Haitian Creole Submitted Surnames

Haitian Creole names are used on the island nation of Haiti in the Caribbean.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Aimé Haitian Creole, French (African)
Means "loved, love" in French.
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]
Bien-Aimé Haitian Creole
Means "beloved" from French bien meaning "good" and aimé meaning "love".
Buisson French, Haitian Creole (Rare)
Topographic name for someone who lived in an area of scrub land or by a prominent clump of bushes from (Old) French buisson "bush scrub" (a diminutive of bois "wood"); or a habitational name from (Le) Buisson the name of several places in various parts of France named with this word.
Césaire French (Caribbean), Haitian Creole
From the given name Césaire. A notable bearer was Aimé Césaire (1913-2008), a Martiniquais politician and writer.
Dauphin French, Haitian Creole
From the given name Dauphin a medieval form of Delphinus.
Desrouleaux French, Haitian Creole
Means "of the scrolls" in French. It is a occupational name for a scribe, a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing... [more]
Destine Haitian Creole, French (Rare)
From French Destiné, originally a nickname meaning "destined".
Dorsainvil Haitian Creole
Ornamental name derived from French d'or meaning "of gold" combined with saint "holy" and vil "settlement" (the Haitian Creole spelling of French ville).
Estimé Haitian Creole, French
Means "valued, esteemed" in French.
Fils-Aimé Haitian Creole
Means "beloved son" from French fils meaning "son" and aimé "love".
Guerrier French, Haitian Creole
Nickname for an aggressive person or occupational name for a soldier, from Old French guerrier "warrior". Cognate of Guerrero and Guerriero.
Hilaire Haitian Creole, French
From the given name Hilaire.
Hippolyte French, Haitian Creole
From the given name Hippolyte 2, Variant of Hyppolite.
Jean-baptiste Haitian Creole, French
From the French given name Jean-Baptiste.
Jean-louis Haitian Creole
From the given names Jean and Louis.
Jeune French, Haitian Creole
Derived from the French word jeune "young" (from Latin iuvenis). It found more common in Haiti... [more]
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).
Labonté French (Quebec), Haitian Creole, Mauritian Creole
From French la bonté meaning "(the) kindness, (the) goodness", originally used as a soldier's name and perhaps also as a nickname for a benevolent person. This surname is rare in France.
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.
Marcelin French, Haitian Creole
From the given name Marcelin.
Mercure French (Quebec), Mauritian Creole, Haitian Creole
From the given name Mercure, making it a cognate of Mercurio. A known bearer was Canadian actress Monique Mercure (1930-2020).
Molière French, Haitian Creole
habitational name from La Molière the name of several places in various parts of France.
Pamphile French, Haitian Creole
From the given name Pamphile.
Policier French (Caribbean), Haitian Creole
From French meaning "policeman".
Prophète French, Haitian Creole
Originally a nickname (possibly ironic) from French prophète "prophet", making it a cognate of Profeta.
Rigaud French, Haitian Creole
from the ancient Germanic personal name Ricwald composed of ric "powerful" and wald "power authority".
Sinema Haitian Creole, Swahili, Turkish
The name Ireally doesI mean "Movie Theater" ("Cinema"). Other related words: "Picture, Charades, Bilet."
St Fleur Haitian Creole
From the French place name St Fleur.
St Germain French, Haitian Creole
From a French place named for Saint Germanus.
St-vil Haitian Creole, French (Caribbean), French
From the place named St Vil.
Sully French, Haitian Creole
from any of the various places called Sully for example in Calvados Loiret Saone-et-Loire and Oise. The first of these is recorded in 1180 as Silleium from the Gallo-Roman personal name Silius or Cilius and the Latin locative element acum... [more]
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.