the etymology and history of surnames
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the etymology and history of surnames
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| Abel |
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Usage: English, French, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish, German
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| Derived from the given name Abel. |
| Abney |
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Usage: French
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Originally the name was D'Aubigne and is found as the name of towns in four locations in France. Dabney is also used as a surname by some descendants. Nigel d'Aubigne fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and was granted numerous estates in England for his loyalty to William the Conqueror. William Albigney and Philip Daubigny were signers of the Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215. Paul Abney fought in the Revolutionary War at Brandywine, other battles, and was with George Washington at Valley Forge. |
| Abraham |
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Usage: Dutch, English, French
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| Derived from the given name Abraham. |
| Adam |
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Usage: English, French, German, Italian
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| Derived from the given name Adam. |
| Albert |
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Usage: Catalan, English, French, Hungarian, German
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| Derived from the given name Albert. |
| Allard |
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Usage: English, French
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| Derived from the given name Æðelred. |
| Archambault |
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Usage: French
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| From the archaic French given name Archambault. |
| Armistead |
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Usage: English, French
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| Means "dweller by or at the hermitage" from the Old French ermite and the Old English stede. |
| Arthur |
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Usage: English, French
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| From the given name Arthur. |
| Babineaux |
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Usage: French
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| Diminutive form of the given name Babin. |
| Baudin |
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Usage: French
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| From Baudouin or another name derived from the Germanic element bald "brave". |
| Beauchene |
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Usage: French
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| From a French place name which meant "beautiful oak". |
| Beaulieu |
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Usage: French
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| From a French place name which meant "beautiful place". |
| Beaumont |
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Usage: French
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| From a French place name which meant "beautiful hill". |
| Bélanger |
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Usage: French
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| A variant of Béringer. |
| Bellamy |
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Usage: Norman, French, English
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| Probably from the Norman French 'bel ami', meaning 'beautiful friend'. |
| Bellerose |
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Usage: French
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| From a French place name which meant "beautiful rose". |
| Belrose |
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Usage: French
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| A variant of Bellerose. |
| Berger (1) |
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Usage: French
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| Occupational surname meaning "shepherd" in Norman French. |
| Béringer |
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Usage: French
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| A variant of Beringer. |
| Bernard |
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Usage: French, English, Polish, Czech
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| From the given name Bernard. |
| Bertrand |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the given name Bertrand. |
| Bisset |
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Usage: French
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| From French bisse "fine linen". The name probably referred to a weaver. |
| Bissette |
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Usage: French
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| From the French word bisse meaning "fine linen". Originally a name for a weaver. |
| Blaise |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the given name Blaise. |
| Blanc |
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Usage: French
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| Means "white" in French. The name referred to a person who was pale, or whose hair was blond. |
| Blanchet |
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Usage: French
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| From a diminutive of the name Blanc. |
| Blanchett |
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Usage: French
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| Variant of Blanchet. |
| Bonfils |
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Usage: French
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| Means "good son" in French. |
| Bonheur |
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Usage: French
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| From the French word bonheur, which means "good luck". See also Bonner. |
| Bonhomme |
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Usage: French
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| Means "good man" in French. |
| Bonnaire |
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Usage: French
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| Means "good manners". See also Bonner. |
| Bonnay |
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Usage: French
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| Variant of Bonner. |
| Bonner |
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Usage: English, French
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| The family name of Bonner is of Norman-French origin with the original Bonners arriving in Britain during the Norman Conquest in the 11th century. There have been numerous spellings of the name, of which all have the meaning or key "good". |
| Bonnet |
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Usage: French
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| From the Latin given name Bonitus meaning "good". |
| Borde |
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Usage: French
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| Means "farm" in French. |
| Bordelon |
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Usage: French
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| A diminutive form of Borde. |
| Bouchard |
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Usage: French
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| From a nickname for someone with a big mouth. The name was derived from French bouche "mouth". |
| Boucher |
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Usage: French
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| Means "butcher" in French. |
| Brisbois |
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Usage: French
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| Refers to a person who cleared land, from old French briser "to cut", bois "forest". |
