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Acadian French-Canadian Name Variations

I'm often asked why there are so many variation in French names...and there are many, which obviously makes our "task" that much more difficult...but interesting!

The following article (one of the many hundreds on the "In Search of Our Acadian Roots" CD-ROM) has been translated and is reproduced here with thanks to Claude Perrault and the Socièté Généalogique Canadienne-Française.

 

Translation of SELECTED PARTS of "Les Variances des Noms Propres et des Prénoms et leurs Surnoms", by Claude Perrault...published by Loisirs St-Edouard Inc., 1981-1982.

Where did the variations of a name come from?

A1. The spelling of names in Canada, from the discovery of Jacques Cartier, in 1534, and in the two centuries following, was not fixed (or stable). We could add that this was also true for part of the 19th Century.

What were the reasons for that?

A1. At the time, few people were literate. In fact, you can discover in almost every parish register, this phrase: "ils ont déclaré ne savoir signer et ils ont fait leur marque ordinaire, c'est a dire, une croix" (they have declared not knowing how to sign and made an ordinary mark, that is to say, a cross (or "X").). Is this last phrase 100% true? Surely not, for we have found many acts where the witnesses were physicians, notaries, engineers etc. whom, according to the officiating minister, were people who did not know how to sign their name?

One can therefore ask why the officiating minister acted in such a way. Was it to save paper? It's possible, but one thing is certain; the officiating minister did not always collect all the signatures of those who could sign their names, nor did he note all the witnesses present at the ceremonies.

Besides, the officiating minister, or the person who transcribed the double of the register for civil archives, often did this task at a later date, when the witnesses were no longer there to sign!

The same phrase can also be found in notarized acts, and there again, it is not necessarily 100% true that they were unable to sign their name.

You will see this for yourself in your research, when you compare both versions of the register...that of the parish and the double. Similarly, you'll find the same thing when you compare the originals of the notarized acts and the copies.

A2. Because people pronounced their names differently, depending on the region they originated from. From there, to write the name according to the sound of it...there is only a short step for the ministers, notaries and all the public officials...whatever their function...who nevertheless had to write down the name.

Example: Payet, Peyet, Paillet, Payette or (even closer to home)...Sire, Syre, Cyre, Cyr.

A3. Because in the registers, the officiating ministers indicated the name that they were "told", or those that they heard pronounced. In both cases, they wrote the name their own way and according to their knowledge of French.

Example: Miet, Millet, Myet, Millette, etc.

A4. Because some ministers were careless and did not attach too much importance to the registration they were making, be it for baptisms, marriages, or sepultures.

Example: Claude Bussot dit Lacouture had 19 children baptized at Lavaltrie. The name of his wife varies at nearly every one of these baptisms!

Why does the variation of a name go all the way to its total transformation, for different reasons?

A1. The location of the residence, with names such as: Des Rochers, Des Ruisseaux, Des Pères, Durivage, Du chesne, Du mont, Du pont, La vallé, La montagne, La rivière, etc.

Examples:

Houde; became Desrochers

Trottier; became Desruisseaux

Couillard; became Desprs

Estienne; became Durivage

Guret; became Dumont

Perrault; became Duchesnes

A2. The place of origin, with names like Tourangeau, Poitevin, Champagne, Picard, d'Anjou, Saintonge, Provenal, Bourguignon, Languedoc, etc.

Examples:

Barbeau; became Poitevin

Danis; became Tourangeau

Prillard; Bourguignon

Aubin; became St-Onge

Lacoste; became Languedoc

Foran/Faran/Pharand; became Vivarias

A3. The occupation practiced; such as miller, blacksmith, well-man (in charge of a "well"), ferry-man (who would transport people, goods and livestock in his ferry), baker, stone carrier, harvester, tanner (selling or working with animal hides), spoon-maker, trader in salt, tailor, etc.

Examples:

miller -> meunier; became Dumoulin

blacksmith -> forgeron; became Laforge

well-man -> puisatier; became Dupuis

baker -> boulanger; became Ptrin

ferry-man -> traversier; became Latraverse

stone-transporter -> transporteur de pierre; became Chartier

nail-maker -> clou=nail; became Cloutier

bread-maker -> four=oven; became Fournier

harvester/reaper -> moissonneur; became Mtivier

worker in hides -> travailleur de peaux; became Pelletier

spoon-maker -> fabriquant de cuillers; became Cuillerier

trader in salt -> trafiquant sur le sel; became Saulnier

A4. The profession; such as lawyer, teacher, constable etc.

Examples:

lawyer -> procureur; became Bailly

teacher -> enseignant; became Lemaitre

constable/bailiff -> membre de la prvt; became Prevost

A5. By whim or fancy...and even grudge and mockery.

Examples:

Billeron; became LaFatigue

Rocan dit la ville; became Bastien

Ledoux; became Latreille

Seguin; became Ladroute

A6. Because of one's financial situation, military, or other. Examples:

Nicholas Boyer; became Nicholas Argentcourt

Perrault; became Chateauguay

A7. The shame of a personal past...or of one's relatives, after a crime had been committed...or, for any other reason judged sufficiently serious by the person involved, such as exercising the occupation of executioner.

Note: See Andre Lachance's volume on the executioners of New France, entitled "Le bourreau au Canada sous le Regime francais" (the executioner in Canada, under the French Regime), published by the Societe d'Histoire du Quebec, Cahiers d'Histoires vol. 18.

A8. For any other reason caused by euphonics or the difficulty of pronouncing a name.

Examples:

Cuvillon; became Quevillon

Delquel; became Dziel

How were some of the modifications of the names done by usage?

A1. By subtraction of certain letters.

Examples:

Houde; became Houd

Pelletier; became Peltier

Rivest; became Rivet

A2. By modification of the ending.

Examples:

Aur; became Auray

Leclerc; became Leclair

Perrot; became Perrault/Perreault etc.

A3. By the introduction of certain letters into the name:

Examples:

Houde; became Houlde

Hunault; became Henau

Chalifou; became Chalifour

Guillon; became Guyon

A4. By the ommission of the first syllable:

Examples:

Thiboutot; became Boutot and Bouthat

A5. By another name meaning about the same thing:

Example #1:

Roquebrune; became Larocque (to express solidity, firmness, hardiness).

Note: The following e-mail message was subsequently received from Robert Black... "Just a short note about the variations of the names. One of the names used was Larocque & Rocquebrune. It says "Roquebrune; became Larocque (to express solidity, firmness, hardiness)." This is totally wrong, the original name is Larocque meaning a tour or keep as the rook in the game of chess. The name Rocquebrune came from a town once owned or controled by the Larocque family of Larocque-Ordan in the department of Gers in France. Rocquebrune is about 15 km away and still has a tower standing made of redish brown stone hence Roquebrune, I have been to both places. The Chateau of Larocque has the remnants of a tower built in about 1050 as part of the foundation. My mother was born a Larocque-Rocquebrune. Robert Black

Example #2:

To use a factual case, let's take the one of Yolande CYR published in "Cahiers Gen-Histo" no. 1, on page 19. One notes in her lineage, that there is a Pierre CYR married on 6-11-1828 at Ste-Scholastique, to Julienne Larocque, daughter of Antoine and Genevieve Choret. If one looks for this last marriage under the name Larocque, it is not found! Because Antoine married under the name of Antoine de Rocbrune.

Another source of difficulty in your research, will come from variations (or the total changing) of the first name, as in the following examples:

1. At baptism, the person receives certain first names, where the last listed is usually the one by which he/she is known throughout his/her life....whereas, in France the opposite is customary!

2. At marriage (or death), if the person has been known throughout his/her life by a first name that does not appear among the ones given at baptism...and he/she marries or is buried under the "usual" name, this will of course, cause difficulties to his descendants and to the researchers.

Example: Wilfred Vzina married to Philomne Payette dite St-Amour.

Translating some excerpts of well-known and respected historians is all well and good, but these tend to give the impression to the readers, that these changes only occurred in New France...or that these names were mutilated only in the United States. Eventhough I (Claude Perrault) will translate several sources, all the reasons for the name changes, are not necessarily found there.

