Your French-Canadian Name Meaning & Origin
A list of French-Canadian, Québécois and Acadian family names, along with their origin, meaning and likely first ancestors who came to New France carrying that name.
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Origins of French-Canadian Family Names
Please note: if no likely French ancestors are listed, it’s because there are too many to list.
Sources of information:
Marc Picard, Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français (Québec, Québec, Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 2010), 401 pages.
René Jetté and the PRDH, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec des origines à 1730 (Montréal, Gaëtan Morin Éditeur, 1983), 1176 pages.
Université de Montréal, Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH) (https://www-prdh-igd.com/)
Geneanet (https://www.geneanet.org/)
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