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The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. 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 ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Surnames of French origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 470 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Name DOB–DOD Years Active Native Country Comments Albert, John: 1806–1899 1834–1847 United States Ashley, William Henry: 1778–1838 1822–1828 United States Baker, Jim: 1818–1898 1839–1873 United States Barclay, Alex: 1810–1855 1838–1855 Barclay was a British-born frontiersman of the American West.
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 ...
Pages in category "French-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,773 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Franco-American Flag [citation needed]. French Americans are U.S. citizens or nationals of French descent and heritage. The majority of Franco-American families did not arrive directly from France, but rather settled French territories in the New World (primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries) before moving or being forced to move to the United States later on (see Quebec diaspora and Great ...
Frédéric Passy (1822–1912), French economist, author and pacifist who was a founding member of several peace societies, joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 for his work in the European peace movement, a convert to Protestantism from Roman Catholicism. [106] Daniel Patte, French-American theologian. [107] [108]