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Pages in category "French-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,759 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
French-language surnames (1 C, 1,755 P) N. Norman-language surnames (29 P) O. Occitan-language surnames (42 P) P. Surnames of Piedmontese origin (2 P) S.
Noble families of the First French Empire (5 C) A. House of Albert (1 C, 27 P) House of Albon (3 P) House of Albret (1 C, 25 P) House of Amboise (12 P) Arenberg ...
Some French last names include a prefix called a particle (French: particule), a preposition or article at the beginning of the name. The most widespread of these are de (meaning "of"), le or la ("the"), and Du or de La ("of the"). The capitalisation of particules can vary.
Boor, van der – possibly of the same French root as Boer – farmer or simple person; "boorish" [2] [citation needed] Bos – Forest; Boswel – surname originating from Scotland; Bouwman – in modern Dutch it means building man (mason or construction worker), but in older Dutch it meant farmer; Braam – Blackberry; Brouwer – Brewer
For an explanation of the French peerage, see the article Peerage of France. Note that peerages and titles were distinct, and the date given for the extinction of the peerage is not necessarily the same as that of the extinction of the title. For more on noble titles and distinctions, see French nobility.
1700 Louis XIV: Harcourt: Extant: Duke of Châteauvillain: 1703 Louis XIV: Bourbon-Penthièvre: 1821 Duke of Villars: 1705 Louis XIV: Villars 1770 Duke of Lorges: 1706 Louis XIV: Durfort: Extant: Duke of Fitz-James: 1710 Louis XIV: Fitz-James: 1967 Duke of Antin: 1711 Louis XIV: Pardaillan: 1757 Duke of Rambouillet: 1711 Louis XIV: Bourbon ...
Russell, also Rosel, Rousel, Roussel, Russel or Rossell.The origin of the name has historically been subject to disagreement, with two distinct origins proposed. Early genealogists traced the Russel/Russell family of Kingston Russel from Anglo-Norman landholders bearing the toponymic surname 'de Rosel' or 'du Rozel', deriving from Rosel, Calvados, Normandy (not, as has also been claimed, Le ...