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in French with capital spelling: Comtesse de, Marquis de... (e.g., Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune; Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon; Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine). While capitalization of noble titles occurred historically in French, this usage is no longer correct in French. This form is, however, frequently found in ...
Many non-noble people have particules in their names simply because they indicate the family's geographic origin. One example is Dominique de Villepin. French statesman Charles de Gaulle's surname may not be a traditional French name with a toponymic particule, but a Flemish Dutch name that evolved from a form of De Walle meaning "the wall".
If the French expression is untranslated (not a loanword), follow French capitalization practice. For French: some expressions are not capitalized at all (e.g., fin de siècle), others have a capitalization of the first word. For Spanish, German, and any language usually written in the Latin alphabet the same (or something similar) would apply.
-ell (English spelling for French -el, diminutive) [citation needed]-el (Northern French and Occitan, French -eau) [citation needed]-ema (Suffix of Frisian origin, given by Napoleon Bonaparte who used suffixes like these to keep a record of people's origins within the Netherlands) [citation needed]-ems [citation needed]
See baby names inspired by France with these 40 French names and meanings for girls and boys, as well as gender neutral French names for babies. ... Nicolas — The people’s victory. Timothee ...
In French, street names are capitalized when they are proper names; the noun itself (rue, place) is normally not capitalized: rue de Rivoli, place de la Concorde. [citation needed] In Italian the name of a particular concept or object is capitalized when the writer wants to emphasize its importance and significance. [9]
Say "bonjour" to French names for girls beyond classics like "Marie," "Charlotte" and "Louise.". American parents fell in love with French girl names in the 1960s, according to Laura Wattenberg ...
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