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French girls names you've never heard

Here's a long list of French girls names you've probably never heard in America that could likely go over well here. I have included 2016 use, and if I've written nothing next to a name it means that name was not used in the U.S. last year. Also see my list of French boy names you've never heard.

Abeline
Aicelina
Aliénor
Alaine, 21
Alcine
Alexine
Aliette (from place name Aleth)
Alix (a form of Alice), 26
Amaliane (from Germanic amal liut, "powerful people")
Amandine
Ameline
Anastasie
Anceline
Anicette
Apolline, 10
Apollonie
Arabelle, 124
Arcadie
Ariette
Audeline
Auxane
Avoye
Aymardine
Azelie, 16

Basilisse
Bastienne
Bérangère
Bibiane
Blanchette
Blandine
Brunelle
Brunissende

 Capucine
Carine, 5
Celandine
Celarie
Cendrine
Charlaine
Charmaine, 15
Claudie 
Claudine, 7
Clio
Coline
Coralie, 167
Corisande
Cyrielle

 Delphine, 45
Domitille
Doriane

 Edmée (or Edmé)
Éliane, 15
Élia, 194
Elzire
Émérance
Eudoxie
Eugenie, 7
Eulalie

 Faustine, 5
Felicie
Flavie
Florie
Francia, 5

 Garance
Garcelle
Germaine
Godelieve
Guenièvre
Guimauve
Gustavine
Gwenaëlle

 Helissente

 Isabeau, 19
Iseult, 5
Ismerie

 Jacinthe

 Laure
Laureline
Lauriane
Luce

 Magali, 41
Maguelone
Marjolaine
Melisandre
Melisande
Melusine
Micheline

 Odette, 78
Odile
Ombeline
Oriabel
Oriande
Oriane
Ozanne

Pelagie
Peronelle
Perrine
Persinette
Pervenche
Petronille
Pomeline
Prunelle
Pulcherie

Quitterie

Rochelle, 47
Roseline, 21

Sandrine, 6
Ségolène
Sérine, 6
Severine, 9
Silène
Silvestine
Sixtine
Soline
Solène, 31
Solenne, 14

 Thaïs, 16
Tiphaine

 Vinciane (feminine from Vincent)
Violaine
Virginie

 Ysaline
Yseult (a form of Isolde)
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