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Pages in category "French-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,762 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
French is an anglicised version of Defreine, which has a Norman origin. Although the name is of French origin, it does not mean "French"; rather, it comes from the French word for ash tree. French is or was the surname of the following individuals (alphabetized by first name): Adrienne French (born 1987), fine art photographer
Pages in category "Surnames of French origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 462 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
French names typically consist of one or multiple given names, and a surname. One given name, usually the first, and the surname are used in a person's daily life, with the other given names used mainly in official documents. Middle names, in the English sense, do not exist. Initials are not used to represent second or further given names.
The name is in fact, of ultimate Germanic origin, being derived from the old baptismal name "Land-rick", a composite name which signifies, literally, "land/country-powerful". Different spellings of the same original surname are a common occurrence. Dictionaries of surnames indicate probable spelling variations of Landry to be: L'andre; Landre ...
Molyneux (/ ˈ m ɒ l ɪ nj uː /; Old French: De Molines or De Moulins) is a French surname. The surname has been linked primarily to a large French family that settled in Lancashire , England. By the 14th century the Molyneux family had split into three main branches: the Lancashire line, who became the Earls of Sefton ; the Nottingham line ...
The dit name (French: nom-dit [nɔ̃ di]) was a common French-Canadian custom by which families often adopted an alternate surname. They were also used in France, Italy, and Scotland. [ 1 ] The practice lasted until the 19th century, and in a few cases into the 20th century. [ 1 ]
Lambert is an English and French [1] given name and surname. It is from the Low German form of the anthroponymic name Landberht from the Old High German land "(home) land" and beraht "bright". [2] It is one of the most common French surnames with a total number of birth in France between 1966 and 1990 around 18,000 births.