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Re: Baudelaire
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This surname comes from the name of a weapon, a sort of big culass.
It probably indicates a person who made this weapon or used it.
This surnames has some variants: Badelaire, Bazelair and Bazelaire.
All thi surnames are typical of Northern France but now they are extremely rare.

The surname appears in the French site:

www.jtosti.com/noms
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Thanks!
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