Pointe du Raz (a headland at the tip of Brittany)
  • Polisson (scamp)
  • Pomme d'Api (a small red apple)
  • Pomme Reinette (pippin apple)
  • Pommelé du Perche (dapple grey of the Perche)
  • Pompadour (a stud town of the Limousin)
  • Pompon (pom-pom)
  • Porte-Bonheur (good-luck charm)
  • Porthos (the strongman of Dumas's musketeers)
  • Postillon (postilion)
  • Poucette (Thumbelina)
  • Pourpre (crimson purple)
  • Poussière d'Or (gold dust)

P, continued

  • Poussin (chick)
  • Praline (sugared almond sweet)
  • Précieuse (precious)
  • Premier Flocon (first snowflake)
  • Preux (valiant knight)
  • Primevère (primrose)
  • Prince Charmant (Prince Charming)
  • Prince de Minuit (prince of midnight)
  • Princesse de Lune (moon princess)
  • Princesse Lointaine (faraway princess)
  • Prodige (prodigy)
  • Promenade (leisurely ride)
  • Prunelle (sloe, also the apple of one's eye)
  • Puce (flea, also sweetie)
  • Puissant (powerful)

Q: 6 names

  • Quadrille des Prés (quadrille of the meadows)
  • Quartz de Lune (moon quartz)
  • Quatre Balzanes (four white socks)
  • Quatre Fers en l'Air (flat on its back, four shoes up)
  • Queue de Cheval (ponytail)
  • Quiétude de la Clairière (calm of the clearing)

R: 49 names

  • Radieuse (radiant)
  • Rafale (gust)
  • Randonnée (trail ride)
  • Rase-Mottes (hedgehopper, a low flyer)
  • Rayon de Soleil (ray of sunshine)
  • Reflet d'Argent (glint of silver)
  • Regain (second crop of hay)
  • Régent (regent)
  • Réglisse (licorice)
  • Reine d'Arles (the Queen of Arles, keeper of tradition)
  • Reine d'un Jour (queen for a day)
  • Reine de Mai (May queen)

R, continued

  • Reine des Neiges (snow queen)
  • Reine Margot (Queen Margot)
  • Reine-Claude (greengage)
  • Renart (the fox of the medieval tales)
  • Ressac (backwash)
  • Rêveur (dreamer)
  • Rêveuse (dreamer)
  • Ricochet du Marais (ricochet of the marsh)
  • Ritournelle (refrain)
  • Rivale des Bruyères (rival of the heather)
  • Riz Rouge (red rice)
  • Roc (rock)

R, continued

  • Roi de Cœur (king of hearts)
  • Roi de la Sieste (king of the nap)
  • Roi des Vents (king of the winds)
  • Roi Soleil (Sun King)
  • Roitelet (kinglet, the little king of birds)
  • Romarin (rosemary)
  • Ronfleur (snorer)
  • Rose des Vents (compass rose)
  • Rose Sauvage (wild rose)
  • Rose Trémière (hollyhock)
  • Roseau (reed)
  • Rosée (dew)

R, continued

  • Rosée du Matin (morning dew)
  • Roselière (reed bed)
  • Rossignol (nightingale)
  • Rossinante (Don Quixote's horse, in its French spelling)
  • Rouan (roan)
  • Roubine (Camargue drainage canal)
  • Rouille (rust)
  • Roule Ma Poule (off we go)
  • Roulier (long-haul wagoner)
  • Rouquin (redhead)
  • Roxane (Cyrano's love)
  • Ruban (ribbon)
  • Rubis (ruby)

S: 52 names

  • Sable (sand)
  • Sablier du Levant (hourglass of the east)
  • Sabot (hoof)
  • Sabot de Vénus (lady's slipper orchid, the clog of Venus)
  • Sagne (the marsh reed of the Camargue)
  • Saintes-Maries (the seaside town of the Camargue)
  • Saladelle (sea lavender, the gardians' flower)
  • Salicorne (glasswort)
  • Salto des Dunes (somersault of the dunes)
  • Sang Bleu (blue blood)
  • Sang Royal (royal blood)
  • Sans Faute (clear round)
  • Sans Pareil (peerless)

S, continued

  • Sans Reproche (beyond reproach)
  • Sans Rival (unrivaled)
  • Sans Souci (carefree)
  • Sansouïre (Camargue salt flat)
  • Santon (clay crib figure of Provence)
  • Saperlipopette (goodness gracious)
  • Saphir (sapphire)
  • Sapristi (good heavens)
  • Sarabande (saraband)
  • Saumur (home of the Cadre Noir)
  • Saute-Mouton (leapfrog)
  • Sauterelle (grasshopper)
  • Sauteur (jumper)

S, continued

  • Sauvage (wild)
  • Sauvageonne (wild girl)
  • Seden (the gardian's horsehair rope)
  • Seigneur des Marais (lord of the marshes)
  • Sellier (saddler)
  • Semeur (sower)
  • Sénéchal (seneschal)
  • Sentinelle (sentinel)
  • Sérénade (serenade)
  • Sésame du Plateau (sesame of the plateau)
  • Sillage (wake, trail)
  • Sillon (furrow)
  • Sirène (mermaid)