| Brodeur |
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Usage: French
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| Means "embroiderer" in French. |
| Buckley (1) |
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Usage: English, French
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| Originated from the Norman surname Beauclerc meaning "beautiful or fair clergyman". |
| Bureau |
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Usage: French
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Most likely derived from Old French boure, a type of woolen cloth. The name was probably used as a nickname for a person dressed in such clothes. This is also the modern French word for "desk". |
| Caron |
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Usage: French
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| Means "cartwright" from old French charron "cart". |
| Cavey |
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Usage: French
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| Indicated a person who lived near a "cave", from Latin cavea. |
| Chaput |
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Usage: French
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| From a diminutive of the old French word chape "cloak, hood". The name referred to a person who made and sold cloaks, or often wore one. |
| Charbonneau |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from a diminutive form of French charbon "charcoal". The name was most likely a nickname for a person with black hair or a dark complexion. |
| Charpentier |
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Usage: French
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| Means "carpenter" in French, derived from old French charpentier (ultimately from Latin carpentarius meaning "carriage maker"). |
| Charron |
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Usage: French
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| Meant "cart" in old French. The name was probably used to denote a carter or a cartwright. |
| Chastain |
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Usage: French
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| From Old French castan(h) "chestnut tree" (Latin castanea), hence a topographic name for someone living near a particular chestnut tree or group of them, or possibly a nickname for someone with chestnut-colored hair. The surname originally came from the region of Poitou. |
| Chevalier |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from chevalier, a nickname for "knight." Chevalier comes from cheval, the French word for "horse", ultimately from the Latin caballus. |
| Chevrolet |
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Usage: French, Swiss
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| From chevaux meaning "goat" and lait meaning "milk", perhaps a name used to describe a farmer who cultivated goats. |
| Cloutier |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from French clou "nail". The name referred to someone who made or sold nails. |
| Colbert |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the given name Colbert. |
| Comtois |
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Usage: French
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| Means "a person from Franche-Comté", Franche-Comté being a province in eastern France. |
| Cornett |
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Usage: French
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| Referred to one who worked as a horn blower. |
| Coté |
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Usage: French
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| It has a locative origin: from names of places. It could come from a French word meaning "edge" or "side" (Latin costa). |
| Coupe |
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Usage: French
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| From the word coupe, meaning "to cut". |
| Courtemanche |
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Usage: French
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| Means "short sleeve" in French. |
| Cousineau |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from French cousin "cousin". |
| Couture |
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Usage: French
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| Means "tailor" in old French. |
| Daniau |
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Usage: French
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| French variant of Daniel. |
| D'Aramitz |
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Usage: French
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| Means "from Aramits" originally denoting one who came from Aramits, a town in the French Pyrenees Mountains named for the abbey it grew around. |
| Daviau |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the given name Davy, a vernacular form of David. |
| David |
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Usage: English, French, Scottish, Jewish, Czech
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| From the given name David. |
| Deforest |
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Usage: French
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| Means "from the forest" in French. |
| DeGarmo |
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Usage: French
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| Americanized form of the French de Garmeaux, which may derive from a place named Garmeaux in Normandy. |
| Delacroix |
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Usage: French
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| In French it means "of the cross". It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol, or near a crossroads. |
| De la Fontaine |
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Usage: French
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| French form of De la Fuente. |
| Deniau |
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Usage: French
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| French variant of Daniel. |
| Deniaud |
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Usage: French
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| French variant of Daniel. |
| Deniel |
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Usage: French
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| French variant of Daniel. |
| Denis |
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Usage: French
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| From the masculine first name Denis. |
| De Sauveterre |
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Usage: French
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| Old form of Sauveterre. |
| Deschamps |
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Usage: French
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| Means "from the fields", from French champ "hill". |
| Descoteaux |
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Usage: French
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| Means "from the hills" from French coteau "hill". |
| Desjardins |
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Usage: French
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| Means "from the gardens", from French jardin "garden". |
| Desrochers |
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Usage: French
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| Means "of the rocks", from French rocher "boulder, rock". |
| Desrosiers |
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Usage: French
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| Means "of the rose bushes", from French rosier "rose bush". The name probably referred to a person who lived close to, or cared for a rose garden. |
| Dubois |
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Usage: French
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| Means "from the forest", from French bois "forest". |
| DuChamps |
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Usage: French
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| From the fields, or countryside, from the French champs. |
