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League French

Leandri French

Lebaron French
Either a variant of Baron "baron" with the French masculine definite article le. Or a habitational name from Le Baron the name of several places in various parts of France.

Lebesgue French
Means "the stammerer" in French, denoting a person with a stammer, from Old French beguer "stuttering, stammering", from Middle Dutch beggen “to chat”.

Lebleu French
From French bleu "blue" with the masculine element le from a nickname for someone who wore blue clothes with blue eyes or a person with a bluish complexion.

Le Blond French

LeBoeuf French
Nickname for a powerfully built man, derived from French boeuf meaning "bull", with the definite article le. In some cases it may have been originally a metonymic occupational name for a herdsman.

Lebon French
Approbatory (or ironic) nickname from le bon "the good" a variant of Bon with fused masculine definite article le.

Le Borgne French
Means "the one-eyed" in French.

Leborgne French
Variant spelling of Le Borgne.

Le Breton French
Describes someone from the French region Breton.

Lebreton French
Variant of Le Breton.

Lecaron French

Lechat French
Means "The Cat" in French.

Leclerq French

Lecocq French
Means ‘the rooster’.

Lecompte French

Leconte French
from the Old French title of rank conte "count", an occupational name for a servant in the household of a count or who was one.

Lecoq French
Coq means rooster or fowl

Le Cornu French

Lecourt French
Means "the short" in French.

Ledoux French, Belgian
Means "the amiable" from French doux meaning "sweet, soft, gentle".

Leduc French, Breton
From the Old French title of rank duc "duke" (from Latin dux "leader" genitive ducis) with the French masculine definite article le used as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces or else as a metonymic occupational name for a servant employed in a ducal household.

Le Duin Breton, French (Rare)
From Le Du, "du" mean black

Lefils French, Haitian Creole
Derived from French le "the" and fils "son". This was originally a nickname to distinguish a son from his father with the same given name.

Leford French

Lefort French, Walloon
Either a nickname from French le fort "the strong" (see Fort ). It is also found in Germany where it is probably of Alsatian origin (compare Lefor ) and in Haiti where it most likely originates from the nickname Lefort... [more]

Lefrance French

Lefrançois French
From the given name François. It may also mean "the Frenchman", probably used to denote someone who came from the region of Île de France in France.

Le Gall French
From a nickname which means “the Gaul”.

Legault Norman (Gallicized)
From the French "le Gaul," meaning simply "the Gaul." Gaul refers to the northern part of modern-day France.

Legendre French
relationship name from Old French gendre "son-in-law" (from Latin gener) with fused masculine definite article le.

Léger French, French (Cajun)
From the Old German name Leodegar, meaning "people spear."

Legore French

Legrain French

Legrange French

Le Guet French
Variant of Guet with the article le "the".

Lehoux French

Leisure French (Americanized)
Americanized form of French Lesueur.

Leix French

Lelaux French

Leleu French
From old French le leu a Picard form of old french le loup "the wolf".

Leleux French
Variant of Leleu.

Lelong French

Leloup French
Means “the wolf” in French.

Le Maistre French
From French meaning 'master'

Lemaître French
Means "the master" in French, either used as a nickname for someone who behaved in a masterful manner or an occupational name for someone who was a master of their craft.

Lemar French (Huguenot)

Le Marchand French
Variant of Marchand with fused French definite article le.

Lemass French, Irish
Meaning uncertain. It may be derived from Old French maistre meaning "master", ultimately from Latin magister (see Masterson). Another theory holds that it comes from Irish Gaelic Laighmheasa, a given name meaning "dispatch"... [more]

Lemercier French
French surname designating a vendor of sewing materials, from the word mercier.

Lemerise French (Quebec)

Lemieux French (Anglicized)

Lemire French
From Old French "Mire" (From Latin medicus, meaning physician), with French definite article "Le".

Le Monnier French
Occupational surname for a miller, literally meaning "the miller" in French.

Lemonnier French
Variant spelling of Le Monnier.

Lemur French

Lemurier French

Lenglet French
Means "The Englishman".

Lenoir French
Means "the black" in French, from noir "black", a variant of Noir combined with a definite article le. A famous bearer of the name was Belgian-French engineer Étienne Lenoir (1822-1900), the inventor of the internal combustion engine.

Lenormand French
Variant of Normand.

Lentiger French

Léonard French (Belgian)
From the given name Léonard.

Léonce French
From the given name Léonce.

Léotard French
From the given name Leopold. Jules Léotard was an acrobat who popularized the leotard, a gymnastics garment. The garment is named after him.

Lepage French

Lepère French
Means "the father" in French.

Lépicier French

Lepine French
From Old French espine "thorn bush".

Leport French

Leporte French

Leprince French
Means "the prince" from Old French prince (Latin princeps).

Leray French

Leriche French

Lermusiaux French

Le Roux French
Nickname for a person with red hair, from Old French rous "red." Variant spelling of Leroux.

Le Rue French

Lesage French
LeSage is french for the wise.

Lesieur French
From old French sieur "lord, overlord" (from Latin senior "elder") fused with le either an occupational name for someone in service of a great lord or an ironic nickname for someone who gives himself airs or graces.

Lessard French
Name for someone who lived in a clearing, derived from French l'essart meaning "the assart" (a term for cleared forest land used for agriculture). It is also a habitational name for someone from any of various locations named Lessard or Lessart, of the same origin and meaning.

Lessassier French

Lestelle French

Lesueur French
Means "the shoemaker" in French.

Létard French
From the given name Létard.

Letendre French
From 'tendre', meaning "tender" or "delicate".

Létourneau French
Nickname for a chatty, gregarious person or an occupational name for a birdcatcher, derived from French l'étourneau meaning "the starling".

Letourneau French (Anglicized)

Letourneau French

Leufroy French
From the given name Leufroy.

Leuillieux French

Leva Bulgarian (Rare), Czech (Rare), French (Rare), Jewish (Rare)
From the Hebrew given name Lev, meaning Lion. It is also the name of the currency in Bulgaria, and a verb in French meaning to lever or to lift.

Levan French, English
Comes from le vent, meaning "the wind."

Levasseur French
Variant of Vasseur.

Léveillé French

Lever French, English
Nickname for a fleet-footed or timid person, from Old French levre "hare" (Latin lepus, genitive leporis). It may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a hunter of hares.

Levert French
Means "the green", from French vert "green".

Levin Jewish, Lithuanian, Belarusian, German, Russian, French (Quebec, Anglicized), Various
As a Lithuanian Jewish and Belarusian Jewish name, it is a Slavicized form of Levy. As a German and German Jewish name, it is derived from the given name Levin... [more]

Levob French
The family name Levob is believed to be from Lorraine, an ancient province of the East of France. Some of the variations are Lavoye, Lavois, Lavoi, Levoi, Levoie, Levoy, Levois, Levot, Lavot to distinguish but a few.

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