French girl names starting with Q are rare, but this list rounds up all 7 of them, from “Quitterie” to “Quiéta”. Most trace back to old French saints or Latin roots, giving them a graceful, old-world feel. Parents today mostly use them as given names, though a few now live on mostly in genealogical and historical records.

French girl names are first names given to girls in France, often carrying centuries of religious or family tradition behind them. Many Q names honor early Christian saints, like Sainte Quitterie, a Visigothic princess-martyr still celebrated in Gascony. Others, like Quintine, come from an old Roman custom of naming a family’s fifth child.

Below you’ll find the table with the name, pronunciation, meaning, and description for each of these 7 names.

Name: the French girl’s name itself, spelled exactly as you’d see it written on a birth certificate or family record.

Pronunciation: a simple phonetic guide showing you how to say each name out loud, so you can use it with confidence.

Meaning: the literal or traditional meaning behind the name, giving you a sense of what it originally represented.

Description: background on the name’s origin and history, helping you understand where it comes from and how it’s used today.

French girl names

NamePronunciationMeaning
Quitteriekee-teh-REEPeaceful, calm
Quiteriekee-teh-REEPeaceful, calm
Quintinekan-TEENThe fifth, born fifth
Quintinakan-tee-NAThe fifth, born fifth
Quintillakan-tee-YAThe fifth, born fifth
Quintiakan-SYAThe fifth, born fifth
Quiétakee-eh-TAPeaceful, calm

Descriptions

Quitterie
The best-known French Q name, honoring Sainte Quitterie, a Visigothic princess-martyr venerated around Aire-sur-l’Adour in Gascony. It’s still given to French girls today and carries a serene, old-world charm.
Quiterie
A single-T spelling variant of Quitterie, honoring the same fifth-century Gascon saint who fled a forced marriage. French parents sometimes choose this streamlined spelling over the double-T version.
Quintine
The feminine form of Quentin, rooted in the old Roman custom of naming a family’s fifth child. It’s rare in modern France but still appears in traditional and genealogical name records.
Quintina
A Latin-rooted cousin of Quintine, linked to an early Christian saint of the same name. It shares the “born fifth” meaning and remains an uncommon but recognized French first name.
Quintilla
A diminutive Latin form related to Quintine and Quintina, tied to a minor saint honored on the French Catholic calendar. It’s exceedingly rare today, surviving mostly in historical and religious name registries.
Quintia
Another rare offshoot of the Quintus family of names, associated with an early saint recognized in France’s traditional name calendar. It carries the same “fifth-born” meaning as its more familiar cousins.
Quiéta
An old French name honoring Sainte Quiéta, wife of Saint Hilaire of Dijon, a Christian couple from the fifth century. Extremely rare now, it survives mainly as a historical calendar name.
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