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Albert English, French, Catalan, Hungarian, Romanian, German
Derived from the given name Albert.

Allard French, English
Derived from the given name Adalhard (or the Old English cognate Æðelræd).

Arnaud French
From the given name Arnaud.

Arthur English, French
From the given name Arthur.

Aubert French
From the given name Aubert.

Basile Italian, French
From the given name Basilio or Basile.

Baudin French
From the given name Baud, French form of Baldo.

Benoit French
From the given name Benoît.

Berger 1 French
Occupational name meaning "shepherd", from Old French bergier.

Blaise French
Derived from the given name Blaise.

Boivin French
Nickname for a wine drinker, from Old French boi "to drink" and vin "wine".

Bonnay French
Variant of Bonnet.

Bonnet French
From the given name Bonitus.

Brunet French
From a diminutive of French brun meaning "brown".

Bureau French
From Old French burel, a diminutive of bure, a type of woollen cloth. It may have originated as a nickname for a person who dressed in the material or as an occupational name for someone who worked with it.

Calvin French (Latinized)
Latinized form of Chauvin, used to refer to the French theologian Jean Cauvin (1509-1564).

Chaput French
From a diminutive of the Old French word chape meaning "cloak, hood". The name referred to a person who made, sold or often wore cloaks.

Daniau French
Derived from the given name Daniel.

Daniel um English, French, German, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Derived from the given name Daniel.

Daviau French
From a diminutive form of David.

Deniau French
Variant of Daniel.

Deniel French
Variant of Daniel.

Dennel French
Variant of Daniel.

Dubois French
Means "from the forest", from French bois "forest".

Dufort French
Means "from the fort", from French fort "stronghold".

Dufour French
Occupational name for a baker, from French four "oven".

Duguay French
Means "from the ford", from French gué "ford".

Dumont French
Means "from the mountain", from French mont "mountain".

Dupond French
Variant of Dupont.

Dupont French
Means "from the bridge", from French pont "bridge".

Dupuis French
Means "from the well", from Old French puts, Latin puteus "well".

Durand French, English
From Old French durant meaning "enduring", ultimately from Latin durans. This was a nickname for a stubborn person.

Durant English, French
Variation of Durand.

Évrard French
From the given name Évrard.

Fabien French
Derived from the given name Fabien.

Fabron French
Diminutive form of Fabre.

Firmin English, French
From the given name Firmin.

Fleury French
From the name of various towns in northern France, derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Florus.

Forest English, French
Originally belonged to a person who lived near or in a forest. It was probably originally derived, via Old French forest, from Latin forestam (silva) meaning "outer (wood)".

Gagnon French
Variant of Gagneux.

Garçon French
Means "boy" in French, referring to a servant.

Gérard French
From the given name Gérard.

Géroux French
Derived from the Germanic name Gerulf.

Girard French
From the given name Gérard.

Giraud French
From the given name Gérald.

Giroux French
Derived from the Germanic name Gerulf.

Godard French
Derived from the Germanic given name Godehard.

Guérin French
From the Old German given name Warin.

Hébert French
Derived from the given name Herbert.

Hubert French, German, English
Derived from the given name Hubert.

Jérôme French
Derived from the given name Jérôme.

Jordan 1 English, French, German
Derived from the given name Jordan.

Joseph English, French
Derived from the given name Joseph.

Julien French
From the given name Julien.

Lavoie French
Means "the road, the lane" in French, a name for someone who lived close to a road.

Lebeau French
Nickname for a handsome person, from French le "the" and beau "beautiful, handsome".

Lebrun French
From a nickname meaning "the brown" in French, from brun "brown".

Leroux French
Means "the red", from Old French ros "red". This was a nickname for a person with red hair.

Marion French
Derived from the given name Marion 1.

Martel 1 English, French
Derived from the given name Martel, a medieval diminutive of Martin.

Martel 2 French, English
Nickname for a smith, derived from Old French martel "hammer", ultimately from Late Latin martellus.

Martin English, French, German, Swedish
Derived from the given name Martin. This is the most common surname in France.

Masson 1 French, Scottish
Variant of Mason.

Masson 2 French
From a short form of the given name Thomasson, itself a diminutive of Thomas.

Maurin French
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Maurus.

Ménard French
From the Germanic given name Meginhard.

Michel French, German, Dutch, Basque
Derived from the given name Michel, Michiel or Mitxel.

Morand French
French form of Morandi.

Moreau French
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Maurus.

Moulin French
Means "mill" in French.

Oliver English, Catalan, German, French
Derived from the given name Oliver.

Paquet 1 French
Occupational name for a firewood gatherer, from Old French pacquet "bundle".

Paquet 2 French
From a diminutive of the given name Pascal.

Parent English, French
Derived from Old French parent meaning either "notable" (from Latin pārēre meaning "to be apparent") or "parent" (from Latin parere meaning "to produce, to give birth").

Parris English, French
Variant of Parish 1.

Pascal French
Derived from the given name Pascal.

Pelley French (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Pellé.

Perrin French
From a diminutive of the given name Pierre.

Perrot French
From a diminutive of the given name Pierre.

Picard French
Originally denoted a person from Picardy, a historical region of northern France. It is derived from Old French pic meaning "pike, spike".

Pierre French
From the given name Pierre.

Poirot French, Literature
From a diminutive of French poire "pear", originally referring to a pear merchant or someone who lived near a pear tree. Starting in 1920 this name was used by the mystery writer Agatha Christie for her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Christie based the name on that of Jules Poiret, a contemporary fictional detective.

Poulin French
Derived from Old French poule meaning "chicken". It was most likely used to denote a person who raised or sold poultry.

Proulx French
Derived from Old French preu meaning "valiant, brave".

Renard French
From the given name Renard.

Renaud French
From the given name Renaud.

Robert French, English
From the given name Robert.

Salmon English, French
Derived from the given name Solomon.

Samson English, French
Derived from the given name Samson.

Samuel English, Welsh, French, Jewish
Derived from the given name Samuel.

Sartre French
French cognate of Sarto. A famous bearer was the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980).

Thayer French (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Tailler.

Thomas English, Welsh, French, German
Derived from the given name Thomas.

Traver French
French variant of Travers.

Victor French, English
Derived from the male given name Victor.

Wright 2 French (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Droit.

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