Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the usage is French (Acadian); and the name appears on the United States popularity list.
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Arsenault French (Acadian)
From French arsenal meaning "workshop". This is the occupational surname for someone who worked at an arsenal.
Bessette French (Quebec), French (Acadian), French
Bessette appears to be a French Canadian surname of multiple origins.... [more]
Comeau French, French (Acadian), Louisiana Creole
French: from a Gascon diminutive of Combe.
Comeaux French (Acadian), French Creole
Variant spelling of French Comeau.
Demerchant French (Acadian)
A name meaning "the merchant", though the spelling indicates dutch origins.
Laviolette French, 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.
Oby French (Acadian, Americanized), English, Hebrew
English habitat from Oby Norfolk, meaning serving God in Hebrew.
Pitre French (Acadian)
From the Old French word pester, meaning “to knead”.
Riviere French, French (Quebec), French (Acadian)
Possibly from the French word meaning "river"
Robicheau French (Acadian)
Patronymic name derives from Robert or Robin. Origin, Poitou province of France. Emigrated to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada.
Yatteau French (Acadian)
I was always told it was French