Here is a case from my own (Claude Perrault) tree which happened not THAT long ago. It just may give insight as to how some name changes _could_ have occurred.

My maternal granfather's name was Joseph-Edouard Walsh (now you know where the red hair comes from). In any case, he was the eldest of twelve children. The first six were baptized "Walsh", as was their father and grandfather. THEN, for whatever reason, the parish (in the county of Portneuf) received a new parish priest. The latter baptized the last six..."Welsh", When the six younger ones started school, they had to bring their "birth certificates". There, the school mistress, seeing the name on the birth certificates, proceeded to admonish the youngsters whenever they claimed their name was "Walsh". "Obviously", scolded the teacher, "it is Walsh"...that was what was entered on all their birth certificates! She decided that this was how they should learn how to pronounce and sign their name!

In a nutshell, today I, (Claude Perrault) have cousins whose names are "Walsh" and I have other cousins, whose name are "Welsh". All are descendants of the same couple.

Military Names ("Noms de guerre")

In "Les Institutions Militaires de la Nouvelle-France et les Archives" by Louis Lemoyne (published by Loisiers St-Edouard Inc., Montreal, 1981-1982), there are some lists of "noms de guerre".

What is surprising (and this is something that I [Claude Perrault] had not noticed before), is that the officers as well as the enlisted men had "noms de guerre". Also, I can't help but notice all the humorous names. In the great, great majority of cases,we will never know the stories behind those names...which is really too bad!.

Nevertheless, here are a few...with their meanings...and I'll let imagine how they came to be! The number in brackets, indicates how many individuals bore that "nom de guerre" in the registers of the invalids found at the hospital called, l'Institut National des Invalides" (France). I'll just go through the "B's" and "C's", and pick only a few examples, to give you an idea.

Examples:

Bonnenouvelle (10) -> good news

Bonne volont (17) -> good will

Bon Vivant (14) -> enjoys the good things in life

Bristetout (10) -> breaks everything

Brizefer (30) -> breaks everything (iron)

Brulevillage (11) -> burns village

Boit sans Soif (5) -> drinks without thirst

Bouteille (2) -> bottle

Brisemenage (2) -> home-breaker

Brulemaison (2) -> burns house

Cinq Franc (1) -> five francs

Coeur ardent (1) -> flaming heart

Clefs des Coeurs (2) -> keys to the hearts

Cupidon (3) -> cupid

Cur (1) -> priest

And just so Dick Miale doesn't feel left out...in the company of the 2nd Grenadiers of the Royal-Italian Battalion in 1763, we find that Antonio Risso and Georges Vanetti, both had the "nom de guerre"..."Colosso" (both measured 5', 8"). In general, the names of this company, ressembles very much those of the French soldiers, with "noms de guerre" like Bonvino, Il Terrible, La Vigna, Belamose, Senza Quartier and, of course, Viva l'amore.

 

 

As posted on the "Acadian and Cajun Genealogy, History, Culture and Music" Facebook Group, July 2011, by Robin Heider:

The "Dit name" and "Non de Guerre" in North America has it's roots in the military tradition of the French army of regimental anonymity. French recruits were given their official "Dit name" upon acceptance into a regimental group. For the period of enlistment, they were known almost exclusively by these names. Their pay, orders and administration were all issued via these names. One purpose of the names was to separate the recruit from his civilian past and create of the military, his family and sole society. The names did not vary from regiment to regiment very much, the net result being that Lafontaine and Martel families as well as Lajeunesse and Esprit families do not not necessarily share any familial relationship outside the military. As the regiments disbanded in North America, they were often enticed to stay and put down roots. Land grants to these ex-marines and infantry men, were granted under the direction of the war office and so, were granted in military fashion to Paul Richard Dit Martel . Thus these 'nom de guerres' became legal name in the civil law of New France. As soldiers would be disbanded in groups and civil defense (militia) groups were formed, this tradition would be reinforced in the social fabrique of the towns and villages and seigneurial organization of the colonies. Name sake sons, often felt the need to assert separate identities from their father's military ones and so would adopt nicknames or were given them, so that differentiation would be easier. Le Breton, St Seine, and St Pierre are all examples of names of differentiation that were affixed to common names, to separate non-related family groups who hailed from different regions. Le Gros, Lejeune, Le Petit, Le Grand, were used to separate namesakes within families. As many of you have noted it took nearly a hundred years of settlement before the colonist began using names other-than the small groups of accepted Sts names.

 

 

FAMILY NAMES AND NICKNAMES IN COLONIAL QUÉBEC

Introduction

The inhabitants of the Saint Lawrence Valley in the 17th and 18th centuries were subject to the laws and customs of France. Each of them had a family name and a given name. Children had the family name of their father. Married women kept their family name from birth, on official documents, although they were commonly known by their husband’s family name. For instance, after Jeanne Marie-Louise Gagné married Guillaume-François Baret, she was listed as “Jeanne Gagné” on the baptismal certificates of her children, but was known as “Madame Baret” to her neighbors.

Though the practice of handing on family names from one generation to the next is helpful for genealogists, there are some problems. First, there are many variations for some names, for several reasons. Most colonists in early Québec were unable to read and write, or even of signing their names. Even for the literate, spelling was not standardized. Priests and notaries, charged with recording vital statistics, wrote the names as they heard them. For instance, Guillaume Baret’s family name might also be written Barette or Barrette, and Jeanne Gagné’s family name might be also be written Gagnier or Gasnier. Another factor for those who decipher colonial documents is that the data can be difficult to read because some letters such as m, n, r, and u are easily confused in handwriting. And, of course, there are the inevitable “transcription errors” made by the person who entered the data. For instance, a priest who served in the same parish for two or three decades might write the family name of the bride’s grandmother instead of that of her mother in the marriage register, or the name of another brother of the baby’s father instead of the name of the actual godfather.

Another problem concerns the use of “dit” names, so called because they are introduced by the French word “dit’ (called). “Dit” names have many origins. Many were originally the “nom de guerre” adopted by the troops in a specific military company. The name “Lafleur” is the most common of the “noms de guerre”, associated with about 220 family names. There are nicknames associated with a physical characteristic, as “Legrand” or with a place of origin, as “Normand”, or the location of a property, as “Lapointe”. In some cases, the mother’s family name is associated with the father’s, as Jacques Couillard dit Després. As for our exemplar couple, the husband has a dit name: Guillaume-François Baret dit Courville, while his spouse is known simply as Jeanne Marie-Louise Gagné. Their granddaughter Marie-Josephe, spouse of Pierre-Amable Baret dit Courville is known sometimes as “Marie-Josephe Gagné”, sometimes as “Marie-Josephe Catin”. But that, as they say, is another story!

Introduction composed by Fr. John L. Sullivan - [email protected]

 

The List (below)

The list is presented in three parallel columns. The column on the left (first column) contains an alphabetical list of Quebec surnames (family names), as found in sources such as baptismal and marriage registers and in repertories such as Jette, PRDH and Laforest. The center column (second column) contains spelling variations of the name in the first column, and only of that name.

The column on the right (third column) contains "dit" names for the name on the left, and only for that name. Spelling variations and "dit" names for the names on the right will be found where each of these names appears in the column on the left (first column). If a particular family name does not have any spelling variations nor any dit names, that will be noted in the respective columns.

