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Name Tocqueville
Type Surname (from location)
Usage French
Other Forms FormsDe Tocqueville, Toqueville, Tocquevile
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Meaning & History
From the names of various French communes in Normandy meaning "Tóki's town". As a title it was borne by the French political philosopher, aristocrat and historian Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, Count of Tocqueville (1805-1859), the author of Democracy in America.