French (Quebec) Submitted Surnames

These names are a subset of French names used more often in the province of Quebec in Canada. See also about French names.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Alarie French (Quebec)
Derived from the Visigothic given name Alaric. This form was established in Quebec from 1681.

Allaire Breton, French (Quebec)
From the name of the town of Allaire (Alaer in Breton) in Brittany, France. Other theories suggest it may come from Hilaire or from Alor.... [more]

Allor French (Quebec)
Common Canadian spelling of the French surname Allard, reflecting the French pronunciation.

Arbour French (Quebec)
Variant of Harbour or possibly a variant of Harbaud or Herbert.

Arel French (Quebec)

Arseneau French (Quebec)
Variant of Arsenault.

Barbon French (Quebec)
Derived from the nickname barbon meaning "old codger" as well as referring to a "confirmed bachelor".

Beaubien French (Quebec), English
From French beau meaning "beautiful" and bien meaning "well, good". The name referred to someone with physical beauty.

Beaudelaire French (Quebec)
Franco-American & French-Canadian variant of the French surname Baudelaire. Also seen in Louisiana French-Creole.

Beaudoin French (Quebec), French
From Beaudoin, a variant of Baudoin.

Beaudry French (Quebec)

Beausoleil French (Quebec)
Surname of French origin. A topographic name from beau ‘lovely fair’ + soleil ‘sun’ probably denoting a place that was exposed to the sun or a habitational name from any of various minor places called so.... [more]

Bechard French (Quebec)

Béliveau French (Rare), French (Quebec)
Derived from Old French besliver meaning "to stagger along", originally a nickname referring to a drunkard. It could also denote a person who lived in a beautiful, lovely valley, derived from French beau "beautiful" or Old French beu, bel "fair, lovely", combined with val meaning "valley"... [more]

Belonger French (Quebec)
variant of French Belanger or Boulanger

Beneteau French (Quebec)

Berube French (Quebec)

Bessette French (Quebec), French (Acadian), French
Bessette appears to be a French Canadian surname of multiple origins.... [more]

Bilodeau French (Quebec)
Variant of Billaudeau.

Binette French (Quebec)
Altered spelling of French Binet, a short form of Robinet, a pet form of Robert... [more]

Bissonnette French (Quebec)
North American spelling of French Bissonet, a topographic name from a diminutive of Old French buisson meaning "bush, scrub".

Bois French, French (Quebec)
Derived from French bois "wood, forest", this name used to denote someone who lived near a forest.

Bolduc French (Quebec)
Probably from an old Germanic name with the roots baldi and dux, the Italian Balducci has the same etymology

Bordelais French (Quebec)

Boudreau French (Quebec)
Variant of Beaudreau.

Boulard French (Quebec), French (Acadian)
???

Bourque French (Quebec)
Unknown history. A famous bearer is Raymond Bourque (B.-1960), a Quebec born professional ice hockey player from 1979-2001.

Brunette French (Quebec)
Variant of Brunet, reflecting the French Canadian pattern of pronouncing the final -t, which is not pronounced in metropolitan French.

Busque French (Quebec)
Québécois variant of Busquet.

Campeau French (Quebec)

Caouette French (Quebec)
Altered form of French Cahouet, itself a regional form of chat-huant meaning "screech owl", hence a nickname referring to the bird.

Castonguay French (Quebec)
From a combination of Gaston and Guay, the name of a 17th-century French immigrant to Quebec, Canada.

Cayouette French (Quebec)
Variant form of Caouette.

Charboneau French (Quebec)

Charest French (Quebec)
Variant of Chauret.

Charette French (Quebec)
Variant of Charest.

Chauré French (Quebec)
Either derived from Old French chaurer "to warm up; to stir up" or a variant of Chauray.

Chauret French (Quebec)
Variant of Chauré.

Chavarie French (Quebec)

Choret French (Quebec)
Variant of Chauré.

Chornenki French (Quebec)

Chouinard French (Quebec)
Nickname of a diminutive from French choucas meaning "jackdaw".