List prepared by Fr. John L. Sullivan and Diane Paré Szabo [email protected]

 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

NAME	SPELLING VARIATIONS	“DIT” NAMES
Abel	Abel, Abelle, Habel, Habele, Habelle	Barbe, Benoit, Capel, Desjardins
Abraham	Abraham,Abram, Abran, Habraham, Habran	Cedula, Courville, Desmarais, Langevin, Pedrement
Achee	Aché, Achée, Haché, Hachée, Harché, Harchey	Chaveneau, Gallant, Hélot
Adam	Adam, Adame, Adams, Adan	Labranche, Laramée, Ledoux, Neuville
Alain	Alain, Alen, Alin, Allain, Allen, Allin, Halin, Hélène	Bissonnet, Fugère
Alarie	Alarie,Alary, Grandalary, Grantalarie, Halari, Halarie, Halary, Lary	Lafleur, Laramée, Legrand
Albert	Alber, Albert, Allebert, Halbert	Beaulieu, Lafontaine, Laroche, Perot, St-Aignan, St-Vincent
Alexandre	Alescendre, Alexandre	Bleau, Laliberté, Raux, St-Pierre
Allain	Alain, Alin, Allain, Halain, Halin	Briere, Dudemaine
Allaire	Alair, Alaire, Aler, Alere, Allair, Allaire, Aller, Halaire, Halere, Hallaire	Baril, Barrière, Labarre, Lart, Lavergne, Longpré
Allard	Alard, Allard, Allart, Halard, Hallard	Bary, Lavergne, Longpré, Méry
Amboise	Amboise, Damboise, Dambroise	Bergeron
Amiot	Amiault, Amiot, Amiotte, Amyot	Bocage, Hautmény, Larpinière, Lincour, Neuville, Villeneuve, Vincelot
Amirault	Amireau, Amireault, Mero, Miraud, Mirau, Miraux, Mireau, Mireault, Moreau	Delaboutonnière, Tourangeau
Amyot	Amiault, Amiot, Amiotte, Amyot	Bocage, Larpinière, Villeneuve
Arceneault	Arceneau, Arcenault, Arcenaux, Arceneau, Arsenau, Arsenault, Arsenaut, Arseneaut, Arseneaux	Deshaies, Joson, Quointino
Archambault	Archambau, Archambaud, Archambaux, Archambeau, Archambeault, Archambaux, Arshambo, Archampbeault	Gervais, Guibord, Janot, Sédilot, St-Martin
Arsenault	Arceneau, Arcenault, Arcenaux, Arceneau, Arsenau, Arsenault, Arsenaut, Arseneaut, Arseneaux	Deshaies, Joson, Quointino
Aubert	Auber, Aubert, Haubert, Hobert, Obert	DeGaspé, DelaChenaye, Duforillon, Forillon, Lachesnaye, Latousche
Aucoin	Aucoin, Coin, Ocoin, Wedge	No dit names listed
Ayot	Ahiot, Aillot, Aiot, Ayotte, Hayot	Baril, Godin, Houle, Lefebvre, Préville, St-Laurent
Babin	Babain, Babin	Cyr, Desaulniers, Deslauriers, Trottier
Barbe	Barbay, Barbe, Barbes, Barbet	Abel, Harel, Laforge, Lafortune
Barbeau	Barbau, Barbault, Barbeau, Barbo, Barbot	Boisdoré, Potvin
Baret	Baret, Barette, Barrette	Courville, Laroche, Rocheleau
Baron	Baron, Barron, Lebaron	Auger, Lupien
Barre	Bare, Baree, Barre	Jean
Barriault	Bariau, Bariault, Barieau, Barillault, Barrillaut, Barillon, Barillot, Bario, Barrio	Boisvert, Laforest, Lamarche, Potvin, Thibodeau
Barthelemy	Bartelemy, Barthelemi, Barthelemy, Berthelemy	Dauphin, David, Rosa, Rose
Baubien	Baubien, Beaubien	Desaulniers, Lariviere, Trottier
Baudin	Baudin, Beaudin, Bodin	Desjardins, Rochefort
Baudoin	Baudoin, Baudouin, Beaudoin, Beaudouin, Bodoin, Bodouin, Bowdoin	Lapommerais
Baudreau	Baudereau, Baudrau, Baudrault, Baudreau, Baudriau, Baudrio, Baudro, Beaudreau, Beaudro, Bodreau	Graveline, Labonté
Beaubien	Baubien, Beaubien	Desaulniers, Lariviere, Trottier
Beauchemin	Beauchemain, Beauchemin	Hus, Millet, Petit, Pinard, Raiche
Beaudet	Baudet, Beaudet, Bodet, Bodette, Boudet	Ducap, Postel
Beaudin	Baudin, Beaudin, Bodin	Desjardins, Rochefort
Beaudoin	Baudoin, Baudouin, Beaudoin, Beaudouin, Bodoin, Bodouin, Bowdoin	Lapommerais
Beaudreau	Baudereau, Baudrau, Baudrault, Baudreau, Baudriau, Baudrio, Baudro, Beaudreau, Beaudro, Bodreau	Graveline, Labonté
Beaulieu	Baulieu, Baulieux, Beaulieu, Beaulieux	Albert, Bertrand, Diercé, Gourdeau, Hudon, Lebel, Martin, Montpellier, Philippe
Beaumont	Beaumon, Beaumont	Couillard, Hébert, Pistolet
Beausoleil	Beausoleil, Bosoleil	Angard, Crespin, Guillemot, Malboeuf, Normandin, Rousseau, Sylvestre
Bechard	Bechar, Bechard	Granville
Belanger	Belangé, Belanger, Belenger, Bellangé, Bellanger, Bellenger	Bonsecours, Brisson, Delienne, Michand, St-Jean
Belisle	Belisle, Bellisle	Chevrefils, Gagnon, Germain, Goguet, Goyer, Lefebvre, Levasseur, Rotureau
Bellefeuille	Belfeuille, Bellefeuille	Lefebvre, Poiriau, Poirier, Rivard
Bellefleur	Belfleur, Bellefleur, Bellefleure	Asselin, Bonneville, Gaté, Gordiena, Remy
Bellefontaine	Bellefontaine, Bellefontenne	Fortin
Bellerive	Bellerive, Bellerives, Bellesrives	Couture, Crevier
Benoit	Benois, Benoist, Benoit	Abel, Labonté, Laforest, Laguerre, Livernois
Berger	Bergé, Berger	Bernard, Rougeau
Bergeron	Bargeron, Bergeon, Bergeron, Berjeron	Damboise, Philibert
Bernard	Bernar, Bernard	Berger, Brouillet, Fontaine, Hinse, Jolicoeur, Lajoie, Lariviere
Bernier	Barnier, Bernié, Bernier, Brenier	Dauphin, Jean de Paris, Lamarzelle, Rigaud, Verbois
Berthiaume	Barthiaume, Bertaume, Berthaume, Bertheaume, Berthiaume, Berthiome, Bertiaume, Bertiome	Geoffroy, Godin, Lafosse, Noel, Pelletier
Bertrand	Bartrand, Berterand, Bertran, Bertrand, Bertrant	Beaulieu, Desrochers, Durocher, Lafleur, St-Arnaud, Toulouse
Bérubé	Berrubay, Bérubé	Aubé, Choret, Levesque
Bilodeau	Bilaudau, Bilaudeau, Bilaudeaux, Bilaudo, Bileaudeau, Billaudeau, Billodeau, Billodo, Bilodau, Bilodeau, Bilodo, Bilodos	Guerard, Valliere
Blain	Blain, Blein, Blin	Belair, Bienvenu, Blais, Lajeunesse, Lavigne, Lefebvre
Blais	Blais, Blay, Bled	Belair, Bienvenu, Blais, Lajeunesse, Lavigne, Lefebvre
Blanchard	Blanchar, Blanchard, Blanchart	Berrichon, Larose, Renaud, Turenne
Blanchet	Blanchet, Blanchette	Laforest
Blondin	Blondain, Blondin	Avon, Berneche, Bilmer, Bonneau, Lapierre, Leclerc
Blouin	Beloin, Belouin, Bloin, Blouin	Laviolette, Nantel
Bocage	Beaucage, Bocage	Baillargeon
Boileau	Boilau, Boileau, Boisleau	Richeboug, Seney
Bois	Bois, Boy	Berthelot, Mignier
Boisclair	Boisclair, Boisclaire	Beriault, Enouille, Maillot
Boisjoly	Boisjoli, Boisjoly	Grivaud, Leonard, Lienard
Boivin	Boisvin, Boivin	Dufresne
Bolduc	Bolduc, Bolducq	Bouchard, Despres, Germain, Guérin, Talon
Bonenfant	Bonenfant, Bonnenfant	Benard, Bernard
Bonsecours	Bonsecour, Bonsecours	Belanger, Carrier, Fauteux
Bordeleau	Bordelau, Bordeleau, Bourdeleau	Lafrance
Bossé	Boce, Bosce, Bosse	Belhumeur, Genereux, Marier
Bouchard	Bouchar, Bouchard, Bouchart	Belleville, Dorval, Ouellet, Saucier, St-Pierre, Vallee
Boucher	Bouché, Boucher, Bouchez	Barbel, Belleville, De Boucherville, De Grosbois, De Labroquerie, Delabruere, Demontbrun, De Niverville, Denois, Desrosiers
Boudrias	Baudria, Baudrias, Beaudria, Bodria, Boudria, Boudrias	Baraslou, Labonté, Plumereau
Boudreau	Boudrau, Boudraut, Boudreau, Boudro, Boudrot, Boudreaux, Boudraux	Granville
Boulanger	Boulangé, Boulanger, Leboulanger, Leboullanger	Lefebvre, St-Pierre
Boulay	Boulai, Boulait, Boulay, Boulé, Boulet, Boulette, Boullé, Boullet	Leboeuf, Martin
Bourbeau	Borbeau, Bourbau, Bourbaut, Bourbeau, Bourbeaux	Beauchesne, Carignan, Lacroix, Verville
