The following are forenames (given names) that are/were common among Roman Catholic Creoles of Louisiana.
It is useful to note that, more often than not, the first name for Creoles until the 1910s, was a Roman Catholic/Christian Saint’s name. The second name, or middle name, was most often the name by which the individual was communally known.
More interestingly, in terms of name-giving traditions, between the latter half of the Spanish period (1790-1803) and the beginning of Jim Crow Segregation (1893-1964), gallicized names of classical Greek and Roman origins dominated. This may be due, in whole, or in part, to the fact that New Orleans had North America’s (excluding Central America and the Caribbean) first Opera Houses and Theatres, owned, frequented and operated by Creoles from Louisiana, Cuba and Saint-Domingue/Haiti. I will place a (G) or an (R) next to these forenames below.
Note that some of the following forenames were more common in some parishes than in others and this list is based on the genealogies of this site, and is not an exhaustive list.
(G) = Classical/Ancient Greek
(R) = Classical/Ancient Roman
(S) = Roman Catholic Saint
MALES
Louisiana French | Louisiana Spanish
A
Abel
Abraham (S)
Achille | Achilles (G, S)
Adam | Adán (S)
Adolphe | Adolfo
Adonis (G)
Adrien | Adrián, Adriano (R, S)
Agapite, Agapitte (G)
Aimé | Amado
Alain, Allain | Alano
Albert | Alberto (S)
Alcé, Alcée (G)
Alcibiade | Alcíbiades (G)
Alcide | Alcides (G)
Alexandre | Alejandro (G, S)
Alexis | Alejo (G, S)
Alfred | Alfredo
Alphé
Alphonse | Alfonso (S)
Amant (S)
Ambroise | Ambrosio (G, S)
Amédé, Amédée (G, S)
Anaclet (S)
Anatole (G)
André | Andrés (G, S)
Ange | Ángel (G)
Anicet (G)
Anselme | Anselmo (S)
Antoine | Antonio (R, S)
Apollon | Apolo (G)
Appolinaire | Apolinário (G, S)
Arcade | Arcades (G, S)
Archange | Arcángelo (G)
Aristide | Arístides (G)
Aristile, Aristille (G)
Armand | Armando (S)
Arthur | Arturo
Athanase, Atanase (G, S)
Aubin, Albin (R, S)
Auguste | Augusto (R)
Augustin | Agustín (R, S)
Aurélien | Aureliano (R)
Avit (R, S)
B
Barnabé, Bernabé | Barnabé (G, S)
Baptiste | Bautista, Batista (G)
Bartélemy, Bartélémi | Bartolomé (S)
Basile, Bazile | Basilio (G, S)
Basilien | Basiliano (G)
Baudoin, Beaudoin (S)
Bélisaire, Bélizaire | Belisario (G)
Benjamin (S)
Benoît | Bento (S)
Bernard | Bernardo (S)
Bertrand | Beltrán (S)
Blaise (R, S)
Bonaventure | Buenaventura (S)
Boniface | Bonifacio (S)
Bruneau, Bruno | Bruno (S)
C
Caliste, Calixte | Calisto, Calixto (G, S)
Camille (R, S)
Camilien (R)
Casemir, Casimir | Casimiro (S)
Célestin | Celestino (S)
Césaire | Cesario (R)
Cézar | Cesario (R)
Charles | Carlos (S)
Christophe | Cristóbal, Cristóval (S)
Claude | Claudio (R, S)
Clément | Clemente (S)
Clet, Clète
Côme, Cosme | Cosmos (S)
Constant (G, S)
Constantin | Constantino (G)
Corneille | Cornelio (R, S)
Cyprien, Ciprien | Cipriano (R, S)
Cyrile, Cyrille, Cyril | Cirilo (G, S)
D
Damas | Dámaso (G, S)
Daniel | Daniel (S)
Darcourt
David (S)
Delphin (S)
Démas
Démosthènes (G)
Denis | Dionisio (G, S)
Désiré
Didier (S)
Dieudonné
Dominique | Dominico (S)
Donat | Donato (S)
Donatien (S)
Dorcily, Dorcilé, Dorsili
Dosithée (G)
Drausin, Drozin (S)
E
Édouard | Eduardo (S)
Éleutaire, Éleutère | Eleuterio (G, S)
Éli | Elias (R)
Éloi, Éloy (S)
Elphège (S)
Émmanuel | Manuel (S)
Émile | Emilio (R, S)
Émilien | Emiliano (R)
Éraste | Erato (G)
Ernest | Ernesto
Estève, Estèves
Étienne | Esteban (S)
Euclyde | Euclides (G)
Eugène | Eugenio (G, S)
Eusèbe, Euzèbe | Eusebio (G, S)
Eustache | Eustaquio (G, S)
Évariste | Evaristo (G, S)
F
Fabien | Fabián (R, S)
Faustin | Faustino (R)
Félicien | Feliciano (G, S)
Félix (R, S)
Fernand | Fernando
Ferdinand | Ferdinando
Fidèle | Fidel (S)
Firmin (S)
