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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 .
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.
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.
Deschamps (French pronunciation:, traditional English pronunciation: / ˈ d ɛ ʃ ən / DESH-ən [1]) is a common family name of French origin, which means "from the fields", from the French word champ = "field". Adolphe Deschamps (1807–1875), Belgian statesman and publisher; Carlos Romero Deschamps (born 1944), Mexican politician
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of French on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of French in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
‑eaux is the standard French language plural form of nouns ending in ‑eau, e.g. eau → eaux, château → châteaux, gâteau → gâteaux. In the United States, it often occurs as the ending of Cajun surnames, as well as a replacement for the long "O" (/ oʊ /) sound in some English words as a marker of Cajun, or more broadly Louisiana ...
Lefebvre (French: ⓘ; commonly / l ə ˈ f iː v ər / in English-speaking countries, as well as / l ə ˈ f eɪ v / or / l ə ˈ f ɛ v /) is a common northern French surname.Alternative forms include Lefebvre, le Febvre, Le Febvre, Lefèbvre, le Fèbvre, Le Fèbvre, as well as the common variant Lefèvre (le Fèvre, Le Fèvre; anglicized Lefevre, le Fevre, Le Fevre, LeFevre, LeFever).
Bastarache (French pronunciation: [bas.ta.ʁɑʃ]) is a French surname of Basque origin. It was formed as a patronym of Basterreche, which itself is a topographic name for someone who lived in a house by a boundary, or on the edge of a settlement or the corner of a street.