French surnames
Names from France
French surnames are family names originating in France or French-speaking regions.
Like most European surnames, they derive from occupations (Lefebvre, "the smith"), locations (Dupont, "of the bridge"), physical traits (Petit, "small"), or parentage (Martin, from the given name).
Many French surnames retain the definite article: Leblanc, Leroux, Lacroix.
- MartinLatin-rooted masculine name
- BernardTraditional masculine given name
- BeaumontTexas Gulf Coast city
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
Simon · Robert · patronymic · Thomas · Dupont · Richard · genealogy · last name · Blanc · bourgeois · old money · hyphenated · French Canadian · Parisian · de Gaulle · ancestry · lineage · coat of arms
- French AmericaCajun, Creole, French Quarter, New Orleans, Cajun French
- surnamesSmith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones
- Cajun LouisianaAcadiana, Cajun, bayou, crawfish, Cajun culture
national/cultural origin
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