France

Antillean Creole: Fwans

Haitian Creole: Frans

Louisiana Creole: Frans, Lafrans (via la France)

Mauritian Creole: Lafrans (via la France)

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→ Cantonese: 法蘭西 /法兰西 (faat3 laan4 sai1, faat3 laan4-1 sai1)

→ Burmese: ပြင်သစ် (prangsac)

→ Breton: Frañs

→ Eastern Min: 法蘭西 /法兰西 (Huák-làng-să̤)

→ Finnish: Frans

→ Hokkien: 法蘭西 /法兰西 (Hoat-lân-se)

→ Japanese: フランス (Furansu)

→ Khmer: បារាំង (baarang)

→ Korean: 프랑스 (Peurangseu)

→ Mandarin: 法蘭西 /法兰西 (Fǎlánxī)

→ Manchu: ᡶᠠ
ᠯᠠᠨ
ᠰᡳ (fa lan si)

→ Rade: Prăng

→ Romanian: Franța

Inherited from Middle French France, from Old French France, from Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe. Doublet of Francie.


Paris

Partially from Occitan París and most generally from a variant of the given name Patrice; ultimately from Latin Patricius.


Juneau

English: Juneau


Thomas

→ Vietnamese: Tô-ma, Tôma, Thô-ma

Ultimately borrowed from Latin Thōmās m.
 Inherited from Middle French Thomas m, inherited from Old French Tumas m, Latin Thōmās m.
Compare Occitan Tomàs m.

a common surname originating as a patronymic


Richard

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Vincent

Haitian Creole: Vensan

→ Chinese: 樊尚 (Fánshàng) (transliteration)

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→ English: Vincent
→ Arabic: فينسنت (fīnsint)
→ Greek: Βίνσεντ (Vínsent)
→ Japanese: ビンセント (Binsento), ヴィンセント (Vinsento)

→ German: Vincent

→ Slovak: Vincent

→ Greek: Βενσάν (Vensán)

→ Japanese: ヴァンサン (Vansan)

→ Norman: Vîncent

→ Swedish: Vincent

→ Vietnamese: Vinhsơn, Vinh Sơn

Derived from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns.

a surname, Vincent, originating as a patronymic


Peugeot

a surname, particularly that of the dynastic car-manufacturing family


Louis

→ Armenian: Լուի (Lui)

→ Chinese: 路易 (Lùyì)

→ Dutch: Louis

→ German: Louis, Luis

→ Georgian: ლუი (lui)

→ Hebrew: לוּאִי (lúi)

→ Japanese: ルイ (Rui)

→ Russian: Луи́ (Luí)

→ Ukrainian: Луї (Luji)

→ Vietnamese: Luy

Inherited from Middle French Loïs, Loïc, from Old French Looïs, Luis, Lodevis, Lodhwig, from Latin Ludovicus < Clodovicus, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”).
Doublet of Ludovic, a borrowing, as well as Clovis. Romance cognates include Italian Luigi, Spanish Luis (taken from Old French). Compare also the Germanic cognates, Dutch Lodewijk, German Ludwig.


Chazal

English: Chazal


Peltier

a surname, notably of Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, French physicist who discovered the Peltier effect


Roy

English: Roy

Inherited from Old French roy (literally “king, ruler”). Doublet of roi.


Jacques

Haitian Creole: Jak

→ Albanian: Zhak, Xhak, Xhakë

→ Dutch: Sjaak

→ English: Jacques, Jack (more often a diminutive of John)

→ Latvian: Žaks

→ Chinese: 雅克 (Yǎkè) (transliteration)

From Latin Iācōbus, possibly a semi-learned borrowing (compare inherited Old French James, source of English James), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Jacob, a learned borrowing. Note Old French Jasque.


Nguyen

Paris

Normandy


Laplace

English: Laplace

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→ Chinese: 拉普拉斯 (Lāpǔlāsī) (transliteration)

la Place (alternative)
La Place (alternative)
Place (alternative)


Claude

Borrowed from Latin Claudius m, Claudia f.


Auger

English: Auger

From an Old French personal name, possibly of Germanic origin, from *Adalgari, composed of *aþal (“noble”) + *gaiʀ (“spear”), or *Albgari, with the first element being *albi (“elf”) and the second element remaining the same. Compare Auge, Oge, Ogea, Ogier.


Avril

English: Avril


Blanc

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a surname, from the common noun/adjective blanc


Hertz

Translingual: Hz


Jean

→ Central Franconian: Schäng

→ Japanese: ジャン (Jan)

→ Persian: ژان (žân)

→ Limburgish: Sjang, Sjeng

→ Chinese: 讓 /让 (Ràng) (transliteration)

Inherited from Old French Jehan, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).


Koala

English: Koala

Coala (alternative)
Coalla (alternative)
Koalla (alternative)


Macron

English: Macron

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→ Chinese: 馬克龍 /马克龙 (Mǎkèlóng) (transliteration)


Martin

Borrowed from Latin Mārtīnus (“of or like Mars” or “little Mars”, from Mars + -īnus (diminutive suffix)).


Merle

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Originally a nickname or an occupational name from merle (“blackbird”).


Olivier

Attested in the 11th century as Oliver in The Song of Roland.


Organ

Borrowed from Occitan Organ.
(Village): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).


Pascal

Translingual: Pa

English: Pascal

English: pascal


Pierre

Inherited from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra) (compare pierre (“stone, rock”)).


Robin

Inherited from Old French diminutive of Robert.


Violet

From violet, for a dyer or seller of purple cloth, or diminutive of viole, for a player of the viol.


Guillaume

Chinese:

Mandarin: 紀堯姆 /纪尧姆 (Jìyáomǔ)

Japanese: ギヨーム (Giyōmu)

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French Guillaume, Willame, from Frankish *Willahelm (“William”, literally “will-helmet”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz. Cognate with Old High German Willahelm (“William”).


Schiff

a Jewish surname from Yiddish [in turn from German]

Schiff: a surname from German
a Jewish surname from Yiddish


Hugo

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).

Victor Hugo, a French poet, novelist, and dramatist


Moreau

French and Walloon surname, from the personal name Morel, from Late Latin Maurellus, a name derived from Latin Maurus (“Moor”). Compare Morel, Mauro, More, Morrow.


Vermette

From vermeil (“vermilion”), possibly in reference to early bearers being "ruddy-faced".


Dufresne

From frêne (“ash tree”), written fresne in Old French.


Chevrolet

From Old French chevrol (“roebuck”) (modern French chevreuil) + -et. Doublet of cabriolet.


Auriol

From a Roman gens, likely Latin Aurelius. Its adoption during the Victorian era was probably influenced by William Harrison Ainsworth's novel The Elixir of Life, in which the protagonist Auriol is a man; Ainsworth probably derived the name from the similar Latin name Aureolus. All are ultimately from aurum (“gold”).


Descartes

English: Descartes


Miller

Borrowed from English Miller or Alemannic German Miller.


Duval

→ English: Duval

⇒ Translingual: Duvalius, Duvalia


Landry

From Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) + *rīkijaz (“mighty, rich”).


Favre

Occupational surname for ironworkers and smiths, from Latin faber (“craftsman”). Cognate with Occitan fevre.

a French and Swiss surname originating as an occupation for a smith


Michel

From Latin Michāēlem, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from the Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikha'él, “Michael”, literally “Who is like God”). Cognate with English Michael, Spanish Miguel, Italian Michele.


Messier

Inherited from Old French messier (“harvest warden”), from meis (“harvest”).


Bordeaux

Inherited from Middle French Bordeaulx, from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.


Boudreaux

→ English: Boudreaux

(Louisiana, Cajun) a surname from Old French, especially common among Cajun people.


Marion

→ Danish: Marion

→ German: Marion

→ Norwegian: Marion

→ Swedish: Marion


François

→ Afrikaans: Francois

→ English: Francois, François

→ Chinese: 弗朗索瓦 (Fúlǎngsuǒwǎ)

→ Japanese: フランソワ (Furansowa)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin Franciscus (from Francia + -iscus). Doublet of Français.


Benoît

→ English: Benoit

From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin Benedictus, from benedictus (“blessed; well spoken of”), from Latin benedicō. Cf. benoît. Compare Occitan Beneset, Catalan Benet, Italian Benedetto, Spanish Benito, Portuguese Bento.

Benoit (alternative)
Benoist (alternative)
Benois (alternative)

a surname originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Benedict


Antoine

English: Antoine, Antwone, Antwon


Noël

→ Khmer: ណូអែល (nouʼael)

→ Persian: نوئل (no'el)

→ Vietnamese: Nô-en

Inherited from Middle French Noël, from Old French Noel, Naël, inherited from Vulgar Latin *notālis, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”) with dissimilation of the first -a- to -o-. Doublet of natal.


Dupont

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du + pont (“bridge”). Most prevalent in Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments.


César

Inherited from Middle French Cæsar, borrowed from Latin Caesar. Doublet of tsar.


Gaston

First recorded for medieval French aristocracy, of disputed origin, possibly from Germanic gast "guest". ("A man from Gascony" has also been suggested, compare Gascon.)


Toulouse

→ English: Toulouse

Previously Thoulouse; from Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin (Volcae Tectosages), or possibly from an Iberian or Aquitanian name.


Denis

→ Czech: Denis

⇒ Czech: Denisa (feminine)

→ Dutch: Dennis

→ German: Denis, Dennis

→ Hungarian: Dénes

→ Brazilian Portuguese: Dênis

→ Romanian: Denis

⇒ Romanian: Denisa (feminine)

→ Russian: Денис (Denis)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: Денис

Latin script: Denis

→ Slovak: Denis

⇒ Slovak: Denisa (feminine)

→ Slovene: Denis

→ Ukrainian: Денис (Denys)

Inherited from Latin Dionȳsius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios).


Georges

→ Dutch: Sjors

→ Greek: Ζωρζ (Zorz)

→ Swabian: Schorsch

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From Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).


Lambert

fr-proper noun

Lambert m (feminine Lamberte or Lambertine)

Lamberte (feminine)
Lambertine (feminine)

English: Lambert

From Old High German lant (“land”) + beraht (“bright”) (Proto-West Germanic *berht).

a surname, Lambert, originating as a patronymic


Beaumont

Inherited from Old French [Term?]. By surface analysis, beau + mont.


Laurent

a surname, Laurent, originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Lawrence or Laurence


Néron

English: Neron


Gaillard

English: Gaylord

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Gaillard: a surname, often associated with the Huguenots


Rousseau

English: Rousseau

Spanish: Rousseau

Portuguese: Rousseau

From rousseau, a nickname for someone with red hair, from roux (“redhead”) + -eau. Cognate to English Russell.


Champlain

English: Champlain

A topographic surname, from champ (“field”) + plain (“flat”).


Beauchamp

→ English: Beauchamp

desc

English: Beacham, Beecham, Beachem, Beechem

From beau (“handsome, fine, attractive”) + champ (“field”).

af

a habitational surname, Beauchamp, from locations


Balzac

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a surname
Honoré de Balzac, French writer


André

From Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).


Chopin

Nickname for a pugnacious person, from Old French chopin (“violent blow”), diminutive of chop (“blow”), from Latin colpus. Also from chopine (“unit of measure”). Compare Chapin.


Auch

Borrowed from Gascon Aush, derived from Latin Elimberrum Ausciorum Augusta, Augusta Auscorum or Civitas Ausciorum, from Latin Ausci.

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a surname, a habitational name from the town


Laval

English: Laval

Latin: Lavallium

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From la (“the”) + val (“vale (valley)”).
* (Mayenne): From being situated at a valley
* (surname): Derived from the placename in Mayenne
* (Quebec municipality): Derived from the surname of an early settler
* (Quebec island): Derived from the name of the city located on the island

Laval: a habitational surname from landforms


Cadillac

→ English: Cadillac

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→ Chinese: 卡迪亞克 /卡迪亚克 (Kǎdíyàkè) (transliteration)


Violette

English: Violette

From violette (“violet”). Cognate with English Violet.

a surname, Violette, transferred from the nickname


Rahim

Tahar Rahim, b. 1981


Perrot

English: Perrot

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Pierre. Most prevalent in Finistère.


Brice

From Late Latin Bri(c)tius, Bricius, possibly from Gaulish Briccus, *Brikkos, from Proto-Celtic *brikkos (“speckled”). The name of a 5th-century French saint.


Collin

Variant of Colin, from the given name Nicolas.

a common surname originating as a patronymic


Faye

English: Faye

Historically most prevalent in Haute-Vienne.


Cuif

Considered to be a variant of the Irish name Ó Caoimh (English O'Keefe). Brought to France in the 16th and 17th centuries by Irish exiles who served as soldiers in the French army.

Marie Catherine Vitalie Rimbaud, née Cuif


Dumas

From du (“of the”) + mas (“rural farmstead”).

a surname transferred from the common noun


Masse

English: Masse

* From the noun masse (“mace”).
* Several other origins; see Mace.

a surname, Masse, equivalent to English Mace


Alexandre

→ Breton: Aleksandr, Alesant


Suzuki

Borrowed from Japanese Suzuki (Suzuki), from Japanese すずき (Suzuki, “surname”) or Japanese スズキ (Suzuki, “automaker”); from Japanese 鈴木 (Suzuki) (automaker from the surname).