Bourbonnais	Bourbonais, Bourbonnais, Bourbonnois, Bourbonois	Brunet, Joyal
Bourbonnière	Bourbonier, Bourboniere, Bourbonnier, Bourbonniere	Beaudry, Gaudry
Bourdon	Bourdon, Bourdont	Dombour
Bourg	Bourc, Bourg, Bourgue, Bourk, Bourque	Lachapelle
Bourgault	Bourgau, Bourgault, Bourgaut, Bourgos, Bourgot	Lacroix
Bourgeois	Bourgeois, Bourgois, Bourjois	Bercas, Gregoire, Laverdure
Bourgouin	Bourgoin, Bourgouin	Bourguinon, Leveille
Boulet	Boulai, Boulait, Boulay, Boulé, Boulet, Boulette, Boullé, Boullet	Leboeuf, Martin
Bousquet	Bosquet, Bousquest, Bousquet	Archambault, Brodeur, Desmarais, Larose
Bouvier	Bouvié, Bouvier, Bouviers	Godin, Hudon, Laplante
Brabant	Braban, Brabant, Breban, Brebant	Lamothe, Lecompte
Brassard	Brassar, Brassard, Brassart	Bordet, Deschaineaux, Duchesnau, Pilotte
Brasseur	Brasseur, Brasseux	Duhamel
Brault	Brau, Braud, Brault, Breau, Breault, Bro, Brod, Bros, Brost, Brox	Barreau, Lafleur, Lafreniere, Pominville
Brazeau	Brasau, Brasault, Braseau, Braso, Brasot, Brasseau, Brazau, Brazeau. Brazo, Brazot	Acadien, Cadien, Deslauriers, Duhamel, Gaudet, Langevin, Laniel
Brien	Brien, Bryen	Desrochers, Desroches, Durocher, Lapierre, Laroche
Briere	Briere, Bryer, Bryere, Labriere	Alain, Normand
Brisson	Bresson, Brison, Brisson	Bastien, Belanger, Dutilly, Laroche
Brodeur	Brodeur, Lebrodeur	Bousquet, Lavigne
Brossard	Brosard, Brossar, Brossard, Brossart, Broussard	Duchesneau, Lafontaine, Langevin, Pontoise
Brosseau	Broseau, Brossau, Brosseau, Brosso	Deslauriers, Lafleur, Laverdure, St-Jean
Brousseau	Brouseau, Broussau, Brousseau, Brousseaux, Bruseau, Brusseau	Lafleur
Brun	Brun, Lebrun	Carrier, Duplessis, Laforet, Laroque, St-Antoine
Bruneau	Brunau, Brunault, Bruneau, Bruno	Jolicoeur, Laviolette, Petit
Brunet	Brune, Brunet, Brunette	Belhumeur, Bourbonnais, Dauphin, Lasabloniere, Létang
Cahouet	Cahouet, Cahouette, Caouet, Caouete, Caouette	Breton, Deschamps, Lavallee
Campeau	Campau, Campaut, Campeau, Campo, Campos, Campost, Campot	Bondy, Chevalier, Jacquet, Labonté, Lefebvre, Mézière
Canac	Canac, Canaque	Bourg, Couture, Marquis
Caouette	Cahouet, Cahouette, Caouet, Caouete, Caouette	Breton, Deschamps, Lagacé
Carbonneau	Carbonau, Carboneau, Carboneaux, Carbonnau, Carbonneau, Carbonneaux, Carbono	Provençal
Cardinal	Cardinal, Cardinale, Cardinau	Boutin, Chevalier, L’Heureux, Leroux, Renaud, Theriault
Carignan	Carignan, Carignant, Carignian, De Carignan	Bénard, Bourbeau, Duclos
Caron	Carron, Caron	Deschamps, Desruisseaux, Dussault, Gauthier, Latulippe, Laviolette, Verret, Vidal
Carpentier	Carpantier, Carpentié, Carpentier	Bailly, Lyonnais, Noel
Carrier	Carié, Carier, Cariere, Carrié, Carrier, Carrière	Jamme, Lebrun
Cartier	Cartié, Cartier, Quartier	Lafrance, Langevin, Larose
Casavant	Casavan, Casavent, Cazavan, Cazavant, Cazavent	Ladebauche
Casse	Casse, Cassee, Lacasse	St-Aubin
Castonguay	Castongay, Castonguay, Castongue, Gastongay, Gastonguay	Guay
Catherine	No spelling variations listed	André, Bélanger
Chambeau	Chambaud, Chambeau	Fleury, Lemire
Chamberlan	Chambellan, Chamberlan, Chamberland, Chamberlang, Champerlant, Chambrelan, Chambreland, Chambrelant	Charon, Deschamps, Levasseur, Levesque
Champagne	Champagne, Champaigne	Andegrave, Aubin, Beaugrand, Dupré, Fontenelle, Foureur, Fugère, Gouin, Henault, Lalanne, Lambert, Laplante, Magnan, Orion, Rémy, St-Martin, Sylvestre, Tareau
Chantal	Chantail, Chantal, Chantale	Lafleur
Chapelain	Chapelain, Chapelin, Chaplain, Chaplin, Chappelain	Constantin, Lagarenne
Chapelier	Chapelier, Chapellier	Lampin, Latulippe
Chapelle	Chapelle, Lachapelle, Lachappelle	Bourg, Guyon, Janot, Jolicoeur, Langoumois, Renaud
Chaput	Chapeu, Chappu, Chapput, Chapu, Chapue, Chapus, Chaput	Belhumeur, Chapa, Cuisinier, Maurice, Senez
Charbonneau	Chabonneau, Charbonau, Charbonault, Charboneau, Charbonnau, Charbonneau, Charbonneaux	Daunais, Deouatique, Hébert, Léveillé, Martin, Sanscartier
Charbonnier	Charbonier, Charbonnier	Blondeau, Desjardins, Seigneur, St-Laurent
Charland	Charlan, Charland, Charlant	Francoeur
Chasse	Chasse, Chasses, Chassey, Chessey	Dethierry, Lemaine, Rousseau
Chateauguay	Chateaugay, Chateauguay	Boulet, Lanou, Lemoine, Pepin, Perrault
Chateauneuf	Chasteauneuf, Chatauneuf, Chateauneuf, Cartoneuf	Antaya, Desranleau, Dumontet, Meneu, Montauban, Pelletier
Chatigny	Chatigne, Chatigni, Chatigny	Corbin, Désilets, Lepine
Chauvin	Chauvain, Chauvin, Chovin	Beaulieu, Bernet, Jouinne, Normand, St-Germain
Chevrier	Cheuvrier, Chevrier, Chevrilllier	Lajeunesse
Chiasson	Chiasson, Giasson, Chaisson	Gamelin, Rivard
Cholet	Chaulet, Cholet, Cholette	Laviolette
Chomedey	Chomedey, Chomedy, Dechaumedey, Dechomeday, Dechomedy	Maisonneuve
Choquet	Choquet, Choquette	Champagne, Lafrance
Chretien	Chrestien, Chretien, Chretient, Cretien	Lesourd, Levitre, Vadeboncoeur, Vincent
Claude	Claud, Claude	Alexandre, Leblanc
Clément	Clemens, Clement	Chambly, Labonté, Lapointe, Lariviere, Leonard
Cloutier	Cloustier, Cloutié, Cloutier	Beaupré, Bélanger, Buisson, Daumont, Fagnan, Lessard, Magny, St-Amour
Collet	Colet, Colette, Collé. Collet, Collette	Desgraviers, Dubuisson, Picard, Rigaud
Contois	Comptois, Comtois, Contois, Contoy	Beaudreau, Bouilleron, Brusseau, D’Estreme, Fordet, Garnier, Hugues, Hujot, Janet, LaFontaine, Marc, Rousse, Rousseau, Royer
Corbin	Corbain, Corbein, Corbin, Courbin	Cadieux, Lacroix, Lavoie
Cormier	Cormié, Cormier, Cornier	Barette, Berthelot, Breslay, Perrault, Rossignol, Thibier
Corporal	No spelling variations listed	Hus
Cosset	Cosset, Cossette	Poitevin
Cote	Caute, Coste, Cote, Cotte	Frisé, Grignon, Languedoc, Lefrisé, Lilois
Couillard	Coulliar, Couillard	Beaumont, Deschênes, Desecors, Desilets, Després, Dupuis, Lafleur, Lepine, Lilois
Courville	Courvil, Courville, Gourville	Abraham, Baret, Billy, Cadieux, Desmarais, Herault, Lefebvre, Piette, St-Michel
Cousineau	Cousinau, Cousinault, Cousinaut, Cousineau, Cousino, Cousinot, Couzinaud	Beaudoin, Lamirande, Poisson
Croix	Croix, Delacroiix, Lacroix	Babin, Bourgault, Corbin, Defoy, Fevrier, Gamelin, Hubert, Langevin, Lefebvre, Roberge, Thibodeau
Croteau	Corteau, Crauteau, Crotau, Croteau, Croto, Crottau, Crotteau, Crotto	Auger, Bernard, Vincent
Cyr	Cir, Cire, Cyr, Cyre, Sir, Sire, Siree, Sirre, Syr, Syre	Croc, St-Michel
Dagenais	Dagenais, Dagenai, Dagenes, Dagenest, Dagenet	Leprince, Lajeunesse, Lepine, Pigeon, Roux, Roy
Daigle	Daigle. Daigles, Daigre, Dehegue	Lallemand
Dallaire	Dalair, Dalaire, Dalere, Dallaire, Daller, Dallere	Brousseau
Damboise	Damboise, Dambroise	Bergeron
Dechaine	Dechaine, Dechene, Dechenes, Dechenne, Dechesne, Deschaine, Deschaines, Deschene, Deschenes, Deschennes, Deschesne, Deschesnes	Couillard, Miville, Perrault
Decoste	Decosse, Decoste	Deletancour, Demousel, Languedoc, Paradis, Pelletier
