ʻO ka ʻīlio French Bulldog, ʻoiai kona inoa, i puka mai ma ʻEnelani i ke kenekulia 17. Ua kaulana loa kēia mau ʻīlio ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Nottingham a, ʻo ka mea nui, he nui nā mea hili lace ma kēia kūlanakauhale. I ka wā i koi nui ʻia ai ka lace ma Farani, aia ka nalu holoʻokoʻa o ka neʻe ʻana, a no laila, ʻo nā mea hana mai Nottingham kekahi o ka poʻe i hele i Farani e ʻimi i kahi ola maikaʻi aʻe a me nā manawa hou.
ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua lawe pū lākou i kā lākou mau ʻīlio aloha me lākou, a ma hope o kekahi manawa, ua loaʻa i kā lākou bulldog kāhiko i ka kaulana a kaulana i Farani. Makemake lākou e ʻike, he pipiʻi lākou, ʻo ia hoʻi ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe i ka wā mua. No kekahi mau haneli mau makahiki, laha kēia mau ʻīlio ma ʻEulopa, ʻaʻole kaulana i waena o nā poʻe hanohano wale nō (a ʻike mākou i ke aloha ʻana o nā aristocrats i nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi i ka Middle Ages) akā i waena o nā mea kālepa a me nā mea hana. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa mua ʻia lākou ma Farani ma lalo o ka inoa "French Bulldog".