S, continued

  • Soleil Couchant (setting sun)
  • Soleil d'Hiver (winter sun)
  • Soleil de Provence (sun of Provence)
  • Soleil Levant (rising sun)
  • Solitaire (single-stone diamond)
  • Songe (dream)
  • Sonnaille (livestock bell)
  • Sortilège (spell)
  • Souris (mouse, also a mouse-grey coat)
  • Souverain (sovereign)
  • Steredenn (star, in Breton)
  • Sucre d'Orge (barley sugar)
  • Suroît (southwest wind)

T: 46 names

  • Table Ronde (Round Table)
  • Tagada (the sound of a gallop)
  • Talisman (lucky charm)
  • Tamaris (tamarisk)
  • Tambour Battant (briskly, with drums beating)
  • Tambour de la Combe (drum of the combe)
  • Tambourin (the long drum of Provence)
  • Tango de la Falaise (tango of the cliff)
  • Tempête (storm)
  • Tencendur (Charlemagne's warhorse in the Song of Roland)
  • Tendresse (tenderness)

T, continued

  • Tête de Linotte (featherbrain)
  • Tête de Mule (stubborn as a mule)
  • Tête en l'Air (scatterbrain)
  • Tête Haute (head held high)
  • Tilleul (linden tree)
  • Timon (carriage pole)
  • Titi (Paris street kid)
  • Tonnerre (thunder)
  • Tonnerre de Brest (thunder of Brest, a sailor's oath)
  • Topaze (topaz)
  • Tornade de la Lande (tornado of the moor)
  • Torrent (mountain stream)

T, continued

  • Touche-à-Tout (into everything)
  • Toupie (spinning top)
  • Tour d'Honneur (lap of honor)
  • Tournesol (sunflower)
  • Tourterelle (turtledove)
  • Tout Doux (easy now, said to a horse)
  • Tout Feu Tout Flamme (all fired up)
  • Traîne-Savate (dawdler)
  • Trait d'Union (hyphen, a link)
  • Tramontane (north wind of Languedoc)
  • Trèfle (clover)

T, continued

  • Trèfle à Quatre Feuilles (four-leaf clover)
  • Trésor (treasure)
  • Trident (the gardian's three-pronged staff)
  • Triomphe (triumph)
  • Triple Galop (breakneck speed)
  • Triskell (the three-armed Celtic spiral)
  • Tristan (the lover of Iseut)
  • Trois Pommes (three apples high, knee-high)
  • Trotteur (trotter)
  • Trottinette (scooter)
  • Turlututu (fiddle-de-dee)
  • Typhon (typhoon)

U: 1 name

  • Ulysse du Rivage (Ulysses of the shore)

V: 36 names

  • Va-Nu-Pieds (barefoot wanderer, for a horse with no shoes)
  • Vaccarès (the great lagoon of the Camargue)
  • Vagabonde (wanderer)
  • Vaillance (valor)
  • Vainqueur (winner)
  • Val sans Retour (the Valley of No Return in Brocéliande)
  • Valse (waltz)
  • Valseur de la Prairie (waltzer of the grassland)
  • Vanille (vanilla)
  • Vedette du Bocage (star turn of the hedgerow country)
  • Veillantif (Roland's horse in the Song of Roland)
  • Velours (velvet)

V, continued

  • Vengeur (avenger)
  • Vent d'Ouest (west wind)
  • Vent des Marais (marsh wind)
  • Vent du Large (wind off the open sea)
  • Vent du Nord (north wind)
  • Ventre à Terre (flat out, belly to the ground)
  • Ventre sur Pattes (a stomach on legs)
  • Vermeil (silver gilt)
  • Verveine (verbena)
  • Vicomte de la Lande (viscount of the moor)
  • Victoire (victory)
  • Vie de Château (the high life)

V, continued

  • Vieux Frère (old pal)
  • Vif-Argent (quicksilver)
  • Vincennes (the trotting track of Paris)
  • Violette (violet)
  • Viviane (the Lady of the Lake)
  • Vizir (a horse of Napoleon's, a real horse)
  • Voie Lactée (Milky Way)
  • Volcan (volcano)
  • Voleur de Carottes (carrot thief)
  • Volte (volte, a small circle)
  • Voltigeur (vaulter, light infantryman)
  • Voyageur (traveler)

Y: 4 names

  • Yec'hed Mat (good health, a Breton toast)
  • Yole de la Rivière (skiff of the river)
  • Ys (the drowned city of Breton legend)
  • Yvain (the knight of the lion)

Z: 6 names

  • Zain (a coat with no white hair at all)
  • Zénith (zenith)
  • Zéphyr (gentle west wind)
  • Zeste des Tilleuls (zest of the lindens)
  • Zibeline des Saules (sable of the willows)
  • Zut Alors (darn it)