The French braid hairstyle has been used for thousands of years. It is the simplest form of braiding using three groups of hair. Braid is the symbol of strength and unity. The term French braid is used on the human head because of the various lengths of hair involved.
French braid starts with three small sections of hair near the crown of the head, which are then braided together toward the nape of the neck, gradually adding more hair to each section as it crosses in from the side into the center of the braid structure.
These are actually a simple three strand braid where all the hair is initially divided into three equal sections where one outside strand across the center strand and then pass the other one across the center one.