Justice: Rennes Court of Appeal Authorizes the Tilde on the Name Breton Fañch

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The Court of Appeal of Rennes confirmed the use of the tilde (~) in the name Breton Fañch, announced on Monday the lawyer of the parents of the boy. The court thus confirms the decision of a civil chamber of the tribunal of Lorient (Morbihan), handed down last February. An appeal in cassation remains possible. - Case of the first name Breton Fañch: the court of appeal renders its tilde to a little boy from Lorient (Topics of society).

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Justice confirms the right to use the tilde in the Breton name Fañch, a victory for parents and the recognition of regional identities The Court of Appeal of Rennes confirmed the

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On Monday, November 3, 2025, the Court of Appeal of Rennes ordered the return of the tilde on the name of the little Fañch born, in 2023, in Lorient.

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The Court of Appeal of Rennes (Brittany) has confirmed the right of the parents of a child from An Oriant to register their child with the Breton name Fañch, and therefore, to keep the tilde (~) over the letter n. The decision ratifies the ruling issued last February by the civil court of Lorient. The family's lawyer, Me Iannis Alvarez, has expressed his great satisfaction with the resolution: "This decision confirms that of the court of An Oria…

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In a new stage of the "Fañch" case, the Court of Appeal of Rennes has just validated the Breton spelling of the first name Fañch — with a tilde on the "n" — by considering that this sign "is not unknown from the French language". The Breton name Fañch is well officially authorized by the French justice. Why the tilde counts (and changes the pronunciation) Fañch is the hypocoristic Breton of Frañsez (François). In Breton, the diagram añ pronounce…

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The Court of Appeal of Rennes confirmed on Monday 3 November the Breton first name of a child born in 2023 and the use of the tilde in the spelling of Fañch, confirming the decision taken in February by a civil chamber of the Lorient court. The lawyer for the parents of the little boy welcomes this decision.