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This is a list of submitted surnames in which the usage is French; and the source is Given Name.
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Thibert French
From the given name Thibert, the French form of Theudebert.
Thomann German, French
Variant of Thoman. It was first discovered in Germany, where it surfaced in the medieval times.
Thomet French (Swiss), German (Swiss)
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Thomas.
Timothée French
From the given name Timothée.
Toussaint French
Derived from the given name Toussaint, which in turn is derived from Toussaint, the French name for the Christian feast day All Saints' Day (celebrated on November 1st every year)... [more]
Trahan French (Cajun), Welsh
From the Welsh name Trahern, derived from the Welsh family seat Trehaverne.
Turney English, Norman
Habitational name from places in France called Tournai, Tournay, or Tourny. All named with the pre-Roman personal name Turnus and the locative suffix -acum.
Ulysse French
From the given name Ulysse.
Urbain French, Walloon
From the given name Urbain.
Valentin German, Upper German, German (Swiss), Romansh, French, French (Quebec), Haitian Creole, Croatian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Valentin. It was sometimes adopted as a personal name by Jews.
Valère French
From the given name Valère.
Varon French
From the old high german name Waro short form of given names with the element war "aware,cautious".
Vauquelin French
From the given name Vauquelin variant of Voclain.
Vergan French (Huguenot)
Family history states that original name was "du Vergau" French Huguenot chased from France to Germany.
Verney English, French
The surname Verney was first found in Buckinghamshire, England, when they arrived from Vernai, a parish in the arrondissement of Bayeux in Normandy.
Vial English, French
from a personal name derived from Latin Vitalis (see Vitale). The name became common in England after the Norman Conquest both in its learned form Vitalis and in the northern French form Viel.
Vianney French
The surname in origin is a variant of Viennet, a diminutive of Vien, a short form of Vivien 1. A famous bearer is Jean-Marie Vianney (1786-1859), a French saint.
Viard French
from the ancient Germanic personal name Withard from the elements widu "wood forest" and hard "hard".
Violet English, French
Derived from the given name Violet (English) or a variant of Violette (French).
Woodlock Irish, French, English
From an Old English personal name, Wudlac, composed of the elements wudu ‘wood’ + lac ‘play’, ‘sport’.
Xavier Portuguese, French, English
Derived from the given name Xavier.
Yatteau French (Acadian)
I was always told it was French
Yott French (Americanized)
Americanized form of French Huot (which is derived from a diminutive of the Old French personal name Hue).