No less than 21 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Favorite (Favourite). Among them:

, launched 1678, captured by the Dutch Navy in 1694 , launched 1747, hulked 1757 (1810–1811), a 44-gun frigate destroyed at the Battle of Lissa , an launched in 1938. Seized by Germany in 1940 and renamed UF-2 she was scuttled in 1945