Stephan

Édouard Stephan, b. 1837


Gérard

Arabic: جِيرَار (jīrār)

Chinese: 熱拉爾 /热拉尔 (Rèlā'ěr)

Greek: Ζεράρ (Zerár)

Japanese: ジェラール (jerāru)

Russian: Жера́р (Žerár)


Gauthier

From a Germanic language (probably Frankish); related to English Walter. For similar development of Germanic w to g in French, see garde and Guillaume.


Jean-Pierre

English: Jean-Pierre

→ Chinese: 讓-皮埃爾 /让-皮埃尔 (Ràng-Pí'āi'ěr) (transliteration)

* (surname): Most prevalent in Martinique.


Yamada

Borrowed from Japanese 山(やま)田(だ) (Yamada).


Portier

English: Portier

→ Chinese: 波爾捷 /波尔捷 (Bō'ěrjié) (transliteration)

a surname, Portier, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Porter


Clément

fr-proper noun

Clément m (feminine Clémence or Clémentine)

Clémence (feminine)
Clémentine (feminine)


Grégoire

English: Gregoire

Gregoire: a surname originating as a patronymic


Arnaud

From Frankish, equivalent to Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldaz (“ruler”).


Jean-Baptiste

From Jean + Baptiste or from Old French Jehan Baptiste.


Baptiste

→ Alemannic German: Badischte

From Jean-Baptiste (“Saint John the Baptist”), from baptiste (“baptist”). From the epithet of John the Baptist (Jean-Baptiste).


Didier

Inherited from Latin Desiderius, from desiderium (“desire, longing”).


Régis

An occupational surname for an official, from French régir; also from Latin rēgis (“of the king”), for service in a king's household, or as a nickname.


Thibault

English: Thibault

From Early Medieval Latin Theobaldus, a borrowing from Old English Þēodbald, from Proto-West Germanic *Þeudubalþ, from Proto-Germanic *Þeudōbalþaz. Several variants exist, such as Teabo, Tebeau, Tebo, Teboe, Tebow, Thebeau, Thibaut, Thibeau, Thibeault, Thibeaux, Thibo.

Thibaud (alternative)
Thibaut (alternative)

Thibault: a surname originating as a patronymic


Marielle

Jean-Pierre Marielle, b. 1932


Boucher

Translingual: Boucher

English: Boucher

Portuguese: Boucher

Spanish: Boucher

Surname for a butcher (“boucher”), from Old French bochier (“butcher”), from boc (“he-goat”), from Frankish *bukk (“buck”, literally “butcher”). See also English butcher, buck.

der

a surname, Boucher, transferred from the common noun or originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Butcher


Carrière

Translingual: Carrière


Collett

From a medieval diminutive of the given name Nicolas.


Akram

Yasmine Akram, b. 1982


Humbert

From Proto-Germanic *hūnaz (“offspring, (bear) cub”) + *berhtaz (“bright”).


Amaury

Jean Amaury, b. 1900


Geoffroy

From Germanic origin, perhaps Frankish *Gardifriþu or *Gaiʀafriþu. See Geoffrey for more.


Girard

a surname originating as a patronymic based on the given name Gérard


Pinard

English: Pinard


Garand

a surname derived from garant (“guarantor”)


Picard

English: Picard

a common French surname transferred from the place name, for a resident or native of Picardy


Bombardier

English: Bombardier

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→ Chinese: 邦巴爾迪耶 /邦巴尔迪耶 (Bāngbā'ěrdíyē) (transliteration)


Eiffel

English: Eiffel

→ Chinese: 埃菲爾 /埃菲尔 (Āifēi'ěr) (transliteration)


Cheng

Borrowed from Chinese 程 (chéng)/成 (chéng), etc.

Anne Cheng, b. 1955

(very rare) a French surname from Chinese


Bouvier

a surname, Bouvier, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Cowherd or Coward


Mahmoud

Joseph Mahmoud, b. 1955


Maltais

English: Maltais


Adanet

a rare surname, derived from a medieval diminutive of Adam


Adenot

a surname based on a medieval diminutive of Adam


Ampère

Surname originating near Grenoble in the French Alps, possibly from Occitan emperi (“empire”), from Latin imperium, referring to the nearby Holy Roman Empire.

André-Marie Ampère, French physicist

Jean-Jacques Ampère, French author


Honoré

From Late Latin Honorātus, from honōrātus. Cognate with Italian Onorato.


Galois

a surname from Old French; variant form Gallois


Dubois

English: Dubois

→ Chinese: 迪布瓦 (Díbùwǎ) (transliteration)

Du Bois (alternative)
du Bois (alternative)
Bois (alternative)

a habitational surname, equivalent to English Woods


Carpenter

Borrowed from English Carpenter, from Latin carpentarius. Doublet of Charpentier.


Després

From des + prés, literally “from the meadows”. Compare Dutch van de Velde and the Latinized form Pratensis.

af

a surname, equivalent to English Meadows


Cloutier

From cloutier.
The neighbourhood is named after Catholic bishop François-Xavier Cloutier (1848 - 1934).

a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Naylor


Boulanger

a surname, Boulanger, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Baker


Cousteau

From Middle French cousteau (“knife”), from Old French custel, from Latin cutellis. Compare Sicilian Cuteḍḍi.


Rameau

→ English: Rameau


Simonet

English: Simonet

English: Simonett


Nakamura

Borrowed from Japanese 中村 (Nakamura) or 仲村 (Nakamura).


Kasbarian

Borrowed from Armenian Գասպարյան (Gasparyan).

bor+

Guillaume Kasbarian, b. 1987


Lemaître

English: Lemaitre

LeMaître (alternative)
leMaître (alternative)
Le Maître (alternative)
le Maître (alternative)
Maître (alternative)
Lemaistre (alternative)
LeMaistre (alternative)
leMaistre (alternative)
Le Maistre (alternative)
le Maistre (alternative)
Maistre (alternative)


Montferrer

→ English: Montferrer

/mɔ̃.fɛ.ʁɛʁ/

(very rare) a French surname from Catalan


Aubin

English: Aubin

From the Latin given name Albinus.
Cognates include Italian and Spanish Albino, English and French Albin.


Constantinescu

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Constantinescu m.


Klein

a surname from German, equivalent of the French Petit


Bic

English: Bic


Bich

→ English: Bich

English: Bic

English: bic

Luxembourgish: Bic

Chadian Arabic: بيك (bīk)

Khmer: ប៊ិក (bĭk)

Lao: ບິກ (bik)


Pavie

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], also from Occitan Pavia (although rare in southern France and nearly absent from Gers). Most prevalent in Seine-Maritime department.


Erdoğan

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Erdoğan.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954–), the current President of Turkey.


Montgolfier

English: Montgolfier


Collet

a common surname originating as a patronymic


Corneille

Borrowed from Latin Cornēlius. Alternatively from Breton Kornéli.

Pierre Corneille, b. 1606


Bourbon

The French Bourbon dynasty is named for the lordship of Bourbon l'Archambault. The town's name derives from Gaulish Borvo, a local Celtic deity associated with hot springs, from Proto-Celtic *borvo (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to be hot, boil”).


Maréchal

a French surname, Marechal, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Marshall


Desjardins

From des (“of the”) + jardins (“gardens”).

a surname, particularly common in Quebec


Bertin

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Thoulouse

Émile Thoulouse, b. 1859


Delon

→ English: Delon


Gasthaus

(very rare) a surname, Gasthaus, from German


Lemoine

a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Monk


Horta

Victor Horta, b. 1861


Porter

a surname, Porter, from English
a surname, variant of Portier


Cœur

Jacques Cœur, born 1395/1400

a French surname, equivalent to English Heart


Mignon

→ English: Mignon


Curie

From a reduced form of Old French éscuerie (“stable”), hence a metonymic occupational name for a stable hand.

a surname, especially referring to Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie


Perret

English: Perret

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From a medieval diminutive form of Pierre.


Perrin

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Infernet

Diminutive from Italian inferno (“hell”) or Latin īnfernus (“infernal, hellish”) and -et.


Nagant

нага́н

Nagant revolver; a used in Russia from end of 19th till the middle of the 20th century


Paulin

a surname transferred from the given name


Bergerac

From the Old French and Frankish form Bragayrac, from Vulgar Latin *Bracariacum, a diminutive of the Latin or Gaulish name *Braccius, which could have evolved in meaning from bracchium (“arm”).


Verne

English: Verne

English: Vernian


Belfiore

Robert Belfiore, b. 1951


Boileau

English: Boileau

desc

→ Chinese: 布瓦洛 (Bùwǎluò) (transliteration)

From bois + l' + eau, literally “drink water”; nickname of a teetotaler. The first component of the compound is an imperative form of boire.
The municipality in Québec is named after its first postmaster, one Pierre Boileau.

af

a surname, Boileau, transferred from the nickname, equivalent to English Drinkwater


Debussy

Univerbation of de (“from”) + Bussy (any of a number of communes in France).

univ

Bussy<pos:any of a number of communes in France>

Claude Achille Debussy (1862–1918), compositeur classique français


Larousse

From la (“the”) + rousse, feminine form of roux (“red-haired”).


Pasteur

→ Vietnamese: Pa-xtơ

From pasteur, derived from Latin pastōrem.

a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Shepherd


Renault

Inherited from Latin Reginaldus, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz, a personal name composed of the elements Proto-Germanic *raginą (“counsel”) *waldaną (“to rule”).


Santoni

Borrowed from Corsican or Italian Santoni. Historically most prevalent in Corse-du-Sud.


Sartre

Inherited from Latin sartor (“tailor”) via the nominative form. Compare Italian sarto.


Lafarge

English: Lafarge

desc

→ Chinese: 拉法熱 /拉法热 (Lāfǎrè) (transliteration)

La Farge (alternative)
de Farge (alternative)
De Farge (alternative)
Defarge (alternative)
Farge (alternative)
de la Farge (alternative)
de La Farge (alternative)
De La Farge (alternative)
Delafarge (alternative)
de Laforge (alternative)
De Laforge (alternative)


Palas

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from Bearn.


Marignac

Also spelled as Mérignac, from the Gallo-Roman name, Latin Matriniacus, named after the river Matrinus.


Nagy

a Hungarian ethnic surname, Nagy, from Hungarian, equivalent to the French Legrand


Nove

Jacques Nove (born 1950), retired French politician


Dorval

English: Dorval


Dubreuil

English: Dubreuil


Brienne

English: Brienne

English: Bryan

a surname, an elliptical variant of de Brienne


Carnot

Sadi Carnot (1837–1894), French politician and President of France from 1887 until his death


Forestier

Occupational surname, taken from the occupation forestier.

a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Forester


Rouleau

English: Rouleau


al-Kanadi

Al Kanadi (alternative)
Al-Kanadi (alternative)
al Kanadi (alternative)
AlKanadi (alternative)
alKanadi (alternative)


Asperger

Hans Asperger, b. 1906


Fournier

From fournier, inherited from Latin furnārius.


Boyer

English: Boyer


Leblanc

From le blanc, originating as a nickname for a light-skinned man.


Morin

French and Walloon surname, from a variant of the personal name Maurin, or a diminutive of More. Compare Moran, Morang, Morein, Morong, Morrin, Morrow.


Roze

Il assista, le 24 juin 1771, à Rethel, et le 28 juillet 1773, au château de Vetheuil, au partage de la succession de ses aïeuls maternels, Jean-Louis Roze, et Marie-Anne Watelet, entre leurs fils et gendres, Jean-François-Nicolas Roze, écuyer, ...

1831, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Courcelles, Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France, des grands dignitaires de la couronne, des principales familles nobles du royaume, et des maisons princières de l'Europe...:


Saintonge

English: Saintonge

From Middle French Xaintonge, from Old French Xainctonge, from Latin Santones, from Ancient Greek Σάντονες, Σάντονοι, Σάντωνες (Sántones, Sántonoi, Sántōnes), a Celtic tribe that lived in the region of Xainctonge and the settlement of Xainctes (now Saintes, France).

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Σάντονες, Σάντονοι, Σάντωνες

Xaintonge (alternative)
Xainctonge (alternative)


Proulx

English: Proulx


Fontaine

Capitalization of fontaine
* (Village in Aisne): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).


Montaigne

→ English: Montaigne

desc

→ Chinese: 蒙泰涅 (Méngtàiniè) (transliteration)

Inherited from Middle French Montaigne, from Old French montaigne (“mountain”).

a surname, Montaigne, from landforms, equivalent to English Mountain


Ricœur

English: Ricœur

Paul Ricœur (1913–2005), French philosopher who combined phenomenological description with hermeneutics


Petit

Borrowed from Occitan Petit or Middle French Petit.


Gaffiot

Félix Gaffiot (1870–1937), French philologist and teacher


Lamar

From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare (“the pool”).


Aznavour

Armenian: Ազնավուր (Aznavur)

English: Aznavour

Greek: Αζναβούρ (Aznavoúr)

Russian: Азнаву́р (Aznavúr)

Borrowed from Armenian Ազնավուրյան (Aznavuryan).

bor+

Charles Aznavour, b. 1924


Grammont

Inherited from Middle French Grandmont. Corruption of Grand Mont.

Gramont (alternative)
Grandmont (alternative)
Grand Mont (alternative)


Villiers

English: Villiers

Afrikaans: Villiers


Montcalm

The municipality in Laurentides is named after French general Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712 - 1759).