Chrétien French, French (Quebec)
French form of Christian.

Coallier French (Quebec)

Dagenais French (Quebec)
Denotes a person originally from the prefecture of Agen in southwestern France.

Dallaire French (Quebec)
From the given name Allaire, an older form of Hilaire.

Denoncourt French (Quebec)
Possibly a habitational name.

DeRosia French (Anglicized), French (Quebec)
Anglicised form of Desrosiers.

Desaulniers French (Quebec)
Topographic name denoting a property distinguished by a grove of alder trees, derived from Old French au(l)ne meaning "alder".

Deslauriers French (Quebec)
A topographic name for someone living among laurels, a combination of the fused preposition and plural definite article des ‘from the’ + the plural of Old French lorier ‘laurel’.

Desmarteau French (Quebec)

Desnoyers French (Quebec)
Means "of the walnut trees", from French word "noyer", meaning walnut. "Des noyers" literally translates to "the walnuts".

Desruisseaux French, French (Quebec)
Topographic name for someone who lived in an area characterized by streams, from the fused preposition and plural definite article des meaning "from the" and ruisseaux (plural of ruisseau) meaning "stream".

Destrempes French (Quebec)

Devin French (Quebec)

Deyette French (Quebec)
Variation of Guillet, reflecting French Canadian pronunciation of the G and final T.

Dochin French (Quebec)

Drouin French (Quebec), French
From the Old French given name Drouin, of Frankish origins.

Dubay French (Quebec)

Dubé French (Quebec)
Probably a variation of Dubec.

Ducharme French (Quebec)

Duquette French (Quebec)

Farand English (Canadian), French (Quebec)
Derived from the given name FARIMOND or from the French word ferrer meaning "to be clad in iron" or "to shoe a horse".

Fillion French, French (Quebec)
Probably a diminutive of fils or fille, respectively "son" and "daughter". May have alluded to the bearer being the youngest amongst siblings.

Fouquereau French (Quebec)
Jean Fouquereau was born on November 6, 1617, in Anjou, Isère, France, his father, Louis, was 23 and his mother, Catherine, was 20. He married Renee Bataille on December 31, 1639, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France... [more]

Gagné French (Quebec, Modern)
From Gagnier/Gagner (cf. Gagner), alternative form of Gagneux/Gagneur ("ferm laborer"), from Old French gaignier, "to farm, to work the earth".

Gariépy Basque (Gallicized), French (Quebec)
From the Basque surname Garibai.

Gastonguay French (Quebec)
Variant of Castonguay.

Gatineau French (Quebec)
Unknown

Gaudreault French (Quebec)
Diminutive of Gaudier, a variant of Gauthier.

Gélinas French, French (Quebec)
Derived from Gelin.

Giguère French, French (Quebec)
Unclear, possibly from Middle French giguer ("to dance, to frolick") but could also refer to the gigue, a medieval three-string vielle, which would suggest a musical profession.

Gingras French (Quebec), French
Western France variant of Gingreau, possibly derived from Old French ginguer ("to frolick, to dance")

Goulet French (Quebec), French
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Old French goule "mouth" (combined with a diminutive suffix), in which case this name would have been a nickname for a glutton.

Guerard French (Quebec), French (Acadian)

Hamelin French, French (Quebec)
Diminutive of Hamel.

Hédouin French (Quebec), French (Acadian)

Hostain French (Quebec), French (Acadian)

Houle French (Quebec)
Either from Old French hole, houle, "hole, cave", or a deformation of Houde.

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).

Kerouac French (Quebec)
Variant form of Kirouac. This name was borne by the American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), who was a pioneer of the Beat Generation, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg.

Kirouac French (Quebec)
From an unidentified place name in Brittany, France, derived from Breton kaer, caer, ker meaning "fortified settlement" and an unknown given 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.

Laflamme French (Quebec)
Means "The Flame" in French.