| Dufort |
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Usage: French
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| Means "of the fort". |
| Dufour |
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Usage: French
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| Means "of the oven". |
| Duguay |
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Usage: French
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| Dupond |
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Usage: French
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| Variant of Dupont. |
| Dupont |
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Usage: French
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| It means "from the bridge" in French. |
| Duval |
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Usage: French
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| Means "from the valley" in French. The original name was spelled Du Val (two words). |
| Émile |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the given name Émile. |
| Eustis |
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Usage: English, French
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| Derived from the given name Eustace. |
| Fabian |
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Usage: English, French, Polish
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| Derived from the given name Fabian. |
| Fabre |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from Latin faber "blacksmith". |
| Fabron |
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Usage: French
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| Meas "blacksmith" from Latin faber. |
| Faucher |
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Usage: French
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| Means "mower" in French. |
| Faucheux |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from French faucher "to mow". |
| Faure |
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Usage: French
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| Means "blacksmith" in French. It is a regional variant of Lefévre in southern France. |
| Favager |
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Usage: French
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| From old French/Swiss word faverges or favarges meaning a "forge", hence blacksmith. Alternatively it could indicate one from the area of Faverges or La Favarge near Neuchatel (derived from the same word). |
| Favre |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from Latin faber "blacksmith". |
| Favreau |
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Usage: French
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| A diminutive of Favre used in Southern France. |
| Fay |
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Usage: French, English
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| Refers to one who came from Fay or Faye (meaning "beech tree") in France. |
| Félix |
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Usage: French, Spanish
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| From the given name Felix. |
| Firmin |
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Usage: English, French
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| From the given name Firmin. |
| Fontaine |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from old French fontane "well". It was probably a nickname for a person living by a well. This is the 18th most common last name in France. |
| Forester |
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Usage: English, French
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| Denoted a keeper or one in charge of a forest, or one who has charge of growing timber in a forest. Originally in the Latin Forestarius, then the French Forester, then Forster and Foster in England. |
| Forestier |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from forest "forest". The name was probably used to denote a forester. |
| Fortier |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from Old French fort "stronghold". |
| Foss |
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Usage: English, French
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| Derived from Old French fosse "ditch". |
| Fournier |
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Usage: French
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| Means "baker" from French fourneau "oven". |
| Gagne |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from French gagnier "to farm". |
| Gagnier |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from French gagnier "to farm". |
| Gagnon |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from old French gagnon "guard dog". The name most likely started as a nickname for an agressive or cruel person. |
| Garcon |
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Usage: French
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| French for "boy", referring to a servant. |
| Gardinier |
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Usage: French
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| Occupational surname which comes from the old Norman-French word gardinier, meaning "gardener". |
| Germain |
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Usage: French
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| From the French personal name Germain. |
| Géroux |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the French form of the old Germanic name Gerwulf. |
| Giles |
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Usage: English, French
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| From the given name Giles. |
| Girard |
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Usage: French
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| From the given name Gérard. |
| Giroux |
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Usage: French
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| A variant of Géroux. |
| Glaisyer |
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Usage: French
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| Means "glass polisher" (as in the English glazer). |
| Gosselin |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from a pet form of the French first name Gosse. |
| Granger |
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Usage: English, French
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| Means "a farm bailiff" from Old French grangier, ultimitely from Latin granum meaning "grain". It can be recalled from the Harry Potter novels from Harry's good friend Hermione Granger. |
| Guillory |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from a Germanic name, composed of the elements wil, meaning "will", and ric, meaning "powerful". |
| Hardy |
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Usage: English, French
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| From Old French hardi meaning "bold, daring". |
| Harman |
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Usage: English, French, German
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| Variant of Hermann. |
| Hébert |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the given name Herbert. |
| Herbert |
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Usage: Dutch, English, French, German
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| Derived from the male given name Herbert. |
| Herriot |
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Usage: French
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| From a diminutive of the given name Henri. |
| Jacques |
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Usage: French
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| From the French personal name Jacques. |
| Janvier |
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Usage: French
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| Means "(baptised in) January" from the French Janvier. |
| Jordan (1) |
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Usage: English, French, German, Polish