Dumont

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Roussillon

English: Roussillon

desc

→ Chinese: 魯西永 /鲁西永 (Lǔxīyǒng) (transliteration)

From Latin Ruscinōnem. Compare Catalan Rosselló.
The municipality of Québec is named after the Régiment Royal-Roussillon infantry regiment. The regiment was stationed in the territory in the winter of 1758 - 1759.


Trudeau

English: Trudeau

English: Trudeaux

English: Trudaux

English: Trudau

Evidently an alteration of the earlier attested surname Truteau, itself of disputed origin.


Ourthe

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.


Charlevoix

The region is named after Jesuit historian Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix (1682–1761).
The municipality is named after the region.


Niel

English: Niel

In France, most prevalent in Seine-Maritime.


Valier

Jacques Valier, b. 1938


Ruan

* (toponym): From Latin Rotomagus or Rothomagum (Ruan-sur-Egvonne).


Blanchet

English: Blanchet

From blanc + -et, literally "little white".

a surname, Blanchet, transferred from the nickname


Guion

English: Guion

a surname, Guion, transferred from the given name


Beauregard

→ English: Beauregard


Cassini

Jacques Cassini, b. 1677


Costa

→ English: Costa

Borrowed from Occitan Costa, from Latin costa.

a Languedoc surname, Costa, from Occitan, equivalent to the French Côté


Brahim

Borrowed from Arabic بْرَاهِيم (brāhīm).

Suliane Brahim, b. 1978


Bettencourt

Inherited from Old French Béthencourt, from the Germanic personal name Betto, a variant of Berto, + cort (“court”).


Lapointe

English: Lapointe

→ Chinese: 拉普安特 (Lāpǔ'āntè) (transliteration)

la Pointe (alternative)
laPointe (alternative)
LaPointe (alternative)
La Pointe (alternative)
la-Pointe (alternative)
La-Pointe (alternative)


Dreyfus

Japanese: ドレフュス (Dorefyusu)

Borrowed from German Dreifuß, an older name for Trèves, from Latin Augusta Trēverōrum.


Smirnoff

Derived from Russian Смирно́в (Smirnóv).


Giroud

English: Giroud

A by-form of Giraud in Rhône-Alpes, from Frankish. Cognate with Gerald.

a surname, Giroud, equivalent to English Gerald


Tinkoff

Borrowed from Russian Тиньков (Tinʹkov).


Petitjean

English: Pettyjohn


Grosjean

/ɡʁɔs.ʒə.ɑ̃/


Gagnon

→ English: Gagnon


Nadeau

English: Nadeau


Lapierre

English: Lapierre

la Pierre (alternative)
La Pierre (alternative)
Pierre (alternative)

a surname, Lapierre, transferred from the common noun, equivalent to English Stone


Vaillancourt

English: Vaillancourt

Spanish: Vaillancourt

→ Chinese: 瓦揚古 /瓦扬古 (Wǎyánggǔ) (transliteration)

Inherited from Old French Villencourt, from the Abbey of Villencourt (Abbaye de Villencourt), from ville+en+court, from being the location where Count William of Ponthieu held court in Thurn, on land belonging to Guillaume D'Abberville where the abbey was.

Vallencourt (alternative)
Valencourt (alternative)
Villencourt (alternative)
Vilencourt (alternative)

Vaillancourt: a habitational surname from placenames


Audet

English: Audet

→ Chinese: 奧代 /奥代 (Àodài) (transliteration)

Audett (alternative)
Audette (alternative)
Audé (alternative)
Aude (alternative)
Audey (alternative)
Auday (alternative)
Audaie (alternative)
Audais (alternative)
Auddet (alternative)
Auddett (alternative)
Auddette (alternative)
Auddé (alternative)
Audde (alternative)
Auddey (alternative)
Audday (alternative)
Auddaie (alternative)
Auddais (alternative)
Odet (alternative)
Odett (alternative)
Odette (alternative)
Odé (alternative)
Ode (alternative)
Odey (alternative)
Oday (alternative)
Odaie (alternative)
Odais (alternative)
Oddet (alternative)
Oddett (alternative)
Oddette (alternative)
Oddé (alternative)
Odde (alternative)
Oddey (alternative)
Odday (alternative)
Oddaie (alternative)
Oddais (alternative)


Drouin

From Norman Drouin, corruption of Derouvin.


Fleury

English: Fleury


Maison

English: Maison

In France, most prevalent in the Somme and Pas-de-Calais departments.


Chanel

→ English: Chanel

English: Shanelle

Inherited from Old French chanel (“pipe”).


Amari

Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّارِيّ (ʕammāriyy).

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Chawki Amari, b. 1964


Guilliermond

Translingual: guilliermondii

André Alexandre Guilliermond (1812–1890), pharmacist and inventor of the cachet (a kind of pharmaceutical capsule with a solid shell consisting of starch mass)

Marie Antoine Alexandre Guilliermond (1876–1945), French botanist


Pecheur

a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Fisher


Pescheur

Pecheur

equivalent surname originating in modern French


Gaas

→ English: Gaas

* (surname): Borrowed from Occitan and originating from Landes.
* (toponym): Borrowed from Occitan Gars.


Rachid

English: Rachid

Occitan: Rachid


Chateaubriand

Inherited from Middle French Chasteaubriand, from chasteau (“castle”) + Briand, equivalent to château + Briand (“the castle of Briand”, now Châteaubriant).

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de Chateaubriand (alternative)
Châteaubriant (alternative)
de Châteaubriant (alternative)
Chateaubriant (alternative)
de Chateaubriant (alternative)
Châteaubriand (alternative)
de Châteaubriand (alternative)


Tocqueville

English: Tocqueville

desc

→ Chinese: 托克維爾 /托克维尔 (Tuōkèwéi'ěr) (transliteration)

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From Old French, from the Old Norse personal name Tóki + ville.

(fully de Tocqueville) a surname — famously held by:

François-Hippolyte Clérel de Tocqueville (1797–1877), senator of the French Third Republic

Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (1805–1859), French diplomat, political scientist, historian, and author of De la Démocratie en Amérique (two volumes, 1835–1840) and L’Ancien Régime et la Révolution (1856)


Lafleur

English: Lafleur

Charles Lefrogne épouse à Montréal, le 20 novembre 1815, Marie Girard dit Lafleur, fille de Gabriel Lafleur et de Josette Boucher.

1995, Marcel Fournier, Les Français au Québec, 1765-1865: un mouvement migratoire méconnu, page 205:

Jacques Lafleur était un conservateur, il était viscéralement attaché au maintien du Territoire au sein de la France.

1992, Edgard Pisani, Persiste et signe, page 328:

Né à Longueuil, en avril 1856, Eugène Lafleur était le fils d'un pasteur baptiste, d'origine suisse.

1948, John Barrett McDonnell, Encyclopédie Grolier, Volume 6, page 383:


Charbonneau

From a diminutive of charbon (“coal”). Compare Charbeneau, Charboneau, Cole, Sharbono.


Destroismaisons

From des (“of the”) + trois (“three”) + maisons (“houses”).


Fortin

English: Fortin

desc

→ Chinese: 福爾坦 /福尔坦 (Fú'ěrtǎn) (transliteration)


Lefebvre

English: Lefebvre

Variant of Lefèvre, from le (“the”) + fèvre (“worker”). From Middle French fevre, from Latin faber.


Thibodeau

English: Thibodeau

Variant of Thibaudeau, from the personal name Thibault.


Lefèvre

From le (“the”) + fèvre (“worker”), from Middle French fevre, from Old French fevre, from Latin faber.

a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Smith


Guillot

Guille/Guill (“Will”) + -ot. diminutive of Guillaume (“William”)

a surname transferred from the nickname, equivalent to English Gillet, Gillett, Gillette, Willet, Willett, or Willette


Jolicoeur

→ English: Jolicoeur

From joli + coeur (“gallant heart”), used as a soldier's name and nickname.


Foucher

Of Germanic origin, from the Frankish name *Folchari, composed of *folk (“people”) + *hari (“army”). Compare Faucher and Furches.


Godbout

English: Godbout

From Middle English or Old French Godbald (male given name), from gōd (“good”) + bald (“bold”). The river and village are named after early local settler Nicolas Godeboust. The village and river were earlier spelled as "Godebout" before migrating to the current North American standard spelling "Godbout" of the surname for this term that is still "Godebout" in Europe.

Godebout (alternative)
Godeboust (alternative)


Marchand

English: Marchand

a surname, Marchand, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Chapman


Gagné

* As an occupational surname for a farmer, from the Old French verb gaaignier (“to cultivate, work”). Compare Gagner, Gagnier, Gonyer, Gonia.
* Also altered from Gasnier, related to Garnier.


Laflamme

English: Laflamme

From la + flamme, literally “the flame”.

la Flamme (alternative)
La Flamme (alternative)
Flamme (alternative)


Croteau

English: Croteau


Vachon

English: Vachon

a surname, Vachon, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Cowherd or Coward


Belcourt

The municipality is named after Franco-Ontarian parliamentarian Napoléon Belcourt (1860 - 1932).


Létourneau

English: Letourneau

From l' + étourneau, lit. "the starling".


Bourque

→ English: Bourque


Lavallée

English: Lavallee


Bisson

English: Bisson


Blais

English: Blais


Loiseau

a surname transferred from the common noun, equivalent to English Bird


Ledoux

English: Ledoux


Perrault

English: Perrault


Crépeau

→ English: Crepeau

→ English: Crapo


Bissonnette

English:

Bissonnette

Bissonnett

Bissonnet


Bissonnet

English:

Bissonnet

Bissonnett

Bissonnette


Couillard

English: Couillard


Chouinard

English: Chouinard


Roux

From roux (“red, russet”), in this context referring to red hair.


Lamontagne

From la (“the”) + montagne (“mountain”).

a surname transferred from the common noun


Côté

English: Cote

Capitalization of côté. From Middle French costé, from Old French coste, from Latin costa.

Coté (alternative)
Côte (alternative)
Cote (alternative)


Bédard

English: Bedard


Langevin

English: Langevin


Guillet

→ English: Guillet


Garneau

English: Garneau


Brousseau

English: Brousseau


Langelier

English: Langelier

. The surname is historically most prevalent in the Manche department.


Frémont

→ English: Fremont


Choquette

Variation of Picard choquet, from Picard choque (treetrunk, block of wood), from German Stock.


Chevalier

a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Knight


Leclerc

English: Leclerc

Occupational surname from clerc (“clergyman”). In France, most prevalent in Seine-Maritime department.

a surname, Leclerc, originating as an occupation


Ventura

Lino Ventura, b. 1919


Shaughnessy

Borrowed from English Shaughnessy, from Irish.


Huynh

Borrowed from Vietnamese Huỳnh, from 黃 (“yellow”) (jaune). Doublet of Huang.

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<i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">jaune</i>


Bergeron

English: Bergeron

desc

→ Chinese: 貝熱龍 /贝热龙 (Bèirèlóng) (transliteration)


Corcoran

/kɔʁ.kɔ.ʁɑ̃/

Borrowed from English Corcoran, Cochrane, from Irish Ó Corcráin.


Breaux

a surname, especially common among Cajun people.


Levesque

a surname, Levesque, variant of Lévesque


Beaulieu

English: Beaulieu


Lavoie

English: Lavoie

laVoie (alternative)
la Voie (alternative)
La Voie (alternative)
LaVoie (alternative)


Vuong

Borrowed from Vietnamese Vương, from 王 (“king”) (roi). Doublet of Wang.

gloss

<i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">roi</i>

a surname from Vietnamese, equivalent of the French surname Roy


Arsenault

English: Arsenault


Houle

English: Houle

* Variant of Houde
* From locations called a houle (“depression”)

a surname, Houle
a surname, variant of Houde

a surname from toponyms, equivalent to English Hole


Leclair

English: Leclair

From le + clair, literally means "the clean". Sometimes, from orthographic variations of homophones below. In France, most prevalent in Loire-Atlantique department.

a surname, Leclair, transferred from the nickname


Lacroix

English: Lacroix


Tremblay

(Toponym): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s). From Middle French tremblay, designating a place where aspens (trembles) grow ; see tremblaie.
(Surname): From the toponym. Most prevalent in Quebec. Originating from France where it is most prevalent in Seine-Maritime.


Plante

→ English: Plante

English: Plant


Diallo

→ English: Diallo

Borrowed from Fula, possibly of jalo (“hoe”). Cognate of English Jallo, Jallow.


Pinon

→ English: Pinon

Historically most prevalent in the Indre-et-Loire and Loir-et-Cher departments.


Poulin

English: Poulin


Dionne

English: Dionne


Pabon

English: Pabon

Borrowed from Occitan Pavon or Spanish Pabón. Most prevalent in Landes and Haute-Garonne departments. Of Germanic origin, see Pavan.


Beaudoin

English: Beaudoin


Grenier

English: Grenier


Blanchette

English: Blanchette


Labelle

English: Labelle

desc

→ Chinese: 拉貝勒 /拉贝勒 (Lābèilè) (transliteration)

From la + belle.
The municipality in Québec is named after Catholic priest and colonisation advocate Antoine Labelle (1833 - 1891).

