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ALLOR French (Quebec)Common Canadian spelling of the French surname Allard, reflecting the French pronunciation.
BARBON French (Quebec)Derived from the nickname
barbon meaning "old codger" as well as referring to a "confirmed bachelor".
BINETTE French (Quebec)Altered spelling of French
Binet, a short form of
Robinet, a pet form of
Robert. The spelling reflects the French Canadian custom of pronouncing the final -t, which would be silent in metropolitan French.
BRUNETTE French (Quebec)Variant of Brunet, reflecting the French Canadian pattern of pronouncing the final -t, which is not pronounced in metropolitan French.
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’.
DESNOYERS French (Quebec)Means "of the walnut trees", from French word "noyer", meaning walnut. "Des noyers" literally translates to "the walnuts".
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] JOLICOEUR French (Quebec), Haitian CreoleFrom 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).
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.
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.
LEVIN Jewish, Lithuanian, Belarusian, German, Russian, French (Quebec, Anglicized), VariousAs 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. As a Jewish name, it can also be related to
Loewe...
[more] 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.
SAVARD French (Quebec)Derived from the Old French word
savart meaning "wasteland". It is also formed from the etymological elements
sav and
hard ('hard' meaning "strong"). Notable bearers are Serge and Denis Savard; both Canadian ice hockey players.
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.
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".
VADEBONCOEUR French (Quebec)Means "go with a merry heart" in French. This was a secondary surname, common among soldiers, 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.