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| Derived from the given name Jordan. |
| Joubert |
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Usage: French
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| From a given derived from the Germanic elements gaut (see Jocelyn) and beraht "bright". |
| Labelle |
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Usage: French
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| It means "fair, good-looking" in French. |
| Lachance |
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Usage: French
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| Means "chance, luck" in French. |
| Lachapelle |
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Usage: French
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| Means "the chapel" in French. It was most likely used to denote a person who lived by a church or a chapel. |
| Lambert |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the given name Lambert. |
| Lane (2) |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from a French word meaning "wool", designating one who worked in the wool trade. |
| Langlais |
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Usage: French
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| Means "the Englishman" in French. |
| Langlois |
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Usage: French
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| A variant of Langlais. |
| Lapointe |
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Usage: French
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| Means "point of a lance" in French. The name was originally a nickname for a soldier. |
| LaRue |
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Usage: French
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| Literally means "the street" in French. |
| LaVigne |
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Usage: French
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| Means "the vineyard" in French. The name referred to a person who lived close to a vineyard, or was from the town of Lavigny. |
| Lavoie |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from French voie "road". The name started as a nickname for someone who lived close to a road. |
| Leandres |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from Léandre. |
| LeBeau |
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Usage: French
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| Means "the handome one" from French le "the", beau "beautiful", "handsome". |
| LeBlanc |
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Usage: French
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| Means "the white one", from French blanc "white". The name referred to a person who was pale, or whose hair was blond. |
| Leclair |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from either the French word clair "bright" or the given name Clair. |
| Leclerc |
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Usage: French
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| Means "clerk" in French. |
| Lécuyer |
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Usage: French
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| Literally means "the shield-bearer" in French. The name was used to denote an esquire (a person of the nobility one rank below a knight). |
| Lefebvre |
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Usage: French
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| A variant of Lefévre, whose spelling is most likely influenced by the Latin word faber "craftsman". |
| Lefévre |
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Usage: French
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| An occupational surname meaning "smith" (pronounced 'le fur'). |
| LeFurgey |
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Usage: French
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| From the French forger which is "to forge". This was an occupational last name taken by blacksmiths, equivalent to the English Smith. |
| Legrand |
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Usage: French
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| In French it means "the tall or large person". |
| LeMaire |
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Usage: French
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| Means "the mayor" in French. It was a title given to a town official, or else a nickname for someone who was pompous and officious. |
| Lémieux |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the place name Leymieux, a town in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. |
| Leon |
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Usage: French, English
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| Variant of Lyon. |
| Leroy |
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Usage: French
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| Means "the king" in French. Referred to one connected in some way with a king's household or one who played the part of a king in a pageant or a play. |
| Lesauvage |
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Usage: French
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| French variant of Savage. |
| Lestrange |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from old French estrange "foreign". |
| Lévesque |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from French éveque meaning "bishop", ultimately derived from Greek episkopos "overseer". |
| Linville |
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Usage: French
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| Refers to one who came from Linivilla ("Lennius' estate"), now Ninville, in France. |
| Lyon |
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Usage: Scottish, English, French, Dutch
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| Habitational name from either the Lyon in southern central France, or Lyons-la-Forêt in Eure, Normandy. |
| Maçon |
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Usage: French
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| French form of Mason. |
| Marchand |
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Usage: English, French
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| Occupational surname meaning "merchant", ultimately from Latin mercari "to trade". |
| Marie |
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Usage: French
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| From the given name Marie. |
| Martel (2) |
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Usage: French
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| A nickname for a smith, derived from old French martel "hammer". |
| Martell (1) |
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Usage: English, French, German
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| A variant of Martel (1). |
| Martin |
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Usage: English, French, German
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| Derived from the given name Martin. |
| Masson (1) |
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Usage: French, Scottish
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| Means "stone mason" from the Old French, Old English mas(s)on. |
| Masson (2) |
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Usage: French
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| An aphetic form Thomasson which is a diminutive form of Thomas. |
| Mathieu |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the first name Mathieu. |
| Mercier |
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Usage: French
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| Means "trader" in French. |
| Merle |
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Usage: French
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| French form of Merlo. |
| Michaud |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the given name Michel. |
| Monet |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from either of the given names Hamon or Edmond. A famous bearer was the French impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926). |