LaBelle (alternative)
La Belle (alternative)
la Belle (alternative)
laBelle (alternative)


Arceneaux

→ English: Arceneaux


Comeau

English: Comeau


Lessard

English: Lessard

→ Chinese: 萊薩爾 /莱萨尔 (Láisà'ěr) (transliteration)


Rivard

English: Rivard

→ Chinese: 里瓦爾 (Lǐwǎ'ěr) (transliteration)

From rive (“river bank”) + -ard. From living by a river.

a habitational surname, Rivard, from landforms


Lefevre

From le (“the”) + fèvre (“smith”), from Old French fevre, from Latin faber (“smith, craftsman”). Compare Lefebvre, Faver, Lafaver, Lafever, Lefever, Leffew.


Legrand

→ English: Legrand

→ Portuguese: Legrand

→ Spanish: Legrand

→ Chinese: 勒格朗 (Lègélǎng) (transliteration)

Univerbation of le + grand, literally “the Great; the Grand”.

univ

Le Grand (alternative)
le Grand (alternative)
Grand (alternative)

a surname, Legrand, equivalent to English Grand


Lalonde

English: Lalonde

Borrowed from Norman Lalonde, from Old Norse lundr (“woods”).

La Londe (alternative)
la Londe (alternative)
Londe (alternative)

a surname, Lalonde, equivalent to the French Dubois


Marron

English: Marron


Lebeau

English: Lebeau

leBeau (alternative)
le Beau (alternative)
Le Beau (alternative)
LeBeau (alternative)


Therrien

English: Therrien


Giroux

English: Giroux


Letourneau

Letourneau: a surname; alternative form of Létourneau


Gaudet

English: Gaudet


Dufour

English: Dufour

Portuguese: Dufour

Spanish: Dufour

Chinese: 迪富爾 /迪富尔 (Dífùěr)

From du + four. In France, most prevalent in Nord department.

du Four (alternative)
duFour (alternative)
DuFour (alternative)
Du Four (alternative)
du-Four (alternative)
Du-Four (alternative)


Arruda

de Arruda (alternative)
De Arruda (alternative)


Bilodeau

English: Bilodeau


Qiu

Borrowed from Chinese 丘/邱 (qiū)/秋 (qiū)/裘 (qiú), etc.

Qiu Jun, b. 1421


Levasseur

→ English: Levasseur

From Old French vavasour. By surface analysis, le + vavasseur.

LeVasseur (alternative)
leVasseur (alternative)
Le Vasseur (alternative)
Vasseur (alternative)


Archambault

Jacques Archambault, a French colonist in Montreal.


Rozier

English: Rozier


Beaudry

English: Beaudry

* The neighbourhood is named after priest Stanislas Beaudry.


Charron

English: Charron


Delisle

English: Delisle

desc

→ Chinese: 德利勒 (Délìlè) (transliteration)

Inherited from Middle French Delisle, from Old French de l'Isle, from de+la+isle.

Isle (alternative)
L'Isle (alternative)
l'Isle (alternative)
de l'Isle (alternative)
De l'Isle (alternative)
de L'Isle (alternative)
De L'Isle (alternative)
De Lisle (alternative)
de Lisle (alternative)
Lisle (alternative)
Delile (alternative)
de Lile (alternative)
De Lile (alternative)
Lile (alternative)
de l'Ile (alternative)
De l'Ile (alternative)
de L'Ile (alternative)
De L'Ile (alternative)
Ile (alternative)
Île (alternative)
l'Île (alternative)
L'Île (alternative)
de l'Île (alternative)
De l'Île (alternative)
de L'Île (alternative)
De L'Île (alternative)
Lîle (alternative)
de Lîle (alternative)
De Lîle (alternative)
Delîle (alternative)

a surname, Delisle, transferred from the common noun


Chauvin

English: Chauvin

Chinese:

→ Mandarin: 沙文 (Shāwén) (transliteration)

Inherited from Latin Calvīnus, a Roman cognomen. Doublet of Calvin and Cauvin.


Jeanpierre

English: Jeanpierre

/ʒə.ɑ̃.pjɛʁ/


Deville

English: Deville

→ Chinese: 德維爾 /德维尔 (Déwéi'ěr) (transliteration)

de Ville (alternative)
deVille (alternative)
De Ville (alternative)
DeVille (alternative)
Ville (alternative)


Lepage

English: Lepage

le Page (alternative)
Le Page (alternative)
Page (alternative)

a surname, Lepage, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Page


Lasalle

English: Lasalle

La Salle (alternative)
LaSalle (alternative)

a surname, Lasalle, transferred from the common noun, equivalent to English Hall


Werth

Borrowed from Alemannic German or German Werth, also possibly via Russian Верт (Vert). In France, historically most prevalent in Haut-Rhin.


Lafontaine

English: Lafontaine

LaFontaine (alternative)
laFontaine (alternative)
la Fontaine (alternative)
La Fontaine (alternative)


Dupuy

English: Dupuy

The municipality in Québec is named after priest Jean-Baptiste Dupuy (1804 - 1879).


Lavergne

→ English: Lavergne

Borrowed from Occitan Lavernha. Most prevalent in Haute-Vienne.


Chiasson

English: Chiasson

From Chiasso + -on; From Italian Chiasso, from Lombard Ciass.


Robillard

English: Robillard


Guerrier

English: Guerrier


Lamoureux

English: Lamoreaux

L'Amoureux (alternative)
l'Amoureux (alternative)
Amoureux (alternative)


Latour

English: Latour

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Southwestern France.


Pellerin

→ English: Pellerin


Seguin

→ English: Seguin


Lajoie

English: Lajoie

From la + joie. From Old French Lajoie. From joir (“jouir”).

LaJoie (alternative)
laJoie (alternative)
La Joie (alternative)
la Joie (alternative)
Joie (alternative)
Joye (alternative)
Lajoye (alternative)
LaJoye (alternative)
laJoye (alternative)
la Joye (alternative)
La Joye (alternative)


Zidane

From Arabic زَيْدَان (zaydān), a derivative of the triliteral root ز-ي-د (z-y-d) meaning to increase, grow, or add. The form Zaydān is the dual or augmented form of Arabic زَيْد (zayd, “abundant increase, prosperity”).


Fourier

French utopian socialist and philosopher Charles Fourier


Robichaud

→ English: Robichaud


Larocque

English: Larocque

LaRocque (alternative)
laRocque (alternative)
La Rocque (alternative)
la Rocque (alternative)
Rocque (alternative)


Prudhomme

English: Prudhomme

Spanish: Prudhomme, Perdomo

From Prud'homme; capitalization of prudhomme.

a surname, Prudhomme, originating as an occupation


Charpentier

English: Charpentier

Translingual: Charpentiera

Capitalization of charpentier. From Latin carpentārius. Doublet of Carpenter.

a surname, Charpentier, originating as an occupation


Plaisance

Derived from plaisance (“pleasure”), either as a reference to the pleasant surroundings of the municipality or as a reference to one of several locales in France. The Italian city is derived from the Latin Placentia, from placentia < placēns (“pleasing, welcoming”).


Audette

English: Audette

Audet (alternative)
Audett (alternative)
Audé (alternative)
Aude (alternative)
Audey (alternative)
Auday (alternative)
Audaie (alternative)
Audais (alternative)
Auddet (alternative)
Auddett (alternative)
Auddette (alternative)
Auddé (alternative)
Audde (alternative)
Auddey (alternative)
Audday (alternative)
Auddaie (alternative)
Auddais (alternative)
Odet (alternative)
Odett (alternative)
Odette (alternative)
Odé (alternative)
Ode (alternative)
Odey (alternative)
Oday (alternative)
Odaie (alternative)
Odais (alternative)
Oddet (alternative)
Oddett (alternative)
Oddette (alternative)
Oddé (alternative)
Odde (alternative)
Oddey (alternative)
Odday (alternative)
Oddaie (alternative)
Oddais (alternative)


Meunier

English: Meunier

a surname, Meunier, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Miller


Lagrange

English: Lagrange

desc

→ Chinese: 拉格朗日 (Lāgélǎngrì) (transliteration)

la + grange; Cognate with Italian La Grangia.

la Grange (alternative)
La Grange (alternative)
Grange (alternative)
Degrange (alternative)
De Grange (alternative)
de Grange (alternative)
Delagrange (alternative)
De Lagrange (alternative)
de Lagrange (alternative)
de la Grange (alternative)
de La Grange (alternative)
De La Grange (alternative)

Lagrange: a French surname from locations


Meaux

Named after the commune in France, from Latin Meldi.


Marcoux

English: Marcoux

Surname of Germanic origin, from the personal name *Markwulf, from Frankish *marku (“mark, border”) + *wulf (“wolf”).


Blouin

English: Blouin

Shortened from the name Belouin, of Germanic origin, from *biliz (“gentle, kind, fitting”) + *winiz (“loved one, friend”). Also from the Old French adjective bloe (“blue”). Compare the variant Beloin.

Belouin (alternative)
Belloin (alternative)
Bellouin (alternative)
Beloin (alternative)


Robichaux

→ English: Robichaux


Reichenbach

Borrowed from Alemannic German [Term?] or German Reichenbach.

(rare) a French surname, Reichenbach, from Alemannic German


Colonna

Borrowed from Corsican Colonna or Italian Colonna.

Jean-Hugues Colonna, b. 1934


Carpentier

English: Carpentier

Borrowed from Norman Carpentier and Picard Carpentier, from Latin carpentārius (“charpentier”) (carpenter). Doublet of Charpentier and Carpenter.

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<i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">charpentier</i>

gloss

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">carpenter</i>

a surname, Carpentier, originating as an occupation


Rizzuto

Italian Rizzuto, from Sicilian rizzutu (“curly-haired”).


Simoneaux

English: Simoneaux

Louisianan French spelling variant of Simoneau

Simonneaux (alternative)
Simonneau (alternative)
Simoneau (alternative)


Lamotte

English: Lamotte

la Motte (alternative)
La Motte (alternative)
laMotte (alternative)
LaMotte (alternative)


Boivin

From bois (“you drink”) + vin (“wine”), a nickname for a habitual drinker.


Houde

English: Houde


Goulart

→ Portuguese: Goulart


Simoneau

English: Simoneau

Simonneau (alternative)
Simonneaux (alternative)
Simoneaux (alternative)


Pellegrin

English: Pellegrin

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Bouches-du-Rhône.


Anspach

Jules Anspach, b. 1829


Lauzon

* From the obsolete noun lauze (“slab, flagstone”), from Middle French louze, from Old French lose, from Vulgar Latin *lausa.
* Variant of Lozon.
Compare Lozen, Loso.


Normandin

English: Normandin

a surname, Normandin, transferred from the place name, for a resident or native of Normandy


Gaudreau

English: Gaudreau


Tardif

English: Tardif


Riendeau

English: Riendeau

From Middle French Reguindeau (“modern Réguindeau”), from Norman.

der

Réguindeau (alternative)
Reguindeau (alternative)
Reguindau (alternative)
Riendau (alternative)

a surname, Riendeau, variant of Reguindeau


Beland

English: Beland


Legault

English: Legault


Bellevue

desc

English: Bellevue, Belleview, Bellvue, Bellview

Belle Vue (alternative)
Belle-Vue (alternative)


Calixte

English: Calixte

From Latin Callistus.
* (surname): Historically most prevalent in Martinique.

Calixthe (alternative)
Callixte (alternative)


Legendre

English: Legendre


Grondin

English: Grondin


Lisle

English: Lisle

→ Chinese: 利勒 (Lìlè) (transliteration)

Inherited from Middle French Lisle, from Old French l'Isle, from la+isle.

L'Isle (alternative)
l'Isle (alternative)
Isle (alternative)
Lile (alternative)
l'Ile (alternative)
L'Ile (alternative)
Ile (alternative)
Île (alternative)
l'Île (alternative)
L'Île (alternative)
Lîle (alternative)


Bibeau

French: Bibeau


Marceau

English: Marceau


Huot

English: Huot


Sax

German surname, spelling variant of Sachs.


Villeneuve

English: Villeneuve

→ Chinese: 維爾納夫 /维尔纳夫 (Wéi'ěrnàfū), 維勒訥沃 /维勒讷沃 (Wéilènèwò) (transliteration)


Favreau

English: Favreau


Mathais

English: Mathais


La Grange

English: La Grange

la Grange (alternative)
Lagrange (alternative)
Grange (alternative)
de Grange (alternative)
De Grange (alternative)
Degrange (alternative)
Delagrange (alternative)
De Lagrange (alternative)
de Lagrange (alternative)
de la Grange (alternative)
de La Grange (alternative)
De La Grange (alternative)

La Grange: a surname from locations, variant of Lagrange


Joly

English: Joly

Most prevalent in Northern France, particularly Pas-de-Calais.


Beauchemin

English: Beauchemin


Huard

English: Huard


Daoust

→ English: Daoust

From d' + aoust (“août”). From Middle French d'Aoust, from Old French aoust (literally “August”).

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<i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">août</i>

D'Aoust (alternative)
d'Aoust (alternative)
Aoust (alternative)
Daout (alternative)
D'Aout (alternative)
d'Aout (alternative)
Aout (alternative)
Daoût (alternative)
D'Août (alternative)
d'Août (alternative)
Août (alternative)

a surname, Daoust, equivalent to English August or Austin


Trudel

English: Trudel

Pet form of Troude, shortened from Tourode, from a Germanic name Turold, first element from the god Thor or *þuris (“monster, giant”) and second element from *wald (“to rule”). Alternatively, a pet form of Gertrude.


