Message: "Baudelaire" - Behind the Name

Baudelaire

by alice (guest)

1/18/2005, 10:10 AM

Sorry about posting again this soon but does anyone have any information about the surname Baudelaire? It is one of my ancestors names and they were French (obviously) but I don't know anything else about it.

Thankyou

Alice

#Baudelaire

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- Seda* (Sedalyn) +1

3/16/2005, 1:45 PM

OT:

Related to Violet, Klause, and Sunny?
Been reading too much Lemony Snicket?
It's a great name, you lucky cupcake. :)

-Seda*

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- alice (guest)

9/25/2005, 7:31 AM

Yes! You don't know how happy I was when I saw the surname Baudelaire on my family tree ^_^

I adore Lemony Snicket

- Sagani (guest) +1

1/18/2005, 2:35 PM

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

- alice (guest)

1/19/2005, 2:15 AM

Thanks!

- Andy ;—) (guest) +2

1/18/2005, 1:20 PM

French people should help here, but to me it sounds like "nice to look at". Correct me, if I am mistaken.

Andy ;—)

- alice (guest) +1

1/19/2005, 6:32 AM

Beau would be 'beautiful/handsome', de is 'of' and laire doesn't mean anything I think,

Why did 'Butler' come up as an alternative when I typed in Baudelaire? Butler is maitre d'hotel or something ...

alice

- Andy ;—) (guest)

1/19/2005, 8:48 AM

Sorry, I was just guessing wildly. I was thinking of l'air (look, appearance), but this does not go with French grammar, I'm afraid. There seems to be a far better explanation of the name.

Andy ;—)

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