| Monette |
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Usage: French
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| Variant of Monet. |
| Montagne |
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Usage: French
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| French cognate of Montagna. |
| Moreau |
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Usage: French
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| It comes from an old given name Morellus, a derivative of Maurus. |
| Morin |
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Usage: French
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| Variant of Moore (2) and Moore (3). |
| Mullins (1) |
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Usage: French
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| Means "from the mill", an occupational name for a miller. |
| Mynatt |
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Usage: French
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| Referred to one who measured goods. |
| Oliver |
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Usage: Catalan, English, French, German, Scottish
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| Derived from the personal name Oliver. |
| Olivier |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the given name Olivier. |
| Page |
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Usage: English, French
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| Occupational name for a young servant, a page. |
| Paget |
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Usage: English, French
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| A diminutive of Page. |
| Pape |
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Usage: French
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| French cognate of Pope. |
| Paquet (1) |
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Usage: French
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| Means "gatherer or seller of firewood" from the Old French pacquet. |
| Paquet (2) |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the personal name Pascal. |
| Parent |
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Usage: English, French
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| Derived from old French parent "notable". |
| Pascal |
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Usage: French, Jewish
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| Derived from the personal name Pascal. |
| Patenaude |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the Latin phrase pater noster "our Father". |
| Pelletier |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from old French pelletier "fur trader". |
| Perrault |
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Usage: French
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| A variant of Perreault. |
| Perreault |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from Perre, an old French nickname for Pierre. |
| Perrot |
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Usage: French
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| Means "little Peter". |
| Petit |
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Usage: Catalan, English, French
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| Means "small, little" derived from the Old French petit. Perhaps used for a short, small person or to denote the younger of two individuals. |
| Pettigrew |
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Usage: English, French
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| Derived from French petit "small" and cru "growth". |
| Pierre |
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Usage: French
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| From the given name Pierre. |
| Plamondon |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from a diminutive of French plamont "a flat-topped mountain". The name probably referred to someone who lived close to a flat-topped mountain. |
| Plourde |
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Usage: French
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| Most likely derived from old French palorde, a type of a shellfish. |
| Poirier |
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Usage: French
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| Means "pear tree" in French. The name was originally a nickname for someone who lived close to a pear tree. |
| Porcher |
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Usage: English, French
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| Means "swineherd" from the Old French and Middle English word porchier. |
| Poulin |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from old French poule "chicken". The name was most likely used to denote a person who raised or sold poultry. |
| Proulx |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from old French preux "valiant". |
| Renaud |
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Usage: French
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| From the given name Renaud. |
| Rey (1) |
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Usage: English, Spanish, French, Catalan
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| Means "king" from the Latin rex, regis. Denoting someone who acted like a king perhaps. |
| Reyer |
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Usage: French
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| Variant of Royer. |
| Richard |
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Usage: English, French, German, Dutch
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| From the given name Richard. |
| Richelieu |
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Usage: French
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| Means "the home of a rich person" in French, from the elements riche wealthy and lieu place. The historic figure Cardinal Richelieu was named such for his family estates. Due to the Cardinal's villainous protrayal in Alexander Dumas' 'The Three Musketeers', the name Richelieu is now associated with political intrigue and ambition. |
| Robert |
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Usage: French, English, Dutch
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| From the given name Robert. |
| Roche |
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Usage: French, Irish
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| Variant of Roach. |
| Rome (1) |
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Usage: French, English
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| Derived from the personal name Romanus. See Roman. |
| Rome (2) |
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Usage: French, English
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| Means "from Rome, Italy". Described either a person from there or someone who had been there. |
| Romilly |
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Usage: English, French
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| Denotes a person who came from any of the various places in Northern France called Romilly, Remilly or means "from Romiley (Manchester), England". |
| Rose (1) |
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Usage: English, French, German, Scottish, Jewish
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| Means "rose" from the Middle English, Old French and Middle High German rose. All denote a person of a rosy complexion or a person who lived in a rosy area. Also found derived from the Yiddish royz which always referred to the flower. |
| Rousseau |
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Usage: French
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| A diminutive of Roux. A famous bearer of this name is philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau whose ideas influenced the French Revolution. |
| Roux |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from old French rous "red", most likely a nickname for a red-haired person. |
| Roy (1) |
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Usage: French, English