Bourget

English: Bourget


Paquet

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Lepine

From l'épine ("the thorn"), used as a soldier's name.


Lepine

Topographical/habitational name from any of several places in France called l'Épine or Lépine, and altered form of Lépinay, from Épenay, commune of Pas-de-Calais and former commune of Eure, France.


Blondin

→ English: Blondin


Brosseau

English: Brosseau


Arseneau

English: Arseneau


Gaudin

From Old French gaudin (“of the woods”), from gaut (“woods”), from Frankish *walþu (“woods, woodland”).


Gamel

English: Gamel


Viau

English: Viau

desc

→ Chinese: 維奧 /维奥 (Wéi'ào) (transliteration)

Deviau (alternative)
De Viau (alternative)
de Viau (alternative)


Lamour

English: Lamour

L'Amour (alternative)
l'Amour (alternative)
Damour (alternative)
D'Amour (alternative)
d'Amour (alternative)
Amour (alternative)


Duhaime

English: Duhaime

Inherited from Middle French Duhemme, from Duhem, from du+Old French Hem. From being a person from Le Hem.

Duhemme (alternative)
Duhem (alternative)
Hem (alternative)
Hemme (alternative)
Haime (alternative)


Garros

English: Garros


Morneau

English: Morneau


Kojima

Borrowed from Japanese 小島 (Kojima) or 児島 (Kojima).


Giraud

English: Giraud

Inherited from Old French, from Frankish.

a surname, Giraud, equivalent to English Gerald


Dauzat

English: Dauzat


Mangione

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2024 December 12, Ouest-France, Meurtre de Brian Thompson : le McDonald’s où Luigi Mangione a été arrêté assailli d’avis négatifs:


Letellier

→ English: Letellier

le + Tellier. Historically most prevalent in Calvados, Eure, Manche and Seine-Maritime.


Micallef

Borrowed from Maltese Micallef. Mainly reached France through pieds noirs of Maltese origin.


Giroir

English: Giroir


Boutilier

English: Boutilier

Bouteiller (alternative)
Boutillier (alternative)
Bouthillier (alternative)

a surname, Boutilier, originating as an occupation


Brazeau

English: Brazeau


Besson

English: Besson


Pineau

English: Pineau

Most prevalent in Western France, particularly Maine-et-Loire and Vendée.


Sokoloff

Derived from Russian Соколо́в (Sokolóv).


Parmentier

→ English: Parmentier

English: Parmenter

From parmentier (“tailor”), from Middle French parementier, from parement + -ier.

a surname, Parmentier, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Taylor


Mollet

English: Mollet


Reynaud

→ English: Reynaud

Paul Reynaud, b. 1878


Vasseur

English: Vasseur

le Vasseur (alternative)
Le Vasseur (alternative)
leVasseur (alternative)
LeVasseur (alternative)
Levasseur (alternative)


Guillemin

From guillemin (“a monk or hermit of the Order of Saint William”).


Jaurès

Jean Jaurès, b. 1859


Sokolov

Borrowed from Russian Соколо́в (Sokolóv).


Benoist

English: Benoist

de Benoist (alternative)
De Benoist (alternative)
Debenoist (alternative)
Benoît (alternative)
Benoit (alternative)
Benois (alternative)

a surname, Benoist, variant of Benoît, equivalent to English Benedict


Lafont

English: Lafont

desc

→ Chinese: 拉丰 (Lāfēng) (transliteration)

Topographic surname for someone living near a well, from la + font. Compare Lafond, Font.

la Font (alternative)
La Font (alternative)
de la Font (alternative)
de La Font (alternative)
De La Font (alternative)
De la Font (alternative)
de Lafont (alternative)
De Lafont (alternative)
Font (alternative)

a habitational surname, Lafont, from landforms


Blanchett

English: Blanchett


Manoukian

Borrowed from Armenian Մանուկյան (Manukyan).

bor+

Alain Manoukian, b. 1946


Laurier

English: Laurier

Dutch: Laurier

German: Laurier

Portuguese: Laurier

Spanish: Laurier

Chinese: 洛里耶 (Luòlǐyē)


Lévesque

English: Levesque

From l' (definite article) + évêque (“bishop”). From Middle French evesque. Compare the English surname Bishop.

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a surname, Levesque, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Bishop


Prévert

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Arseneault

English: Arseneault


Béliveau

English: Beliveau


Dupuis

English: Dupuis


Ouellette

From Hoûallet (hoer), from houe (hoe), thus meaning smallholder.


Ménard

English: Menard

desc

→ Chinese: 梅納爾 /梅纳尔 (Méinà'ěr) (transliteration)


Larivière

a surname transferred from the common noun


Sauvé

English: Sauve, Sauvé


Dufaux

English: Dufaux


Robicheau

→ English: Robicheau


Robicheaux

→ English: Robicheaux


Bignon

Translingual: Bignonia


Gaudreault

→ English: Gaudreault


Duplessis

English: Duplessis

compound

Old French <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">plessis</i>

DuPlessis (alternative)
duPlessis (alternative)
Du Plessis (alternative)
du Plessis (alternative)


Parizeau

English: Parizeau


Furneaux

Nearly absent from France with only three births since 1891. Likely derived from English Furneaux.

Yvonne Furneaux, b. 1928


Fourneaux

From places in Normandy of the same name, meaning "the furnaces."


Debaralle

Univerbation of de (“from”) + Baralle (the French commune)


Talagrand

→ English: Talagrand

Borrowed from Occitan. Most prevalent in Gard and Ardèche.

Michel Talagrand, b. 1952


Rybojad

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Rybojad.

Emmanuelle Rybojad, b. 1991


Mandelbrot

Borrowed from Polish Mandelbrojt, from Yiddish מאַנדלברויט (mandlbroyt), variant of מאַנדלבראָט (mandlbrot, “almond bread”).


McKinnon

Borrowed from English McKinnon, from Scottish Gaelic MhicFhionghain, from Fhionghain.

McKinnon (alternative)
Mckinnon (alternative)
MacKinnon (alternative)
Mackinnon (alternative)
Mac Kinnon (alternative)
Kinnon (alternative)

a surname, McKinnon, from Scottish Gaelic


MacKinnon

Borrowed from English MacKinnon, from Scottish Gaelic MhicFhionghain, from Fhionghain.

Mackinnon (alternative)
Mac Kinnon (alternative)
McKinnon (alternative)
Mckinnon (alternative)
Mc Kinnon (alternative)
Kinnon (alternative)

a surname, MacKinnon, from Scottish Gaelic


Magnon

English: Magnon


Prud'homme

English: Prudhomme

Spanish: Prudhomme

a surname, Prudhomme, originating as an occupation


Langlade

The name of the headland derives from a corruption of the toponym Cap d'Angleterre, derived in turn from cap (“cape”) and Angleterre (“England”).

Augustin Langlade, b. 1695


O'Keefe

Borrowed from English O'Keefe, from Irish Ó Caoimh.


Sainte Barbe

desc

English: Saint Barbe, Saint-Barbe, St-Barbe, St. Barbe, St.-Barbe, St Barbe

Sainte-Barbe (alternative)
Ste-Barbe (alternative)
Ste. Barbe (alternative)
Ste.-Barbe (alternative)
Ste Barbe (alternative)
Saint Barbe (alternative)
Saint-Barbe (alternative)
St-Barbe (alternative)
St. Barbe (alternative)
St.-Barbe (alternative)
St Barbe (alternative)


Dubas

English: Dubas

du + bas, from de+le+bas Literally, “from the lower” (from lowtown)

du Bas (alternative)
Du Bas (alternative)
DuBas (alternative)
duBas (alternative)
Bas (alternative)


Bugatti

English: Bugatti


Thiers

English: Thiers


Mbappé

English: Mbappe


Deschanel

English: Deschanel

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Ardèche.


Chabert

→ English: Chabert


d'Amour

English: d'Amour

D'Amour (alternative)
D'amour (alternative)
Damour (alternative)
d'Amours (alternative)
D'Amours (alternative)
D'amours (alternative)
Damours (alternative)


Mitsui

Borrowed from Japanese 三井 (Mitsui) or Japanese 光井 (Mitsui).


Auf der Maur

auf der Maur (alternative)
Auf Der Maur (alternative)

a Swiss surname, Auf der Mar, from German


Longueil

English:

Longueil

Longueuil

From Middle French Longueil, from Norman Longueil, from Latin Longoilō, from Latin longus (“long”) + Celtic ialon (village), from Celtic ial (clearing).


Sorbon

de Sorbon (alternative)
Sorbonne (alternative)

English:

Sorbon

Sorbonne

Chinese: 索邦 (suǒbāng)

a habitational surname, Sorbon, derived from the village


Saint-Saëns

Sidonius (Irish saint)
fr:Camille Saint-Saëns
fr:Saint-Saëns (Seine-Maritime)

In particular, the composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921).


Hardenne

Hardennes (alternative)
Ardennes (alternative)
Ardenne (alternative)


Saint Onge

English: Saint Onge

Corruption of Saintonge, from Middle French Xaintonge, from Old French Xainctonge, from Latin Santones, from Ancient Greek Σάντονες, Σάντονοι, Σάντωνες (Sántones, Sántonoi, Sántōnes), a Celtic tribe that lived in the region of Xainctonge and the settlement of Xainctes (now Saintes, France)

der

Σάντονες, Σάντονοι, Σάντωνες

St. Onge (alternative)
St Onge (alternative)
St-Onge (alternative)
St.-Onge (alternative)
Saint-Onge (alternative)


Rimbaud

Inherited from Old French Rainbaut, of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Raginabalþaz, from Proto-Germanic *raginą (“counsel, advice”) + *balþaz (“bold”).

Rambeau (alternative)
Raimbaud (alternative)
Rimbal (alternative)
Rimbau (alternative)
Rimbault (alternative)
Rimbaut (alternative)
Rimbaux (alternative)
Rimbeau (alternative)
Rimbeaud (alternative)
Rimbeault (alternative)
Rimbeaut (alternative)


Belainsky

English: Belainsky


Kerguelen

Translingual: Kerguelen Facula

English: Kerguelen

Kerguélen (alternative)
Kergelen (alternative)
Kergélen (alternative)

a habitational surname, Kerguelen, from Breton


Tétreault

→ English: Tetreault


Le Pen

English: Le Pen

From le (“the”) + Breton penn (“head; leader”).

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le Pen (alternative)
LePen (alternative)
lePen (alternative)
Lepen (alternative)
Le-Pen (alternative)
le-Pen (alternative)


Sokolsky

Derived from Russian Соко́льский (Sokólʹskij).


Varennes

English: Varennes


Oste

→ English: Oste


Bougainville

English: Bougainville

desc

Translingual: Bougainville, bougainville, Bougainvillea, bougainvillei, Bougainvillia


Poulain

English: Poulain

Inherited from Old French Polain, from Latin Pullānus.


de Brienne

English: de Brienne

English: de Bryan

English: Bryan


Lacaille

English: Lacaille

laCaille (alternative)
LaCaille (alternative)
la Caille (alternative)
La Caille (alternative)
de la Caille (alternative)
De La Caille (alternative)
De la Caille (alternative)
de La Caille (alternative)
delaCaille (alternative)
DeLaCaille (alternative)
deLaCaille (alternative)
deLacaille (alternative)
Delacaille (alternative)
DelaCaille (alternative)
de Lacaille (alternative)
de laCaille (alternative)
de LaCaille (alternative)
Caille (alternative)


Boilet

Possibly from Boileau (“drink(s) water”), with the element -eau (analyzed as a diminutive) was replaced by -et.


Vigneron

English: Vigneron

a surname, Vigneron, originating as an occupation


Gingras

English: Gingras


Dallago

dal Lago (alternative)
Dal Lago (alternative)
DalLago (alternative)
dalLago (alternative)
Lago (alternative)


Trépanier

English: Trépanier

English: Trepanier

a surname, Trepanier, originating as an occupation


de Stafford

From de + Stafford.
Borrowed from Norman de Stafford, from Anglo-Norman de Stafford, from Middle English Stafford.

(archaic) a surname from Norman, an archaic variant of Stafford


Cappe

a surname, Cappe
alternative form of Cappé


Piquet

English: Piquet

Portuguese: Piquet

Spanish: Piquet

→ Chinese: 皮蓋 /皮盖 (Pígài) (transliteration)

Occuptional surname from the noun pic (“pickax”).


Boisbriand

Boisbriant (alternative surname)
de Boisbriant (alternative surname)
de Boisbriand (alternative surname)
Gué de Boisbriant (alternative surname)
Gué de Boisbriand (alternative surname)
du Gué de Boisbriant (alternative surname)
du Gué de Boisbriand (alternative surname)
Dugué de Boisbriant (alternative surname)
Dugué de Boisbriand (alternative surname)

English: Boisbriand

From Boisbriant and Gué de Boisbriand (“Gué de Boisbriant”).
* (Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada): From the name of the seigneur (landholder), named after a governor of Montreal.