Flavien | Flavio (R, S)
Florent (S)
Florentin
François | Francisco (S)
Frédéric | Frederico (S)
G
Gabriel (S)
Gaétan | Caitano (S)
Gaspard | Gaspar (G, S)
Gaston
Georges | Jorge (G, S)
Gérard | Gerardo (S)
Gervais | Gervasio (S)
Gilbert | Gilberto (S)
Gilles* (often interchangeable with Jules due to creolization) (S)
Godefroid, Godefroy | Godefredo (S)
Gonsalve | Gonzalo (S)
Gratien | Gratiano (R)
Grégoire | Gregorio (S)
Guérin (S)
Guillaume | Guillermo (S)
Gustave | Gustavo (S)
Guy (S)
H
Henri | Enrique (S)
Herménégilde | Hermenegildo (S)
Hermogènes | Hermógenes (G)
Hilaire | Hilário (R, S)
Homère, Omère, Omer | Homero (G)
Honorat | Honorato (S)
Honoré | Honorario (G, S)
Horace | Horacio (R)
Hyacinthe | Jacinto (G, S)
Hyppolite, Hippolyte, Hypolite | Hipólito (G, S)
Hubert (S)
Humbert | Umberto (S)
Hussville, Husville
I
Ignace | Ignacio (R, S)
Ildefonse | Ildefonso (S)
Innocent (S)
Iréné, Irénée, Euréné | Ireneo (G, S)
Isidore | Isidro, Isidoro (G, S)
Ismaël | Ismael (S)
J
Jacques | Santiago (S)
Jean | Juan (S)
Jérôme | Gerónimo (G, S)
Joachim (S)
Josaphat (S)
Joseph | José (S)
Jules | Julio (R)
Julien | Juliano (R)
Jupiter
Juste | Justo (S)
Justin | Justino (S)
L
Lastie
Laurent | Lorenzo (R, S)
Laurentin | Lorentino (R)
Lazare, Lazaire, Laizare, Lézare, Lézaire | Lazaro (S)
Léandre | Leandro (S)
Léon | León (S)
Léonard | Leonardo (S)
Léonce (S)
Léopold | Leopoldo (S)
Louis | Luis (S)
Luc (S)
Ludovic (S)
Lucien | Luciano (G, S)
Lumas
M
Marcel | Marcelo (R, S)
Marcellin | Marcelino (R, S)
Marie | María
Marin | Mario (R)
Mars
Martin | Martín (R, S)
Mathieu | Mateo (S)
Mathias | Matías (S)
Mathurin (G, S)
Maurice | Mauricio (S)
Maxim | Maximo (R, S)
Maximilien | Maximiliano (S)
Médard (S)
Michel | Miguel (S)
N
Narcisse | Narciso (S)
Nazaire | Nazaro (S)
Nicaise, Niquaise (S)
Nicolas | Nicolás (G, S)
Noël | Noel (R)
Norbert | Norberto (G, S)
Norris
Numa
O
Octave | Octavio (R)
Odilon, Olidon (S)
Olivier (S)
Onésime, Onézime | Onésimo (G)
Onésiphore (G)
Oscar
Ovide (R)
P
Pascal | Pascual (S)
Patrick | Patricio (S)
Patrice | Patricio (S)
Paul | Pablo (S)
Paulin | Paulino (S)
Philémon, Philémond | Filemón (G, S)
Philibert (S)
Philippe | Felipe (G, S)
Pierre | Pedro (S)
Placide | Plácido (S)
Polycarpe, Policarpe | Policarpo (G, S)
Polydore, Polidore | Polidoro (G)
Prival, Privat (S)
Prosper | Próspero (S)
R
Raphaël | Rafael (S)
Raymond, Raimond | Raymundo, Ramón (S)
Remacle (S)
Rémy, Rémi (S)
René | Renato (S)
Richard | Ricardo (S)
Robert | Roberto (S)
Rodolphe | Rodolfo
Rosémond | Rosemundo
S
St. Clair (S)
St. Cyr (S)
St. For (S)
St. Juste (S)
St. Luc (S)
Sabin (S)
Salvatore | Salvador (S)
Saturin | Saturino (R)
Savinien (S)
Sébastien, Bastien | Sebastiano (S)
Septime (R)
Séverin | Severino (R)
Silvère (S)
Siméon (S)
Simon | Simón (S)
Sirius (Interchangeable with Cyrus) (G)
Sosthène
Stanislas (S)
Sully
Sylvain, Silvain | Silvio
Sylvestre (S)
Symphorien (S)
T
Tanas
Tanis
Télémaque, Télémac | Telémaco (G)
Télesmar, Thélismar (G)
Télesphore, Télisphore (G)
Térence, Thérence, Terrance (R)
Théodore (G, S)
Théophile (G, S)
Thomas | Tomás (S)
Tiberce (R)
Timoléon
Timothée | Timoteo (G, S)
U
Ulger (S – Eucher)
Ulgère (S – Eucher)
Ulysse | Ulises (G)
Urbin, Urbain | Urbano (S)
Ursin | Ursino (S)
Ursulo (S)
V
Valentin | Valentino (R, S)
Valérien | Valeriano (R, S)
Valéry
Victor | Víctor (S)
Victorin | Victoriano
Viléor
Vincent | Vicente (S)
Virgile | Virgilio (G, S)
Vital | Vidal (S)
X
Xavier | Javier (S)
Y
Yves (S)
Yvon
Z
Zacharie | Zacarias (S)
Zénon | Zenón (G, S)
Zéphir, Zéphyr (G)
Zéphyrin, Zéphiryn (G)
Hyphenated-Forenames
Jean-Baptiste | Juan Bautista
Jean-Louis | Juan Luís
Jean-Marie | Juan María
Pierre-Auguste | Pedro Augusto
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