French Creole Submitted Surnames

AIMÉ Haitian Creole, French (African)
Means "loved, love" in French.

ARISTIDE Haitian Creole, French (African)
From the given name ARISTIDE. A notable bearer is Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1953-), the 37th and 39th President of Haiti.

BALLOU Haitian Creole, French (Caribbean), French
The Ballou name comes from that Medieval landscape of northwestern France known as Brittany. The name Ballou was originally derived from the family having lived in Brittany, where this distinguished family was established from ancient times... [more]

BENTA Antillean Creole

BEYINCÉ French, Louisiana Creole
Louisiana Creole form of Boyancé.... [more]

BIEN-AIMÉ Haitian Creole
Means "beloved from French bien meaning "good" and aimé meaning "love".

CAMILLE Haitian Creole

CÉSAIRE French, Haitian Creole
From the given name CÉSAIRE. A notable bearer was Aimé Césaire (1913-2008), a Martiniquais politician and writer.

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

COMEAUX French (Acadian), French Creole
Variant spelling of French COMEAU.

DU PLESSIS Afrikaans, French Creole, French (Cajun), French (Huguenot)
French topographic name for someone who lived by a quickset fence, Old French pleis (from Latin plexum past participle of plectere ‘plait’, ‘weave’), with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’... [more]

ESTIMÉ Haitian Creole, French
Means "valued, esteemed" in French.

FILS-AIMÉ Haitian Creole
Means "beloved son" from French fils meaning "son" and aimé "love".

FORET French, French Creole
From Old French forest ‘forest’, a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a royal forest, or an occupational name for a keeper or worker in one. See also FORREST... [more]

HILAIRE Haitian Creole, French
From the given name HILAIRE.

JEAN-BAPTISTE Haitian Creole, French
From the French given name JEAN-BAPTISTE.

JEAN-LOUIS Haitian Creole
From the given names Jean and LOUIS.

JEAN-PIERRE French, Haitian Creole
From the given name JEAN-PIERRE.

JOLICOEUR French (Quebec), Haitian Creole
From Old French joli "joyful, cheerful" and cuer "heart". It was originally a nickname for a cheerful person. This was a frequent French Canadian secondary surname (or dit name).

LEDIERT Mauritian Creole (Rare, ?)

LUNIS Haitian Creole

MANY Haitian Creole

MARCELIN Haitian Creole, French
From the given name MARCELIN.

METREJON Louisiana Creole (?), French (?)
Maiden surname of Constance Leto (nee Metrejon). She was born in Louisiana and has Cajun(French) ancestry. The Metrejon line is traced back to Joseph Marie Maitrejean, who was born c. 1778, in Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, an island off the coast of Brittany.

MOROUX Louisiana Creole
From the surname Moroux.

RAJKOOMAR Mauritian Creole, South African
Variant of Rajkumar used by Mauritian and South African Indians.

RAMPERSAD Trinidadian Creole, South African, Mauritian Creole
Trinidadian surname of Indian Hindu origin; from Sanskrit राम (rāma) meaning "pleasing, pleasant, charming" combined with प्रसाद (prasāda) meaning "clearness, brightness, purity".

RISTIL Haitian Creole

ST FLEUR Haitian Creole
From the French place name St FLEUR.

TANIS Haitian Creole