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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 .
Pages in category "French masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 344 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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". In the case of nobility, titles are mostly of the form [title] [ particle ] [name of the land]: for instance, Louis, duc d'Orléans ("Louis, duke of ...
American parents fell in love with French girl names in the 1960s, according to Laura Wattenberg, the creator of Namerology. "The Beatles’ song 'Michelle' helped set the trend," Wattenberg tells ...
B. Babault; Bacrot; Ballouhey; Banister (surname) Bannister; Barbaroux (surname) Bataillon; Baudrier; Baudu; Bazin (surname) Beaudreau; Bédard; Bélizaire; Bellecourt
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 ...
Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock; "Baie Verte" became Green Bay; "Grandes Fourches" became Grand Forks).
Thus, the Duchy of Montmorency was re-created in 1633 under the name of Enghien, which remained attached to a lake in the Montmorency region, a lake which gave its name to the town of Enghien-les-Bains. The title of duke, abolished during the French Revolution, was reestablished in 1806. Several dukes were created under the Empire and under the ...