Behind the Name: French (Acadian) Submitted Surnames

Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

ARSENAULTFrench (Acadian)
From French arsenal meaning "workshop". This is the occupational surname for someone who worked at an arsenal.

ARSENEAULTFrench (Acadian)
Variant of Arsenault.

BARTEAUXFrench (Acadian)

BLANCHETTEFrench (Acadian)
Blanchet

BOULARDFrench (Quebec), French (Acadian)
???

COMEAUFrench, French (Acadian), Louisiana Creole
French: from a Gascon diminutive of Combe.

COMEAUXFrench (Acadian), French Creole
Variant spelling of French Comeau.

DEMERCHANTFrench (Acadian)
A name meaning "the merchant", though the spelling indicates dutch origins.

GOYETTEFrench (Acadian)

GUERARDFrench (Quebec), French (Acadian)

HÉDOUINFrench (Quebec), French (Acadian)

HOSTAINFrench (Quebec), French (Acadian)

LAVIOLETTEFrench, French (Quebec), French (Acadian)
A secondary surname, associated with some forty family names in Canada and also used independently since 1698, a nickname from the flower violette ‘violet’, with the definite article la. In feudal France it was a name given to soldiers and domestic servants.

LOUBIERFrench (Quebec), French (Acadian)

MELANSONFrench (Acadian)

PLIMSOLLFrench (Acadian)
I don't know the meaning, but it is my maiden name, and I understand it to be French. Samuel Plimsoll is my ancestor. He was born in Bristol, UK. He was an MP who spoke up in parliament and subsequently the Plimsoll or loading line was introduced on ships... [more]

RIVIEREFrench, French (Quebec), French (Acadian)
Possibly from the French word meaning "river"

TROMBLEYFrench (Acadian)

YATTEAUFrench (Acadian)
I was always told it was French

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