Tasher

From Yiddish טאהש (tosh), from Hebrew טאהש.


de Grasse

English: de Grasse

Grasse (alternative)
De Grasse (alternative)
Le Grasse (alternative)
le Grasse (alternative)
La Grasse (alternative)
la Graasse (alternative)
de la Grasse (alternative)
De la Grasse (alternative)
de La Grasse (alternative)
De La Grasse (alternative)


Grasse

English: Grasse


Panhard

English: Panhard


Cau

English: Cau

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Ariège.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Cau.


Peeters

Borrowed from Dutch Peeters. In France, most prevalent in Nord department.

Benoît Peeters, b. 1956


Picquet

English: Picquet


Lemoigne

A variant of Lemoine (literally “the monk”).


Thérien

English: Therien


Gretzky

Borrowed from Belarusian Грэцкі (Hrecki).


Descemet

English: Descemet


Néville

English: Neville

Borrowed from Norman Neville, from Old French Neville (“Néel's estate”) or Neuville (“new settlement”).

a surname, Neville, from Norman, an elliptical variant of de Néville


Labbé

English: Labbe

L'Abbé (alternative)
l'Abbé (alternative)


Palou

Borrowed from Catalan Palou or Occitan Palon.


Bourdain

English: Bourdain


Mistral

Frédéric Mistral, b. 1830


Magnol

Translingual: Magnolia

English: magnolia


Louÿs

First used by Pierre Louÿs since 1890s as a variation of Louis. Ultimately from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”).


Massat

→ English: Massat

Borrowed from Occitan Massat. Maßat attested on the Cassini map (1740s).


Dumoulin

Du Moulin (alternative)
du Moulin (alternative)
Moulin (alternative)


Alais

English: Alais

(Alès): Attested in the 1740s (Cassini map).


Bourgat

Latin: bourgatii


Clemenceau

English: Clemenceau


Poitou

Inherited from Middle French, Old French, from Latin Pictāvus, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.


Langlois

→ English: Langlois

→ Translingual: Langloisia

desc

→ Chinese: 朗格盧瓦 /朗格卢瓦 (Lǎnggélúwǎ) (transliteration)

Inherited from Middle French L'Anglois, from l'(le)+anglois Literally, “Englishman”. A surname for a resident or native of Angleterre, the land of the Angles, or an Anglo-Saxon.

L'Anglois (alternative)
l'Anglois (alternative)
Anglois (alternative)

a habitational surname, Langlois, equivalent to English English


Gajan

English: Gajan

Borrowed from Occitan Gajan.
(Toponym): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).
(Surname): Historically most prevalent in the Haute-Garonne department.


Van Halen

a surname, Van Halen, from Dutch, variant of van Halen


Defays

Univerbation of de (“from”) + Fays (any of the communes in France)


Narcam

Borrowed from Occitan Narcamp, see Nercamp. Only encountered in the Gironde department.


Narbey

Originating from Dax and the south of Landes department. Possibly from Basque [Term?]. See Narbaits.


Maisonneuve

Equivalent to maison + neuve. Cognate with Catalan, Italian, and Occitan Casanova; English Newhouse; German Neuhaus.

Maisonneuve: a French surname, equivalent to English Newhouse


Saint-Girons

→ English: Saint-Girons

/sɛ̃.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/

Borrowed from Occitan Sant Gironç/Sent Gironç.


Saint-Girons

/sɛ̃.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/


Lesseps

English: Lesseps

Spanish: Lesseps


de Lesseps

English: de Lesseps

Spanish: de Lesseps

From de + Lesseps. From ennoblement of the Lesseps family.

Lesseps (alternative)
De Lesseps (alternative)


Mourelatos

Borrowed from Greek Μουρελάτος (Mourelátos).


Abeille

From abeille, literally means "bee", nickname for a person resembling a bee.

Gaspard Abeille, b. 1648


Titeux

Camille Titeux, b. 1910


Millerand

Alexandre Millerand, b. 1859


Dumais

→ English: Dumais


Roumanille

Joseph Roumanille, b. 1818


Loubet

Émile Loubet, b. 1838


Leygues

Georges Leygues, b. 1857


Barthou

Louis Barthou, b. 1862


Le Gall

From Breton Gall (“Frenchman, Gaul, foreigner”), from Latin gallus.

der

Nicolas Joseph Marie Le Gall, b. 1787


Laigneau

Marianne Laigneau, b. 1964


Lalanne

Jean Lalanne, b. 1756


Delanglade

Édouard Delanglade, b. 1868


Ogier

English: Ogier

Charles Ogier, b. 1595


Lamartine

Robert Lamartine, b. 1935


Maurras

Charles Maurras, b. 1868


Méhaignerie

Alexis Méhaignerie, b. 1899


Pertuzé

Jean-Claude Pertuzé, b. 1949


Doumergue

Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937), French politician and President of France, 1924–1931


Daladier

Édouard Daladier, b. 1884


Sarraut

Albert Sarraut, b. 1872


Sarraute

→ English: Sarraute

Claude Sarraute, b. 1927


Tcherniak

Borrowed from Russian Черня́к (Černják).

Natalia Tcherniak, b. 1900


Guingouin

Georges Guingouin, b. 1913


Amalric

Jacques Amalric, b. 1938


Belkaïd

Akram Belkaïd, b. 1964


Achour

Mouloud Achour, b. 1944


Adimi

Kaouther Adimi, b. 1986


Alloula

Borrowed from Arabic عَلُّولَة (ʕallūla).

bor+

Malek Alloula, b. 1937


Amrani

Borrowed from Arabic عَمْرَانِيّ (ʕamrāniyy).

Djamel Amrani, b. 1935


Adjani

Isabelle Adjani, b. 1955


Akkouche

Mouloud Akkouche, b. 1962


Aounit

Mouloud Aounit, b. 1953


Hamrouche

Mouloud Hamrouche, b. 1943


Peyrat

Borrowed from Occitan Pèirat, from pèira "stone"+-at (past parciple suffix).

Napoléon Peyrat, b. 1809


Astier

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?], likely derived from Latin Asterius.

Charles-Benoît Astier, b. 1771


Midol

Lucien Midol, b. 1883


Lagace

English: Lagace


Smet

Borrowed from Dutch Smet, variant of Smid, typically found in East Flanders.


Maillard

One of the sources cognate with maillot. Another source comes from a word cognate with Proto-Germanic *maganą (“to be able, may”) + -ard.


Bollé

→ English: Bollé


Lafourcade

→ Spanish: Lafourcade

Léon Lafourcade, b. 1898


Vancoppenolle

→ Occitan: Vancoppenolle


Brau

Borrowed from Occitan. In France, most prevalent in Hautes-Pyrénées.


Djebbari

Borrowed from Arabic جَبَّارِيّ (jabbāriyy).

bor+

Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, b. 1982


Mortier

Most prevalent in Nord department of France.


Vielescot

Borrowed from Occitan Vielescòt. Most prevalent in Dordogne department.


Najdovski

Borrowed from Macedonian Најдовски (Najdovski).

Christophe Najdovski, b. 1969


Chevrier

a French surname originating as an occupation


Bellegueule

Eddy Bellegueule, b. 1992


Colombani

Borrowed from Corsican Colombani. Most prevalent in Haute-Corse.


Schuiten

From Dutch Schuiten. Absent from France.

François Schuiten, b. 1956


Poelaert

Joseph Poelaert, b. 1817


Scheuchzer

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, b. 1672


Boudine

Jean-Pierre Boudine, b. 1945


Poénaru

Valentin Poénaru, b. 1932


Choquet

→ English: Choquet

Borrowed from Picard Choquet. Most prevalent in Pas-de-Calais, Nord and Somme.

Gustave Choquet, b. 1915


Lafitte

English: Lafitte

Cajun French: Lafitte

Louisiana Creole: Lafitte

desc

→ Chinese: 拉菲特 (Lāfēitè) (transliteration)

Laffitte (alternative)
Laffite (alternative)
Lafite (alternative)


Zureik

Constantin Zureik, b. 1909


Desmarais

From des (“of the”) + marais (“wetlands”).

a habitational surname, equivalent to English Marsh


Ouaki

Borrowed from Arabic أُوعَكِّي (ʔūʕakkī), from a Berber language. Historically most prevalent in Morocco.

bor+

Jules Ouaki, b. 1915


Alaïa

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَيَّة (ʕalayya).

Azzedine Alaïa, b. 1935


Raspiengeas

Borrowed from Occitan Raspienjas. Most prevalent in Dordogne.

Jean-Claude Raspiengeas, b. 1958


Lestang

Borrowed from Occitan Lestang. Most prevalent in Tarn-et-Garonne and Dordogne.


Pradier

Borrowed from Occitan Pradier. Most prevalent in Gard and Haute-Loire.


Faugier

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Ardèche department.


Fogiel

Borrowed from Polish Fogiel, itself from German Vogel.

Esther Fogiel, b. 1934

(rare) a surname from Polish [in turn from German]


Faugières

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Aveyron department.


Fauguières

(very rare) a French surname from Occitan


Fauchier

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Dordogne department.


Vauquier

Most prevalent in Seine-Maritime and Nord departments.


Pendélé

Pandélé (alternative)
Pandélés (alternative)
Pandellé (alternative)


Pélegrin

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Bouches-du-Rhône.

Dominique Louise Pélegrin, b. 1949


Bawumia

Mahamudu Bawumia, b. 1963


Guyon

English: Guyon

a surname, Guyon, transferred from the given name


Uminski

Philippe Uminski, b. 1948


Mandosio

Jean-Marc Mandosio, b. 1963

(very rare) a French surname from Italian


Candilis

Borrowed from Greek Κανδύλης (Kandýlis).

Georges Candilis, b. 1913


Cazotte

Jacques Cazotte, b. 1719


Bézier

English: Bézier

Pierre Bézier, b. 1910


Laffont

English: Laffont


de Villiers

English: de Villiers

Afrikaans: de Villiers


du Plessis

English: du Plessis

Afrikaans: du Plessis

Duplessis (alternative)
DuPlessis (alternative)
duPlessis (alternative)
Du Plessis (alternative)


Malherbe

→ Afrikaans: Malherbe

→ English: Malherbe


Maraval

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Tarn department.


Razafimahefa

(very rare) a French surname from Malagasy


Vaneau

Pierre Vaneau, b. 1653


Tcheng

Borrowed from Chinese 程 (chéng)/成 (chéng), etc.


Tchou

Claude Tchou, b. 1923


Truteau

English: Truteau

English: Trudeau

English: Truteaux

English: Trudeaux

English: Trutaux

English: Trudaux

English: Trutau

English: Trudau


Grangé

Eugène Grangé, b. 1810


Pelinq

Christophe Pelinq, b. 1963


Chaix

Latin: Chaixius

Translingual: Chaix

Dominique Chaix, b. 1730


Appelhans

Borrowed from Alemannic German Appelhans or German Appelhans.

(rare) a French surname, Appelhans, from Alemannic German


Sofonea

(very rare) a French surname from Romanian


Frachon

Alain Frachon, b. 1950


Brongniart

desc

Translingual: Brongn., Brongniartella, Brongniartia, Brongniartieae, Brongniartikentia (syn. of Clinosperma)

Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, b. 1739


Vanhoenacker

Borrowed from Dutch Vanhoenacker. Rare in France and most prevalent in Nord.

Charline Vanhoenacker, b. 1977


Geluck

Derived from Dutch geluk (“luck”). Very rare in France and only encountered in Nord.

Philippe Geluck, b. 1954


Lipa

Borrowed from Albanian Lipa. Very rare in France.


Flammarion

Most prevalent in Haute-Marne department.

Camille Flammarion, b. 1842


Badr

Youssef Badr, b. 1981


Boulahroud

Borrowed from Arabic بُولَهْرُود (būlahrūd).

bor+

Badr Boulahroud, b. 1993


Pulvar

Marc Pulvar, b. 1936


Gouan

Latin: Gouanius

Translingual: Gouan

Antoine Gouan, b. 1733


Dupont de Ligonnès

Previously spelled du Pont de Ligonnès. From Occitan [Term?].


Msadek

Borrowed from Arabic مُصَدِّق (muṣaddiq).

Slah Msadek, b. 1958


Belattek

Borrowed from Arabic بِلْعَاتِق (bilʕātiq).


Bahloul

Kahina Bahloul, b. 1979


Biot

Translingual: Biot, Bi

English: Biot, biot

a surname, Biot, originating as a patronymic


Oualalou

Borrowed from Arabic والعلو. Originating from Morocco.


Gabas

Translingual: gabasianus

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. As a surname, most prevalent in Gironde department.


Piquemal

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in the Ariège department.


Rouvière

English: Rouvière, Rouviere

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Gard and Lozère departments.


Taillefer

At least partially from Occitan [Term?]. Cognate with Catalan Tallaferro and Italian Tagliaferro. Historically most prevalent in the Tarn and Aude departments.


Marsan

Borrowed from Occitan.
* (surname): Most prevalent in the Landes department.
* (hillock): ND du Marsan (chapel) attested on the Cassini map (1740s).


Paroix

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.


Parpaillon

Borrowed from Occitan Parpalhon. Most prevalent in Vendée department.


Parnaut

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Landes department.


Parrou

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Hautes-Pyrénées department.


Partarrieu

Borrowed from Occitan Partarriu. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.


Patatut

Borrowed from Occitan Patatut. Most prevalent in Hautes-Pyrénées department.


