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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 .
Pages in category "Surnames of French origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 469 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"). A common misconception is that particules indicate some noble or feudal origin of the name, but this is not always ...
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...
E – "and", between surnames (Maria Eduarda de Canto e Mello) [citation needed] Fitz – (Irish, from Norman French) "son of", from Latin " filius" meaning "son" (mistakenly thought to mean illegitimate son, because of its use for certain illegitimate sons of English kings) [citation needed]
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Pages in category "French masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 345 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
French-language surnames (1 C, 1,769 P) Pages in category "French names" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.