Derocher	Derocher, Derochers, Desrocher, Desrochers, Desrochets	Bertrand, Brien, Duquet, Frappe, Houde
Deschaines	Dechaine, Dechene, Dechenes, Dechenne, Dechesne, Deschaine, Deschaines, Deschene, Deschenes, Deschennes, Deschesne, Deschesnes	Couillard, Miville, Perreault
Deschamps	Dechamp, Dechamps, Dechant, Deschamps	Henault, Hunault, Miville
Deshaies	Dehais, Dehayes, Dehays, Dehes, Deshaies, Deshayes	St-Cyr, Tourigny
Desjardins	Dejardin, Desjardin, Desjardins	Beaudin, Charbonnier, Delboeuf, Louvard, Roy, Verger, Zacharie
Desrochers	Derocher, Derochers, Desrocher, Desrochers, Desrochets	Bertrand, Duquet, Houde, Jean, Perrault, Sevestre
Desruisseaux	Deruisseau, Desruisseaux, Durusseau	Houde
Devau	Devau, Devaux, Deveau, Deveaux, Devost, Devot, Devots	Jolicoeur, Parisien, Perouard, Sanscartier
Dion	Dion, Dyon, Hion, Yon	Deslauriers, Després, Dumontier, Dutilly, Guyon, Lemoine, Sansoucy
Dionne	Dione, Dionne, Dyonne	Bernier, Devidepoche, Jolicoeur, Moreau, Sansoucy, Guyon
Doiron	Doiron, Douairon, Doueron	Cadieux, Bernard
Doucet	Doucet, Doucette	Maillard, Mesange, Pelletier, St-Louis
Doyon	Doion, Doyon	Laframboise, Lacroix, Moreau
Drouin	Deroin, Derouen, Derouin, Droin, Drouen, Drouin	Boucher, Lemaine, Lorrain, Nantel
Dube	Dubay, Dubé, Dubee, Dubes	Deforme
Dugas	Duga, Dugas, Dugast, Dugat	Labreche, Leveille
Dumont	Dumon, Dumond, Dumont	Breton, DeBlaignac, Foulon, Grossetete, Gueret, Lambert, Laviolette, Marchand, Poitevin
Emard	Aimar, Aimard, Aimart, Aymar, Aymard, Aymart, Emart, Haimard, Haymard, Hemard, Hemart	Deslauriers, Gosselin, Ladouceur, Poitevin
Etienne	Estienne, St-Etienne	Belanger, Blais, Bourget, Clérinm Durivage, Lamadeleine, Lamontagne, Laprairie, Philippe, Pont
Fabre	Fabvre, Favre	Lajeunesse, Lalancette, Laperiere, Larose, Montferrand, Raymond
Fagnan	Fagnand, Fagnant, Faignant, Fayan	Charon, Cloutier, Desrosiers, Dufay, Failly, Mandeville, Martin, Piette
Faneuf	Fanef, Farnsworth, Phaneuf, Farnworth	Blais, Forget, Goddu, Granger, Labonté, Mignault, Paquet
Farland/Ferland	Farland, Ferlan, Ferlant, Frelan, Freland, Frelan	Francoeur, Pelletier
Fleurant	Fleuran, Fleurent, Florant, Florent	Boucher, Riopel, St-Amour
Forest	Fores, Forêt, Laforêt, Laforest	Barbeau, Benoit, Jean, Joli, Labranche, Larose, Lefort, Morin, Tessier, Tiriac
Fortin	Fortain, Fortin	Bellefontaine, Lafortune, Lagrandeur, Paris, Plermel
Fournier	Fournié, Fournier, Lefournier	Belleval, Desilets, Dufresne, Hebert, Lagrenade, Larose, Lesprit, Préfontaine, Vivier
Gagnon	Gagnion, Gaignon, Gangnon, Ganion, Gasnion	Belisle, Chartrand, Grondin
Galipeau	Galipau, Galipaux, Galipot, Gallipau, Gallipeau, Galypo	Dion, Jolicoeur, Potvin
Gallant	Galand, Galant, Galland, Gallant	Caron, Gallien, Haché
Gaudet	Gaudais, Gaudé, Gaudet, Gaudette, Godé, Godet, Godete, Godette	Langevin
Gaudreau	Gaudereau, Gaudrau, Gaudreau, Gaudro, Goderau, Godereau, Godreau, Godro	Graveline, Larochelle
Gauthier	Gaultier, Gauthier, Gautier, Gotier	Boisverdun, Brulon, Caron, Delaverandrye, DeVarennes, Frappedabord, LaFrance, Landreville, Larouche, Rabot, Saguingorra, St-Germain
Gauvin	Gauvain, Gauvin, Govin	Laire, Query, Rouillard
Gervais	Gervais, Gervaise, Jarvis	Archambault, Beaudoin, Beausejour, Dupuis, Harnois, Houde, Houle, Parisien, Rivard, Servais, Talbot
Giasson	Chiasson, Gyasson, Hiasson, Jiasson	Gamelin, Hubert, Jeangource, Rivard, St-François
Girard	Gerard, Geraut, Gerhart, Giar, Girardeau, Girard, Girare, Girart, Girord, Girore, Girouard, Giard, Guerard, Gyrard	Breton, Brindamour, Derain, Devorlay, Girardin, Jeanpierre, Jolicoeur, Larochelle, Miot, Provençal, Sanschagrin
Girouard	Geroir, Gerroir, Giouard, Giroir, Girroir, Jirouard	Malouin, Martel, Sasseville, Villemare
Godin	Gaudain, Gauden, Gaudin, Godain, Goddin, Godin	Beausejour, Boisjoli, Catalogne, Chatillon, Felix, Lapoterie, Lauliere, Lincourt, Prescot, Tourangeau, Valcourt
Godreau	Gaudrau, Gaudrault, Gaudreau, Gaudreault, Gaudro, Godereau, Godrault, Godreault, Godro, Godrot, Goodrow	Benoit, Chavaudray, Gravelin, Joffre
Guéret	Guere, Guerette, Guerre, Guerrette	Dumont
Guerin	Guerin, Guerrin	Fontaine, St-Hilaire
Guilbault	Guibau, Guibaut, Guibeau, Guibo, Guilbau, Guilbaud, Guilbault, Guilbaux, Guilbeau, Guillebault, Guillbeau	Grandbois
Guyon	Dion, Dionne, Gion, Guillon, Guion, Guyon, Gyon, Yon	Buisson, Després, Dumontier, Durouvray, Dutilly, Frenette, Lemoine
Hébert	Abaire, Abare, Abbot, Ebart, Éber, Ébert, Heber, Heberd, Hébere, Hebert, Herber, Herbert, Hesbert, Hibbart, Hubert	Beaumont, Couillard, Deslauriers, Jolicoeur, Lambert, Larose, Laverdure, Lecompte, Lenoir, Manuel
Henry	Henri	Henrichon, Jarry, Laforge, Lahaye, Neveu, Madore
Houde	Houd, Houlde, Hourde, Oude, Oulde	Bellefeuille, Blosse, Bonin, Demers, Derousseau, Desrochers, Desruisseaux, Gervais, Houle, Leclerc
Houle	Houl, Hould, Houlle, Oul, Oule, Oulle	Desruisseaux, Durocher, Gervais, Lafranchise
Hubert	Huber, Uber, Ubert	Hébert, Lacroix, Lebert, Lippeau
Hudon	Heudon, Udont	Beaulieu, St-Louis
Johnson	Janson, Jansonne, Jeanson, Jeansone, Johnston	Cimetiere, Lapalme
Labelle	Label, Labele, Labelles	Benoit, Blanchard, Charon
Labonté	Labontee, Labounty	Baudreau, Benoit, Bergin, Bray, Campion, Clement, Couturier, Laporte, Marotte, Noel, Rousseau, Vegiard, Vidal
Labriere	Brier, Briere, Bryer, Bryere, Labruyere	Alain, Aubry, Belair, Normand
Lachapelle	Chapelle, Lachapel, Lachapele, Lachappelle	Bourg, Guyon, Janot, Langlois, Renaud
Lacombe	Delacombe, Lacomble	Balan, Bon, Briasse, Latgreille, Leblanc, Paulet, Raymond, Truillier
Lacroix	Delacroix	Babin, Bourgault, Corbin, Defoy, Delaunay, Fevrier, Gamelin, Hubert, Lefebvre, Majuor, Neveu, Roberge, Voisin
Ladouceur	Douceur	Lamadeleine, Martin, Vivier
Lafond	Lafon, Lafont	Lafontaine, Lagrenade, Mongrain
Lagace	Lagacee, Lagase, Lagasse, Lagassee, Lagassees, Lagasset	Meunier, Mignier
Lambert	Lamber, Lembert	Aubin, Champagne, Debaussy, Dufresne, Dumont, Hebert, Richard, Robillard, Ste-Marie, St-Paul
Landry	Landri, Landrie, Landril, Landrille, Lendry	Bourget, Labrecque, Leblanc, Lorion, Pedneau
Langlois	Anglais, Anglois, Langlais, Langloi, Langlouois	Cherby, Clement, Delage, Germain, Jacob, Jammes, Lachapelle, Otis, Ouabart, Ouatsen, Sansoucy, Serien, St-Jean, Traversy
Lapierre	Delapierre, Lapeer, Pierre	Bardet, Brien, Brignon, Denis, Duchesne, Joncas, Lecuyer, Marsan, Masure, Meunier, Roberge, Toupin
Laporte	Delaporte, Laportte	Blondin, Denis, Labonté, Richelieu, St-Georges
Lavoie	Delavoie, Delavoye, Lavoix, Lavoye	St-Amour
Lebel	Bel, Belle, Lebelle	Beaulieu, Lizotte, Philippe
Leblanc	Blanc, Leblan, Lebland, Leblant	Dussault, Grandmaison, Jérôme, Jolicoeur, Labrie, Lacombe, Latour
Lebrun	Brun	Carrière, Duplessis, Floridor, Girard, Renel