Pavan

Partially from Occitan Pavan. According to A. Dauzat it comes from Papo, a Germanic given name.


Pabine

Borrowed from Occitan Pavina. Encountered only in Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées departments and possibly extinct. Of Germanic origin, see Pavan.


Paybou

Borrowed from Occitan Pairbon. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.


Payran

Borrowed from Occitan Pairan. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.


Payrastre

Borrowed from Occitan Pairastre. Most prevalent in Tarn department.


Falcao

Borrowed from Portuguese Falcão, cognate with French Faucon and Spanish Falcón. Present in France.


Faucon

Cognate with Portuguese Falcão and Spanish Falcón.


Grigalachvili

Borrowed from Georgian გრიგალაშვილი (grigalašvili).

გრიგალაშვილი


Desrochers

From des (“of the”) + rochers (“rocks”).

a habitational surname, equivalent to English Mount, particularly common in Canada


Urruty

Borrowed from Basque [Term?]. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.


Trulès

Yaëlle Trulès, b. 1979


Trutat

Eugène Trutat, b. 1840


Mahrez

Brahim Mahrez, b. 1972


Guénin

Pierre Guénin, b. 1927


Voiture

Translingual: Voiture


Jacque

→ English: Jacque

Historically most prevalent in Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Vosges.


Foch

English: Foch

Borrowed from Occitan. Most prevalent in Haute-Garonne.


Poincaré

Translingual: Poincaré

Translingual: Poincare

English: Poincaré

English: Poincare

English: Poincaree


Benalla

Borrowed from Arabic اِبْن عَلَاء (ibn ʕalāʔ).

اِبْن عَلَاء


Eychenne

Borrowed from Occitan Eishena.
* (surname): Historically most prevalent in Ariège.


Bonzom

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Ariège.


Duquesne

Normanno-Picard equivalent to Duchêne (‘of the oak’).

Duquene (alternative)
Duquêne (alternative)
Duquenne (alternative)


Djian

Philippe Djian, b. 1949


Mitildjian

Borrowed from Armenian Միթիլճյան (Mitʻilčyan).

Jean-Blaise Mitildjian, b. 1953

(very rare) a French surname from Armenian


Manouchian

Borrowed from Armenian Մանուշյան (Manušyan).

Missak Manouchian, b. 1906


Tcherneyan

Borrowed from Armenian Չերնյան (Čʻernyan).


Raîche

English: Raiche


Mbaye

Ndiaga Mbaye, b. 1948


Nègre

Borrowed from Occitan Negre. Historically most prevalent in Tarn.


Delord

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Dordogne.

Taxile Delord, b. 1815


Delort

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Cantal.


Delors

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Corrèze.


Dussutour

Audrey Dussutour, b. 1977


Couffignal

Borrowed from Occitan Confinhal. Most prevalent in Aveyron.

Louis Couffignal, b. 1902


Roumieux

Borrowed from Occitan Romieu. Most prevalent in Gard.

Louis Roumieux, b. 1829


Dumay

* Variant of Dumets (see Demers).
* Also from du (“of the”) + Le May, name of several places in France. Compare Dumais, May, Lemay.
* Also a variant of Dumes, Dume, from du (“of the”) + archaic mes (“farmstead”) (compare maison).

Jean-Michel Dumay, b. 1961


Auberjonois

English: Auberjonois

Originating from Switzerland; extremely rare in France.


Illouz

Eva Illouz, b. 1961


Fellous

Borrowed from Arabic فِلُّوس (fillūs). Originating from Tunisia.

Colette Fellous, b. 1950


Tchernov

Dmitri Tchernov, b. 1839


Danault

English: Danault


Gaucher

English: Gaucher


Piot

→ English: Piot


Montdragon

Borrowed from Occitan Montdragon, from Latin mōns draconis (“dragon mountain”).


Bellegarde

English: Bellegarde


Bourdieu

Inherited from Old French bourdieu (“hospital”).


Bellerose

desc

English: Bellerose, Bellrose, Belerose, Belrose


Labatt

English: Labatt


Marillier

English: Marillier


Butin

English: Butin

In France, most prevalent in Nord department.


Bassatne

Borrowed from Arabic بَسَاتْنِي (basātnī).


Massé

English: Masse, Massé, Massey


Pinel

English: Pinel


Corbeau

English: Corbeau


Bourbonnais

English: Bourbonnais


de Broglie

English: de Broglie

de+Broglie. From Italian Broglio, from Broglia.

De Broglie (alternative)
Debroglie (alternative)
Broglie (alternative)

a surname, de Broglie
a habitational surname

a surname, de Broglie
a surname from Italian


Broglie

English: Broglie

desc

→ Chinese: 布羅伊 /布罗伊 (Bùluóyī) (transliteration)

From Francization of Italian Broglia and Broglio surnames, from Broglia. The French commune is named after Marshal François-Marie de Broglie, when his family was elevated to dukedom and seated in Chambrais.

a surname, Broglie
a habitational surname from French

a surname, Broglie
a surname from Italian


Fréchette

English: Frechette

From the rhotacism of fléchette (“dart”).


Pagé

English: Page


Audett

English: Audett

From originating from Audeville; from Audeville, Savoie or D'Audeville, Loiret.

Audet (alternative)
Audette (alternative)
Audé (alternative)
Aude (alternative)
Audey (alternative)
Auday (alternative)
Audaie (alternative)
Audais (alternative)
Auddet (alternative)
Auddett (alternative)
Auddette (alternative)
Auddé (alternative)
Audde (alternative)
Auddey (alternative)
Audday (alternative)
Auddaie (alternative)
Auddais (alternative)
Odet (alternative)
Odett (alternative)
Odette (alternative)
Odé (alternative)
Ode (alternative)
Odey (alternative)
Oday (alternative)
Odaie (alternative)
Odais (alternative)
Oddet (alternative)
Oddett (alternative)
Oddette (alternative)
Oddé (alternative)
Odde (alternative)
Oddey (alternative)
Odday (alternative)
Oddaie (alternative)
Oddais (alternative)

a habitational surname, Audett, from places


Desbiens

English: Desbiens


Doumbouya

English: Doumbouya


Aliassime

Aliassim (alternative)
Aliasim (alternative)
Aliasime (alternative)
Alyassime (alternative)
Alyassim (alternative)
Alyasim (alternative)
Alyasime (alternative)


Zemmour

Borrowed from Kabyle azemmur (“olives”).


Vérove

English: Verove


Laurentie

From Laurent + -ie. In the case of Québec, a reference to the St. Lawrence River, coined by Marie-Victorin.


Desnoyers

From des (“of the”) + noyers (“walnut trees”).


Deleuze

From Occitan del (“of the”) + euse (“holm oak”).


Superville

English: Superville


Bandelier

English: Bandelier

Originating from Switzerland and, In France, Territoire de Belfort.


Desaulniers

From de (“of”) + saulniers (“salters”) (obsolete spelling of sauniers).


Bompas

English: Bompas


Benois

English: Benois

Russian: Бенуа (Benua)

Benoît (alternative)
Benoit (alternative)
Benoist (alternative)


Fauconnier

a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Falconer


de la Tour

a surname transferred from the common noun


Vanier

→ English: Vanier

* From Old French vanier (“winnower”).
* From French vannier (“basketweaver”).

Vanir (alternative)
Vaner (alternative)
Levanier (alternative)
Le Vanier (alternative)
le Vanier (alternative)
Vannir (alternative)
Vanner (alternative)
Levannier (alternative)
Le Vannier (alternative)
le Vannier (alternative)

a surname, Vanier, originating as an occupation


Schulmann

Schoulman (alternative)
Schoulmann (alternative)
Schulman (alternative)


Vallée

English: Vallee


Plumier

→ Translingual: Plumeria, plumieri

→ English: Plumier

Charles Plumier, b. 1646


Faure

Occupational surname for a blacksmith, from Old French fevre, from Latin faber (“smith, craftsman”). Compare Lefevre, Ford, Fore, Foree.

Félix Faure (1841–1899), French politician and President of France from 1895 until his death


Marchessault

English: Marchessault


Kloetzer

English: Kloetzer

Borrowed from Alemannic German or German Klötzer. Originating from Alsace.

Laurent Kloetzer, b. 1975

(very rare) a French surname from Alemannic German


Louatah

Sabri Louatah, b. 1983


Mamère

English: Mamere

From ma + mère, literally "my mother". Originally a nickname given by fatherless children to their mother, but they later acquired the surname. This explains why some men held this surname.

Noël Mamère, b. 1948

(rare) a French surname, Mamere, transferred from the nickname


Boukhobza

Chochana Boukhobza, b. 1959


Mandard

English: Mandard


Collas

English: Collas


Lichtsztejn

(very rare) a French surname from Polish


Faux

English: Faux

Borrowed from Occitan or Middle French. In France it is most prevalent in Gironde.


Noualhat

From Occitan. Most prevalent in Puy-de-Dôme.


Deauville

English: Deauville

Inherited from Middle French Dauville, from Old French d'Auville, from Auville, from Latin Auevilla. The Canadian locality is named after the Norman commune.


Diakité

English: Diakite


Bouallegue

Borrowed from Arabic بُوعَلَّاق (būʕallāq).

bor+

Amrou Bouallegue, b. 1995


Yazdanpanah

Yazdan Yazdanpanah, b. 1965


Dagorn

English: Dagorn

Borrowed from Breton. Most prevalent in Finistère.


Amouroux

English: Amouroux

Borrowed from Occitan, from Old Occitan amoros, literally "in love". Cognate of Amoureux. Most prevalent in Dordogne.

a French surname, Amouroux, from Occitan [in turn transferred from the nickname]


Amoureux

English: Amoureux

From amoureux (literally “(is) in love”). By surface analysis, amour + -eux.

a French surname, Amoureux, transferred from the nickname


Ducoing

English: Ducoing

Borrowed from Occitan. Most prevalent in Puy-de-Dôme.


Ducuing

English: Ducuing

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from Hautes-Pyrénées.


Kessaci

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَّاصِي (qaṣṣāṣī).

Katia Kessaci, b. 1995


Richardot

English: Richardot


Kousmine

Borrowed from Russian Кузьми́н (Kuzʹmín).

Catherine Kousmine, b. 1904


Kouzmine

Dimitri Kouzmine, b. 1968


Philippon

English: Philippon

Most prevalent in Creuse. Possibly cognate with Italian Filippone.


Luminet

Jean-Pierre Luminet, b. 1951


Philippot

English: Philippot


Philippou

English: Philippou

The surname is historically most prevalent in Tarn.


Arpajon

→ English: Arpajon


Dupuit

English: Dupuit


Dupuytren

English: Dupuytren


Perrau

English: Perrau


Perraut

English: Perraut


Parraut

English: Parraut


Parrau

English: Parrau


Peyraud

English: Peyraud


Floc'h

English: Floch

Borrowed from Breton (meaning squire, page boy). Most prevalent in Finistère.


Fauch

English: Fauch

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from Tarn.


Magot

English: Magot


Balmadier

Borrowed from Occitan. Likely originating from Lozère.


Rendu

English: Rendu


Bordenet

English: Bordenet


Marrant

English: Marrant


Cobée

English: Cobee


Coppée

English: Coppee


Bourdin

English: Bourdin


Bayle

→ English: Bayle

Borrowed from Occitan. Ultimately from Latin bajulus.


Piccard

English: Piccard

Translingual: Piccard Mons


Levallois

English: Levallois


Baraduc

In France, most prevalent in Puy-de-Dôme.


Oudet

English: Oudet


Vialatte

English: Vialatte


Bonjour

English: Bonjour

Uppercase form of bonjour (“hello”). In France, most prevalent in Jura and Rhône departments.


Cornillet

Historically most prevalent in Côtes-d'Armor.


Dujardin

English: Dujardin

In France, most prevalent in Nord department.


Duteil

English: Duteil


Dujour

English: Dujour


Augier

English: Augier


Biscaïchipy

English: Biscaichipy


Raufast

Borrowed from Occitan. In France, most prevalent in Ariège and Haute-Garonne.


Raoust

Borrowed from Occitan. In France, most prevalent in Bouches-du-Rhône.


Dufaur

English: Dufaur

Borrowed from Occitan. In France, most prevalent in Haute-Garonne.


Delfour

English: Delfour

Borrowed from Occitan. In France, most prevalent in Lot department.


Gertaldi

From Ligurian Gertaldi (surname), from Lombardic gert (“enclosure, court”, Cf. Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌹 (þiudangardi) f.) + *-ualdi (“power, authority”, genitive of -Lombardic *-uald, Old High German walt)

af

Cf. Gothic <i class="Goth mention" lang="got">𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌹</i> (þiudangardi) f.


Leparmentier

English: Leparmentier


Balduc

English: Balduc


Longuet

English: Longuet


Loriol

English: Loriol


Marchandeau

In France, most prevalent in Saône-et-Loire.


Daudet

English: Daudet


Ciret

English: Ciret


Ciron

→ English: Ciron


Ziraoui

Borrowed from Arabic الزِّيرَاوِي (az-zīrāwī).

bor+

الزِّيرَاوِي


Chirol

English: Chirol


Mazars

English: Mazars

Borrowed from Occitan. Most prevalent in Aveyron.


Attal

English: Attal

Borrowed from Arabic. A Sephardic surname.