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| Variant of Ray (1). |
| Royer |
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Usage: French
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| From the Old French verb, which comes from roye meaning "to furrow with little irrigation trenches". In the Ardennes Mountains it means "to ret or steep flax". |
| Salomon |
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Usage: English, French, Venetian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Jewish, Hungarian
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| Derived from the first name Salomon. |
| Salvage |
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Usage: English, French
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| Variant of Savage. |
| Samson |
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Usage: English, French, German, Jewish, Dutch
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| Derived from the name Samson. |
| Samuel |
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Usage: English, French, German, Jewish
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| Derived from the given name Samuel. |
| Sargent |
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Usage: English, French
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| Variant of Sergeant. |
| Sarkozi |
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Usage: French
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| French form of Sárközi. |
| Sarkozy |
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Usage: French
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| French form of Sárközy. |
| Sartre |
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Usage: French
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| Cognate of Sarto. |
| Sauvage |
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Usage: English, French
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| Variant of Savage. |
| Sauvageau |
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Usage: French
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| French form of Savage. |
| Sauvageon |
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Usage: French
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| French form of Savage. |
| Sauvageot |
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Usage: French
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| French form of Savage. |
| Sauveterre |
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Usage: French
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| Named after one of the towns in France derived from sauve "safe" and terre "land": therefore "safe haven". |
| Segal (2) |
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Usage: French
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| Means "grower, seller of rye" from the Old French segal. |
| Sergeant |
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Usage: English, French
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| Occupational name derived from Middle English sergent "servant". |
| Séverin |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the given name Séverin. |
| Simon |
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Usage: Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Jewish
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| Derived from the Hebrew first name Simon. |
| Solomon |
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Usage: French, Jewish
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| Variant of Salomon. |
| Soucy |
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Usage: French
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| Name for someone who lived in either Aisne or Yonne, from the Latin estate name Suciacum. |
| St Martin |
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Usage: French
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| From the place name St Martin. |
| St Pierre |
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Usage: French
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| From the place name St Pierre. |
| Tailler |
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Usage: French
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| Means "tailor" from the Old French taillere. |
| Tasse |
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Usage: French
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| Means "maker or seller of purses and bags" or a nickname for a miser or rich man from the Old French tasse. |
| Thayer |
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Usage: French
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| Americanized form of Tailler. |
| Thibault |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from the given name Thibault. |
| Thomas |
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Usage: English, French
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| Derived from the given name Thomas. |
| Tobias |
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Usage: English, French, German, Jewish
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| From the personal name Tobias. |
| Tolbert |
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Usage: English, French
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| Derived from a continental Germanic personal name of unknown meaning, the second element of the name is derived from berht meaning "bright, famous". |
| Tracey (1) |
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Usage: French, English
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| From the village of Tracy-sur-mer on the Normandy coast in France. Brought to England with William the Conqueror. After a family split, those who stayed in England tend to spell it Tracey and those in Ireland spell it Tracy. |
| Travere |
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Usage: French
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| French variant of Travers. |
| Travers |
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Usage: English, French
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| From the English and French place name that described the man who lived near a bridge or ford, or occasionally as an occupational name for the collector of tolls at such a location. The place name is derived from Old French traverser (which comes from Late Latin transversare), which means "to cross". |
| Traverse |
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Usage: French
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| French variant of Travers. |
| Travert |
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Usage: French
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| French variant of Travers. |
| Tremblay |
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Usage: French
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| From a collective form of the word tremble "aspen". |
| Tremble |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from an old French place name which meant "aspen". |
| Victor |
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Usage: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
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| Derived from the male given name Victor. |
| Victore |
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Usage: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
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| Variant of Victor. |
| Victors |
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Usage: Dutch, English, French
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| Derived from the male given name Victor. |
| Villeneuve |
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Usage: French
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| Means "(dweller in a) new settlement" from French ville "settlement", neuve "new". |
| Vipond |
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Usage: French, English
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| Anglicization of the French Vieuxpont "old bridge". It is a place in Calvados (Normandy). |
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