 

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"Dit" Names

The following information was obtained from Linda Jones and provides a good explanation (as well as many examples) of "dit names"

One thing that can make it difficult to find your ancestor is that he may have been using a different surname from the one that you expect. You will need to make yourself aware of any "dit" names that might be associated with the surname you're tracing, and if you can't find someone under the name of his child, you may find him under the dit name.

"Dit" in French means "say" and in this context, it means "called." In other words, a person might be Pierre Bourbeau dit Lacourse, which means that he had an ancestor named Bourbeau, but he chooses to use the name Lacourse instead. So he is Pierre Bourbeau called Lacourse.

People might take a dit name to distinguish their family from another family of the same name living nearby. Often it was a sort of nickname, often picked up during service as a soldier. Or it might refer to the place in France where the family originated. Sometimes it was the mother's surname, and sometimes the father's first name was used, either instead of the surname (for example, Hebert dit Emmanuel) or in addition to it (Jeanbard, Castonquay). In any case, very often the dit name was passed down to later generations, either in place of the original surname, or in addition to it.

Some of his children might then keep the original surname (e.g. Barbeau), and some might use the dit name (e.g. Lacourse). After a few generations, it's not uncommon to completely lose the memory of the original name, or to forget which was the original and which was the dit name. The best example of this is the Hudon dit Beaulieu family, where you will often find people listed as Beaulieu dit Hudon. You sometimes might find a name and its dit name hyphenated, as in François Hudon-Beaulieu. In fact, you can generally assume that a hyphenated surname (before 1950, anyway) is the surname plus dit name. Just remember that any Hudon might be the child of a Beaulieu and vice versa.

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Some surnames, such as Roy, have had several different dit names. You should be aware that usually a different dit name indicates a different family. For example, Siméon Roy dit Audy and Antoine Roy dit Desjardins were not related to each other. So it helps us to distinguish who's who among their descendants if the descendants use a dit name. Pierre Roy dit Audy will be a descendant of Siméon, and François Roy dit Desjardins will be a descendant of Antoine. If you find a source which tells you, for example, that Pierre Audy is François Desjardins' father, you should be very suspicious.

The sources you use may give the name as it appeared in the original document, or may list all the Hudons and Beaulieus together, under either name. Jette has standardized spellings, and leaves out "de" when alphabetizing, but he is faithful to the original surname of the family. So whether you're looking for a Hudon, a Beaulieu, or a Hudon-Beaulieu, they're all listed together under "H." Other sources may list the same person many different places, and some sources consider Beaulieu to be more common, and therefore they place the Hudons under "B." Don't assume a marriage or birth isn't listed until you've exhausted all possible names and spellings.

And don't forget to check under the many spelling variations that were common. Any name that starts with a vowel, for example, might also be found with an H in front of it (Emond, Hemond, Ayot, Hayot). And the "o" sound at the end of a name might be spelled ot, eau, au, ault, eault, eau, aux, eaux, aud, or aut.

Following is a partial list of dit names and their equivalents. You can also find extensive lists of dit names in Jette and Tanguay.

