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Pages in category "French-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,756 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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).
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 ...
Duquesne or Duchesne (/ dj uː ˈ k eɪ n / dew-KAYN, French:; old spelling Du Quesne, American spelling DuQuesne) is a family name derived from a northern dialectal form of French (Norman and Picard) meaning du chêne in French ("of the oak").
a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [36] louche
Jacques Maritain (1882–1973), French Catholic philosopher; Jacques Marquette (1637–1675), French explorer, led first European expedition to the northern Mississippi River; Jacques Massu (1908–2002), French general; Jacques Mazoin (1929–2020), French rugby union player and coach; Jacques Monod (1910–1976), French biologist and Nobel ...
The two most common Italian family names, Russo and Rossi, mean the same thing, "Red", possibly referring to the hair color. Both Western and Eastern orders are used for full names: the given name usually comes first, but the family name may come first in administrative settings; lists are usually indexed according to the last name.
[15] [2] Le Roy, or Le Roi was a family name and also a title that was used by the kings of England & royal administration (such as Norroy and Viceroy). [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] This is seen with patronymic surnames like Fitzroy , from Fi(t)z , meaning "son of" and Roy , le Roy meaning "king", denoting the name bearer as a "son of the king".