Sorokine

English: Sorokine

Borrowed from Russian Соро́кин (Sorókin).


Benvignat

Apparently extinct; attested in Charles Benvignat (b. 1805).


Méert

Borrowed from Dutch Meert. In France, most prevalent in Nord department.


Exarchopoulos

Borrowed from Greek Εξαρχόπουλος (Exarchópoulos).

Εξαρχόπουλος


Grothendieck

a French surname, Grothendieck, from German


Gauguin

English: Gauguin

Japanese: ゴーギャン


Gaugain

English: Gaugain


Coutisson

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from Creuse.


Guédiguian

Borrowed from Armenian Կետիկյան (Ketikyan).

Robert Guédiguian, b. 1953


Lanceray

Russian: Лансере (Lansere)

Borrowed from Middle French. Apparently extinct in France since at least 1891.


Dupin

English: Dupin

Historically most prevalent in the Landes department.


Malingre

English: Malingre


Cornec

English: Cornec

Borrowed from Breton. Most prevalent in Finistère.


Paries

English: Paries

Borrowed from Occitan Paries. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. Possibly related to Pariès.


Pariès

English: Paries

Possibly a variant of Paries, from Occitan Paries.


Pargade

English: Pargade

Borrowed from Occitan Pargada. Most prevalent in Gironde department.


Pareilh

Borrowed from Occitan Parelh. Originating from Hautes-Pyrénées.


Pardies

English: Pardies

Toponymic, from Occitan Pardias. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.


Pardiac

English: Pardiac

Toponymic, from Occitan Pardiac. Most prevalent in Gironde.


Ompraret

English: Ompraret


Oyhénart

English: Oyhenart

Borrowed from Occitan Oienart, ultimately from Basque.


Orpustan

English: Orpustan


Leplâtre

English: Leplatre


Dintilhac

Borrowed from Occitan. Most prevalent in Aveyron.


Lussac

English: Lussac

Toponymic, from Occitan Lussac. Most prevalent in Gironde.


Cussac

English: Cussac

Toponymic, from Occitan Cussac. Most prevalent in Cantal department.


Cuxac

Toponymic, from Occitan. Most prevalent in Aude department.


Marcade

English: Marcade


Marcadet

English: Marcadet

In France, most prevalent in Loir-et-Cher.


Staquet

English: Staquet

Frequent in Wallonia and Brussels. In France, most prevalent in Nord department.


Forneiron

/fɔʁ.nɛ.ʁɔ̃/


Moquet

English: Moquet


Mélenchon

Borrowed from Spanish Melenchón, a deformation of Belinchón.


Hoarau

English: Hoarau

Réunion Creole French: Waro

Originating from mainland France where it became extinct until recently. (attested 1640s in Menneville, Picardie Province). Now most prevalent in Réunion. Possibly from Dutch or Middle Dutch.

Hoareau (alternative)
Houarault (alternative)


Hoareau

Réunion Creole French: Waro


Bréville

English: Breville


Laugier

English: Laugier


Lauzier

English: Lauzier


Louchet

English: Louchet


Mabillard

English: Mabillard


Cotillard

English: Cotillard


Pochon

English: Pochon


Krivine

English: Krivine


Vuitton

English: Vuitton


Pelletan

English: Pelletan

Borrowed from Occitan. Most prevalent in Gironde.


Ducourtieux

In France, most prevalent in Haute-Vienne and Dordogne.


Créac'h

English: Creach

Borrowed from Breton. Historically most prevalent in Finistère.


Fumaroli

Borrowed from Corsican [Term?] or Italian Fumaroli.

Marc Fumaroli, b. 1932


Kourkov

(very rare) a surname from Russian or Ukrainian


Bihouix

In France, most prevalent in Loire-Atlantique.


Jouan

English: Jouan


Brisac

English: Brisac


Fichen

English: Fichen


Dunyach

Borrowed from Catalan. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Orientales.

Jean-Claude Dunyach, b. 1957


Leclert

English: Leclert

In France, most prevalent in Aube department.


Dedieu

English: Dedieu

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from Ariège.


Benchiba

Borrowed from Arabic بِنْشِيبَة (binšība).


Sehili

Borrowed from Arabic السّْهِيلِي (as-shīlī).


Lanaspeze

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from the Gers department, now most prevalent in Haute-Garonne.


Deroche

a habitational surname, equivalent to English Mountain, particularly common in Canada


Coldefy

Borrowed from Occitan. In France, most prevalent in the Lot department.


Mocchi

English: Mocchi

Borrowed from Corsican or Italian Mocchi.


Demesmaeker

Borrowed from Dutch Demesmaeker. Likely originating from Belgium. In France, most prevalent in the Nord department.


Plessis

English: Plessis

Deplessis (alternative)
DePlessis (alternative)
dePlessis (alternative)
De Plessis (alternative)
de Plessis (alternative)
Duplessis (alternative)
DuPlessis (alternative)
duPlessis (alternative)
Du Plessis (alternative)
du Plessis (alternative)
Leplessis (alternative)
LePlessis (alternative)
lePlessis (alternative)
Le Plessis (alternative)
le Plessis (alternative)


Rocque

English: Rocque

from several places in France such as Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in Alpes-Maritimes, from the original name in Occitan ròcabruna (“brown rock”), from ròca (from Medieval Latin rocca) + brun.
Compare Larocque, Roch, Rock, Roque, Roche.


Pieiller

In France, most prevalent in the Jura department. Also present in Valle d'Aosta, Italy.


Degeyter

Borrowed from Dutch Degeyter. In France, most prevalent in the Nord department.


Méheut

English: Meheut

Borrowed from Breton. In France, most prevalent in Côtes-d'Armor.


Vastey

Possibly originating from French Normandy but apparently extinct in France.

Jean-Louis Vastey, 1781-1820


Limat

English: Limat

Maurice Limat, b. 1914


Philoctète

English: Philoctete

Borrowed from Latin Philoctetes/Philocteta.

René Philoctète, b. 1932


Becquart

English: Becquart

in France, most prevalent in the Nord department.


Bernabeu

Borrowed from Catalan Bernabeu or Spanish Bernabéu.


Audureau

English: Audureau

Historically most prevalent in the Vendée department.


Andrin

English: Andrin


Garat

English: Garat

Borrowed from Basque. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.


Arrouet

English: Arrouet


Palix

English: Palix


Catelle

English: Catelle

In France, most prevalent in the Nord department.


Layet

English: Layet


Mirmand

In France, most prevalent in Haute-Loire.


Gauchard

English: Gauchard


Pogu

In France, most prevalent in Loire-Atlantique.


Ohayon

Sephardic surname, likely derived from Arabic. Cognate with Hebrew אוחיון.

cog

Hebrew אוחיון


Denault

English: Denault

A variant of Deneau. Very rare in France, most prevalent in Quebec. Compare Dano, Deneault.


Seysses

English: Seysses

Borrowed from Occitan Sèishes. The surname is very rare in France.


Muret

English: Muret

→ Chinese: 米雷 (Mǐléi) (transliteration)


Lalande

English: Lalande

la Lande (alternative)
La Lande (alternative)
Lande (alternative)

a habitational surname, Lalande, from landforms


Sabatier

English: Sabatier


Sabattier

English: Sabattier


O'Bansawin

Borrowed from English O'Bansawin, Anglicized from the French Obonsawin, Gallicized from the Abenaki Obomsawin, meaning pathfinder.

O'Bonsawin (alternative)
Obansawin (alternative)
Obonsawin (alternative)
Obamsawin (alternative)
Obomsawin (alternative)

a surname, O'Bansawin, from Abenaki; alternative form of Obonsawin


Glouchevitch

English: Glouchevitch


Armanet

English: Armanet


Antras

→ English: Antras

Borrowed from Occitan Antràs, probably from Antres du Cluzets, from antre (“cave”), referring to three contiguous caves that were made in the rocks and remain today. Historically most prevalent in Ariège.


Baup

English: Baup


Tautou

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from Corrèze.


Foenkinos

Borrowed from Arabic. A Sephardi surname.

David Foenkinos, b. 1974


Poubelle

English: Poubelle

Historically most prevalent in Pas-de-Calais.


Filatieff

Borrowed from Russian Филатьев (Filatʹjev).

bor+

Filatiev (alternative)
Filatyev (alternative)


Marpsat

Maryse Marpsat, b. 1951


Touré

English: Toure


Poilievre

→ English: Poilievre


Poilièvre

English: Poilievre

Perhaps from pois aux lièvres (“yellow pea (Lathyrus aphaca)”)


Thibedeau

English: Thibedeau


Delagrange

English: Delagrange

de Lagrange (alternative)
De Lagrange (alternative)
de La Grange (alternative)
de la Grange (alternative)
De La Grange (alternative)
Degrange (alternative)
De Grange (alternative)
de Grange (alternative)
Lagrange (alternative)
La Grange (alternative)
la Grange (alternative)
Grange (alternative)


Valérius

From Latinization of the patronymic surname Valéry, reinforced by Valerius.

Vidian Valérius, b. 1988


Vidocq

Historically most prevalent in the Pas-de-Calais department but actually borrowed from Occitan.

Eugène-François Vidocq, b. 1775


Kalifa

Dominique Kalifa, b. 1957


Hamraoui

Borrowed from Arabic حَمْرَاوِي (ḥamrāwī).


Rantonnet

Translingual: rantonnetii


Vieillot

English: Vieillot

From vieillot. Historically most prevalent in Seine-Maritime.


Macquaire

English: Macquaire


Rabelais

English: Rabelais

Made famous by François Rabelais. Recently extinct in France.


Bousenna

Borrowed from Arabic بُوسَنَّة (būsanna).


Boutella

Borrowed from Arabic بُوتَلَّة (būtalla).

Sofia Boutella, b. 1982


Cosnard

English: Cosnard

Historically most prevalent in the Sarthe department.


Dieumegard

Inherited from Old French Dieu + me + gart, literally "God may protect me". Compare with the similar formation of the surname Boileau. Historically most prevalent in Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.


Malbec

English: Malbec


Maubec

English: Maubec


Letissier

English: Letissier

Historically most prevalent in the Orne department.


Menu

English: Menu

Historically most prevalent in the Nord department.


Solovieff

Borrowed from Russian Соловьёв (Solovʹjóv).


Potet

English: Potet


Yahyaoui

Borrowed from Arabic الْيَحْيَاوِي (al-yaḥyāwī).

الْيَحْيَاوِي

Amira Yahyaoui, b. 1984


Guillard

→ English: Guillard

Uncertain. Probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Wiljaharduz, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“will, wish, desire”) + Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard, brave”). (Old French *Guilhard?)


Fouillet

English: Fouillet

Historically most prevalent in Deux-Sèvres.


Stépanoff

Borrowed from Russian Степа́нов (Stepánov).


Pouyanne

English: Pouyanne


Poilâne

Translingual: poilanei

Historically most prevalent in Maine-et-Loire.


Corre

English: Corre

Borrowed from Breton. Historically most prevalent in the Finistère department.


Le Corre

English: Le Corre

le + Corre, from Breton. Historically most prevalent in the Finistère department.

Lecorre (alternative)
LeCorre (alternative)


Savignac

English: Savignac

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Aveyron.


Vandeputte

Borrowed from Dutch van de Putte. Equivalent of Dupuits.


Matthieussent

Brice Matthieussent, b. 1950


Laffaye

English: Laffaye

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Hautes-Pyrénées.


Lafaye

English: Lafaye


Lafaille

English: Lafaille


Paralieu

Borrowed from Occitan Paralieu. Originating from Béarn.


Pandellé

Pandélé (alternative)
Pandélés (alternative)
Pendélé (alternative)


Pandélés

Pandélé (alternative)
Pandellé (alternative)
Pendélé (alternative)


Pandélé

Pandélés (alternative)
Pandellé (alternative)
Pendélé (alternative)


Cleenewerck

English: Cleenewerck

Borrowed from Dutch. In France, historically most prevalent in Nord.


Sganzin

Translingual: sganzianus, sganzini


Jomard

Historically most prevalent in the Rhône department.


Palhassar

Borrowed from Occitan Palhassar. Apparently extinct.


Oustric

Borrowed from Occitan Ostric. Originating from Languedoc, ultimately from a Germanic language.


Ouerbou

Borrowed from Occitan Uerbo, from Old Occitan Oerbo. Apparently extinct.


Panchard

English: Panchard

Absent from France, originating from Switzerland.


Caralp

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Ariège.


Escaich

English: Escaich


Barrelier

→ Translingual: Barrel., barrelieri

→ English: Barrelier

Jacques Barrelier, b. 1606


Haussmann

English: Haussmann

Greek: Οσμάν (Osmán)

Russian: Осма́н (Osmán)

Borrowed from German Haußmann/Haussmann.


Geromegnace

Historically most prevalent in Guadeloupe.


Truchard

English: Truchard


Barthes

English: Barthes

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Tarn.


Barthès

English: Barthes


Espérandieu

English: Esperandieu

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in the Gard department. Cognate with Italian Sperandio.


Guillotin

English: Guillotin

desc

→ Chinese: 吉約坦 /吉约坦 (Jíyuētǎn) (transliteration)

Guillot + -in. diminutive of Guillot (“surname”), from Guillaume (“William”)

Guillotin: a surname transferred from the nickname