Derived from French clou meaning nail referring to someone who made or sold nails.

Popular french last names. GegaGegaj for one of Gheg origin ToskuToskaj signifying Tosk origin and Chami for Cham origin. Compiled below for you are 150 popular French surnames arranged in alphabetical order. One old French word is beau or bel both meaning fair lovely beautiful Other French words prepositions mostly you may find in these surnames are bonne des la le and du.

This category has only the following subcategory. French A stay or walking staff. Derived from the given name Colobert.

Previous page French name. Thomas From Saint Thomas the famous disciple of Jesus. From the Germanic bern bear and hard brave the name Bernhard was first recorded as early as the 9 th After the Norman conquest the English variant Beornheard turned into the Old French Bernard.

Bernard Saint Bernard bold as a bear. French Last Names From French Words There are a handful of French words that are a variant of popular surnames. A corruption of Bai.

Lavendar and Sunflower Fields in Provence France. Common French Last Names. Most Popular French Surnames on FamilyEducation.

F Franco-Provençal-language surnames 11 P Pages in category French-language surnames The following 200 pages are in this category out of approximately 1293 total. Allaire Medieval French French Quebec French Huguenot. From a diminutive of given name Nicolas.