Acelin - Asselin
Agnier - Haguenier
Alarie - Lart
Albert - Beaulieu
Allaire - Daillaire
Amiel - Miel
Amiot - Lincourt, Villeneuve, Vincelot
Amirault - Mirault
Anctil -St-Jean
Angers - Lefebvre
Anse - Bernard, Hains
Arbour - Harbour
Ardouin - Hardouin
Arnaud - Renaud
Arrivé - Delisle, Larrivé
Artigny - Rouer
Asselin - Ancelin
Aubertin - Bertin
Aubin - Delisle, Mignault, St-Aubin
Aubuchon - Desalliers, Leloyal
Audebout - Belhumeur
Audet - Lapointe
Audy - Roy
Auger - Baron
Babin - Lacroix, Lasource
Bajolet - Drouet
Bard - Jeanbard, Jombard
Baron - Auger, Caillault, Defoy
Baucher - Montmorency, Sansoucy
Beaubassin - LeNeuf
Beaubien - Trottier
Beauchemin - Petit
Beaudoin - Courcival
Beaulieu - Albert, Chauvin, Gourdeau, Hudon, Martin, Moulin, Philippe, Thomas
Beaumarchais - Juchereau
Beaumont - Couillard
Beausoleil - Bercy, Malboeuf, Normandin
Beignet - Besnier
Bélanger - Catherine
Belfonds - Genaple
Belhumeur - Audebout, Brunet, Charpentier, Philippe
Belisle - Billion, Germain, Goyer, Leborgne, Lefebvre, Marboeuf, Rotreau
Bellechasse - Berthier, Marsolet
Bellefontaine - Fortin, Godin
Bellerive - Couture, Crevier, Groton
Bellesîles - Gagnon
Belleval - Fournier
Bellou - Hamelin
Belmont - Martin
Bénard - Bonenfant, Bourjoli, Carignan
Bernard - Anse, Jolicoeur, Gonthier
Berthier - Bellechasse
Bertin - Aubertin
Bidon - Jobidon
Bienville - Lemoine
Bigot - Duval
Blanchard - Raynaud
Bléry - Cauchon
Blondin - Leclerc, Sureau
Blouin - Laviolette
Bois - Charlebois
Boisjoli - Fafard, Griveau, Liénard, Ravion, Renaud
Boismenu - Monet
Boismorel - Petit
Boissonnault - St-Onge
Bonenfant - Bénard
Bonin - Deslauriers
Bonsecours - Fauteux
Bordet - Brassard
Borgia - Levasseur
Boucher - Boucherville, Desroches, Ducuron, Grandpré, Grosbois, Morin
Boulanger - Lefebvre
Boumois - Gauthier
Bourbon - Merdieu
Bourbonnais - Brunet, Dumay
Bourdelais - Arcand, Brane, Courrier, Desormaux, Talon
Bourgeois - Laverdure
Bourgouin - Duverger
Bourguet - Etienne
Bourguignon - Bourgouin, Colleret, Couturier, Dessureaux, Verreau
Bourjoli - Bénard
Boutot - Thiboutot
Brasseur - Bordet
Breton - Bion, Courtois, Elie, Girard, Hautbois, Robert
Briand - Georget
Brillon - Régnier
Bricourt - Herbin
Bruneau - Petit
Brunel - Brunet, Limousin
Brunet - Belhumeur, Bourbonnais
Cadillac - Lamothe
Cahouet - Caouet
Canard - Renaud
Cantin - Quentin
Carignan - Bénard, Bourbeau, Duclos
Caron - Dussault, Laviolette
Carrière - Jamme, Lebrun
Casse - St-Aubin
Catherine - Bélanger
Cauchon - Bléry
Cavalier - Deslauriers, Rivet
Chabot - Lamarre
Chambeau - Fleury
Champagne - Aubin, Beaugrand, Dupré, Fontenelle, Gouin, Handgrave, Rémy, Sylvestre
Charbonnier - Desjardins
Charland - Francoeur
Charlebois - Bois, Joly, Jolibois
Charpentier - Belhumeur, Sansfaçon
Châtillon- Berson, Godin, Hardy, Mignault
Chauvin - Beaulieu
Chenneville - Babie, Bigot
Chety - Joubert
Chevalier - Biétry, Cardinet, Cheval, Lhullier, Potère, Sauvage
Clément - Labonté
Clocher - Marquet
Coderre - Emery
Comtois - Carry, Gilbert, Royer
Corporal - Hus
Couillard - Beaumont, Deschênes, Desilets, Després, Lafleur
Courberon - Damours
Courcival - Beaudoin
Courtois - Breton
Courville - Abraham, Baret, Billy, Cadieux, Lefebvre, Piet
Couture - Bellerive
Couturier - Bourguignon
Croustille - Langlois
Daignault - Daniau
Daigle - Daigre
Dallaire - Allaire
Damours - Courberon
Dandurant - Marcheterre
Daniau - Laprise