Laflash French (Quebec, Anglicized)
Anglicization of the name "Richer dit Laflèche." Richer comes from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ric ‘power(ful)’ + hari, heri ‘army.' Laflèche is a reference to La Flèche, a town in historical Anjou, France... [more]

Laflèche French (Quebec)
A French-Canadian secondary surname from "Richer dit Laflèche," used independently since 1746. Laflèche is derived from the French town of La Flèche, in the former province of Anjou.

Laframboise French, French (Quebec)
Derived from La Framboisière, a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Lamarée French (Quebec)

Larouche French (Quebec)
After any of the various locations called La Rouche in France.

Laroy French (Cajun, Rare, Archaic), French (Quebec)
Variant of Leroy.

Latulippe French (Quebec, Modern)
Means "the tulip" in French.

Lauzon French (Quebec)

Laverdiere French (Quebec)
Said to be a locational or occupational name related to land and greenery. Related to the Cauchons, descended from Quebec. A noble Paris woman was sent to Quebec for marriage in the 17th century.

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.

Lemerise French (Quebec)

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]

Lincourt French (Quebec)
Possibly a habitational name.

Loubier French (Quebec), French (Acadian)

Luquette French (Quebec)
Canadian spelling of French Luquet, derived from a pet form of the given name Luc. It is also a variant of French Loquet, a metonymic occupational name for a locksmith.

Magyarody French (Quebec), Hungarian (Anglicized, Rare)

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).

Morissette French (Quebec), Haitian Creole

Moussamih French (Quebec)

Nazarewycz French (Quebec)

Normandin French (Quebec, ?)

Ouellet French (Quebec)

Ouellette French (Quebec)
Canadian spelling of French (Norman and Champenois) Ouilet, from a Frenchified form of Willet, a pet form of William.

Paré French (Quebec)
Unclear. Possibly occupational for a pareur, a textile worker that smooths and flattens the fabric.

Parenteau French (Rare), French (Quebec)
Diminutive of Parent. In France, this name is predominantly found in the Poitou-Charentes region.

Perron French (Quebec)
Probably a diminutive of Pierre.

Phénix French (Quebec)
French Canadian variant of Phoenix.

Phenix French (Quebec, Anglicized)
Either (i) an anglicization of French Canadian Phénix, literally "phoenix", probably originally a nickname of now lost import; or (ii) a different form of Fenwick.

Pinard French, French (Quebec), French (Acadian)

Rancourt French (Quebec)
Habitational name from places in France named Rancourt.

Revord French (Quebec)
Comes from the French surname of Rivard, a geographical name for someone who lived on a river bank. The -ard ending is changed to -ord in Canadian and American French.

Riviere French, French (Quebec), French (Acadian)
Possibly from the French word meaning "river"

Sabourin French (Quebec), French (Huguenot)
Southern French surname, originally a nickname for a pleasant or amiable person, from a diminutive of sabor meaning "flavor, taste" (Old French saveur). The Huguenots brought this surname to England, and from there it may have been introduced to North America.

Simard French (Quebec)
From the Germanic name Siegmar via the French form Simar.

St-gelais French (Quebec)
From the French place name Saint-Gelais which was allegedly named for a 5th-century bishop of Poitiers. The name Gelais is a variant of Gélase.

Tardif French, French (Quebec)
From Latin tardivus, "slow". Given its unusually frequency as a family name and derivatives like Tardieu or Tardivel, it may have been a medieval given name.

Theroux French (Quebec)
Southern French (Théroux): of uncertain origin; perhaps a topographic name for someone living by "the wells", from a plural variant of Occitan théron "well".

Tranchemontagne French (Quebec)

Trudel French (Quebec)
Variant of Trudeau.

Turcat French, French (Quebec)
Means "Turkman"

Vadeboncœur French (Quebec)
From the French phrase va de bon cœur meaning "go with a good (merry) heart". This was a secondary surname, common among soldiers in colonial French Canada, which has been adopted as a principal surname.

Vaillancourt French (Quebec)
Possibly a variant of Valencourt. This is the surname of a noble family who probably lived near Willencourt.

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