-eau Moreau - son of the Moor.

Surname meaning french. Francis starting as Frauncays or the Frenchman and French starting as de Freyne or from France. Lavendar and Sunflower Fields in Provence France. A French prefix or suffix is sometimes added to a given name to form a patronymic surname.

French Translation of surname The official Collins English-French Dictionary online. Being from France in England potentially gave rise to the surnames. However the derivation here could have been from a different root the Latin word fraxinus meaning ash tree.

French surnames normally fit into one of the following categories. Derived from Old French bon fils meaning good son. Abadie abbey or family chapel Alarie all-powerful Allard noble Anouilh slow worm Archambeau bold daring Arsenault gun maker keeper of the arsenal Auclair clear Barbeau a type of fish fisherman Barbier barber Bassett low short or of humble origins Baudelaire small sword dagger.

A misused identity surname forename date of birth occurs if a person uses the identity of another real person. Use the list below to find your last name and learn about its meaning and origins. Autry Archambault Arsenau Image.

Derived from the Old French word meaning enduring this name also has Latin roots from duruo which translates as to make stronger Leroy. De Freyne had a Norman origin. Patronymic Surnames - A surname based on the first name of the father is the most common category of French last names.

Most Popular French Surnames on FamilyEducation. The name is sometimes spelled with a beginning of Ff. 84 This ancient surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is from an ethnic name for someone from France derived from the Middle English 1200 - 1500 frennsee frenche a development of the Olde English pre 7th Century frencisc meaning french.