Davignon - Beauregard
Deblois - Gregoire
Defoy - Baron
Deladurantaye - Ladurantaye, Morel
Delbec - Joli
Delisle - Arrivé, Aubin, Bienvenu, Bonin, Gauthier, LeGardeur
Demers - Dumay, Monfort
DeNevers - Brantigny, Brentigny
Denis - Lapierre
Deschamps - Hunault
Deschênes - Couillard, Miville
Deshazards - Maheu
Desilets - Couillard, Desrosiers, Guyon, Huard, Mousseau
Desjardins - Beaudin, Charbonnier, Delboeuf, Louvard, Roy, Verger
Deslauriers - Bonin, Cavelier, Cordeau, Dion, Favreau, Hébert, Ménard, Normandeau, Renard, Renaud, Tinon
Desloges - Poirier
Després - Couillard, Dupré, Guyon
Desrochers - Bertrand, Duquet, Houde, Jean, Perrault, Sevestre
Desroches - Boucher, Laroux, Tinon
Dion - Deslauriers, Guyon
Dolbec - Dufresne
Dubois - Boutret, Filiau, Quintin
Duchesne - Lapierre
Dufrenay - Guyon
Dufresne - Bouin, Dolbec, Fournier, Thunay, Vernas
Duhamel - Sansfaçon
Dumay - Demers
Dupont - André, Gaudais, Locquet
Dussault - Caron, Toupin
Drouet - Bajolet
Duclos - Carignan
Duplessis - Gardet, Gatineau, Guillemot, Moreau, Perrin, Sirois
Dupré - Després
Duval - Bigot, Charles, Chevreul, Lelièvre, Meunier, Renaud
Elie - Breton, Hélie
Emery - Coderre
Émond - Edmund
Eschambault - Fleury
Estiambre - Sansfacon
Etienne - Bourguet, Clérin
Fafard - Boisjoli
Fauteux - Bonsecours
Fleury - Chambeau, Eschambault
Fortin - Bellefontaine
Foucher - St-Aubin
Fournier - Belleval, Dufresne
Francoeur - Brûlé, Charland, Leclerc, Moreau
Gagnon - Bellesîles, Belzile
Garnier - Grenier, Pellerin
Gaudreau - Gotreau
Gauthier - Boumois, Comporté, Delisle, Gaultier
Gautron - Larochelle
Georget - Briand
Gervais - Talbot
Gilbert - Comtois
Gobloteur - Pelletier
Godin - Bellefontaine, Châterneau, Petit
Gonthier - Bernard
Gotreau - Gaudreau
Grandmaison - Barbary, Drouet, Leblanc, Thériault
Gregoire - Deblois
Guyon - Desilets, Després, Dion, Dufresnay, Durouvray, Lemoine
Hamelin - Bellou
Harbour - Arbour
Hardouin - Ardouin
Hébert - Deslauriers, Jolicoeur, Laverdure
Herbin - Bricourt
Houde - Desrochers, Gervais
Huard - Desilets
Hudon - Beaulieu
Hunault - Deschamps
Hus - Corporal, Cournoyer
Jean - Desrochers
Jobidon - Bidon
Joli - Delbec, Charlebois
Jolicoeur - Amand, Bernard, Bruneau, Dubois, Dupuis, Hébert, Normand
Jombard - Bard
Joubert - Chety
Juchereau - Beaumarchais, Duchesnay
Labonté - Clément, Couturier, Laporte, Petit, Rousseau
Labourlière - Laplante
Lachance - Pepin
Lacroix - Babin, Bourgault, Delaunay, Lefebvre, Major, Neveu, Roberge, Voisin
Lafleur - Albert, André, Cauchon, Couillard, Dugas, Gendron, Parenteau
Lagacé - Mignier
Lamarre - Chabot
Lamothe - Cadillac, Giboire
Langlois - Croustille
Lapierre - Bardet, Denis, Duchesne, Joncas, Meunier, Roberge, Toupin
Laplante - delaBourlière, Madore
Lapointe - Audet, Clément, Godard, Robin, Simon
Laporte - Labonté
Laprise - Daniau, Daignault
Larchevêque - Lévesque
Larochelle - Gautron
Laurent - Provençal
Lavallée - Bouchard, Giguère, Paquet, Richard, Vallée
Laverdure - Bourgeois, Dutartre, Gély, Hébert, Valiquet, Verret, Vignault
Laviolette - Beaumont, Blouin, Caron, Dubois, Dumont, Greslon, Maillot, Prévost
Lart - Alarie
Leblanc - Dussault, Grandmaison, Jérôme, White
Leborgne - Bélisle
Lebrun - Carrière, Renel
Leclerc - Blondin, Clair, Francoeur
Lefebvre - Angers, Bélisle, Belleran, Boulanger, Courville, Faber, Lacroix
Lelièvre - Duval
Lemoine - Bienville
LeNeuf - Beaubassin
Lepage - Pagé
Leroy - Roy
Levasseur - Borgia, Carmel, Chaverlange
Lévesque - Larchevêque, Sansoucy
Lhullier - Chevalier
Liénard - Boisjoli, Durbois, Léonard
Limousin - Brunel
Lombret - Simard
Maheu - Deshazards
Malboeuf - Beausoleil
Marcheterre - Dandurant
Marquet - Clocher
Marsolet - Bellechasse
Martin - Belmont
Meunier - Lapierre
Michaud - Michel
Michel - Taillon
Miel - Amiel
Mignault - Aubin, Châterneau, Labrie
Mignier - Lagacé, Magnan
Miville - Deschênes
Monet - Boismorel
Monjoly - Sansfaçon
Montmorency - Baucher
Moreau - Duplessis, Duportail
Morel - Deladurantaye
Morin - Boucher, Chenevert, Valcourt
Noel - Labonté
Normand - Jolicoeur, Labrière
Normandeau - Deslauriers
Normandin - Beausoleil
Pagé - Lepage
Pasquier - Paquet
Pellerin - Garnier
Pelletier - Gobloteur, Legobloteur
Pepin - Lachance
Perrault - Desrochers
Petit - Beauchemin, Boismorel, Bruneau, Coulange, Godin, Labonté
Phocas - Raymond
Poirier - Desloges
Pothier - Laverdure
Prévost - Provost
Provençal - Laurent
Quentin - Cantin
Quintin - Dubois
Raymond - Phocas
Raynaud - Blanchard
Régnier - Brillon
Rémy - Champagne
Renard - Cardon
Renaud - Canard, Châterneau, Davenne
Reynaud - Arnaud
Rivet - Cavalier, Durivet, Dusouchet
Rotreau - Bélisle
Rouer - Artigny
Rousseau - Labonté
Roy - Audy, Chouigny, Desjardins, King, Leroy
Royer - Comtois
St-Aubin - Casse, Foucher, Serreau
St-Jorre - Sergerie
St-Onge - Aubé, Baril, Boisson, Joly, Martineau, Ménard
St-Pierre - Boucher, Boulanger, Marquet, Perrault, Prudhomme, Rivet
Sansfaçon - Charpentier, Duhamel, Estiambre, Monjoly
Sansoucy - Baucher, Béchet, Girardin, Lévesque, Suprenant, Vallée
Sergerie - St-Jorre
Serreau - St-Aubin
Sevestre - Desrochers
Simard - Lombret
Sirois - Duplessis
Sylvestre - Champagne
Taillon - Michel
Talbot - Gervais
Talon - Bourdelais
Thériault - Grandmaison
Thiboutot - Boutot
Tinon - Deslauriers, Desroches
Toupin - Dussault, Lapierre
Trottier - Beaubien, Valcourt
Valcourt - Morin, Valcourt
Verreau - Bourguignon
Villeneuve - Amiot, Arnould, Bourbeau, Labbé

More Variations/Derivatives of French surnames

Aba(i)r(e) = Hébert
Asselin = Ashla, Aslaw, Ashlaw, Aslin, Ashlin, Ashlow
Aubin = Obin
Audet(te) = Odet(te)
Austin = Ostiguy
Barrette=Borett
Bean = Lefebvre
Beaulac = Bolack
Beaudoin = Boardwine

Beauregard = Bourgard
Benoit = Benway
Benway = Benoit
Boardwine = Beaudoin
Bobo = Bourbeau
Boileau = Drinkwater
Boivin = Drinkwine
Boisvert = Greenwood
Bolack = Beaulac
Bolduc = Bolduke
Bolduke = Bolduc
Boncoeur = Bunker, Goodheart
Bonenfant = Goodchild
Boucher = Bushey
Bourbeau = Bobo
Bousquet = Buskey
Boutain = Button
Bouthillier = Butler
Boutin = Button
Branconnier = Brockney
Brault = Brow
Brockney = Branconnier
Brooks = Rousseau
Brow = Brault
Buckwheat = Sarrazin
Bunker = Boncoeur, Goodheart
Bushey = Boucher
Buskey = Bousquet
Butler = Bouthillier
Button = Boutain, Boutin

Chagnon = Shonyo
Chainey = Sheni
Chantal = Shontelle
Charbonneau = Cole
Charron = Sharron
Chauvin = Shover
Chicoine = Shequin
Cinq-Mars = St. Mars
Cir = Cyr
Clokey/Clouckie = Cloutier
Cloutier = Clokey/Clouckey
Cole = Charbonneau
Comeau = Como
Como = Comeau
Corbeau = Corbo
Corbo = Corbeau
Cota = Côté
Côté = Cota

Coulombe = Colombe, Colom, Collum, Cloum
Courchesne = Cushion
Courtemanche = Shortsleeves
Cousineau = Cousino
Cousino = Cousineau
Cummings = Viens
Cushion = Courchesne
Cyr = Cir, Sears, Sear

Dabat = LaBatt
Danis = Dany, Downey
Deaette = Deyette
de St-Pierre = Dessin-Pierre
Demarais = Demarey
Demars=Dumas
Demarey = Demarais
Demers=Dumas
Denault = Denno
Denno = Denault
Derouin = Drouin
Déry=DeRye, D'Hery,
Derry, Deary
Deschamps = Fields, Dechand, DuChen
Desautels = Dezotelle
Desnoyers=Hickory
Desparts = Desport
Desport = Desparts
Dessin-Pierre = de St-Pierre
D(e)uso = Duss(e)ault
Deyette = Deaette, Diette
Dezotelle = Desautels
Dion(ne)=Young
Downey = Danis
Drinkwine = Boivin
Drinkwater = Boileau
Drouin = Derouin
Duchaine = Duchesne
Duchanno = Duchesneau
Duchene = Duchesne
Duchesne = Duchaine, Duchene Duchesneau = Duchanno
Dumas=Demers, Demars
Dussault = Deuso

Farnsworth = Phaneuf
Favero = Favreau
Favreau = Favero
Fields = Deschamps
Fisher=Poisson
Fleury = Flowers
Flowers = Fleury
Foisy = Foizie
Foizie = Foisy
Fontaine = Fountain/Spring
Fournier = Fuller
Frappiea = Frappier
Frappier = Frappiea
Fuller = Fournier

Gaboury=Gabourie, Gabori, Gadourie
Gagné = Gonyea
Gagnon = Gonyeau
Gareau = Garrow
Garrow = Gareau
Gaultier = Gotchy
Gebo = Gibeau(lt)
Gerard = Girard/Girouard
Gero = Giroux
Gibeau(lt) = Gebo(w), Jebo(w)
Gingras = Jangraw, Shangraw,
Jeangras, Jeangraw
Girouard = Girard/Gerard
Giroux = Gero
Godreau = Goodroe/Gaudreau
Gonlah = Gumlaw
Gonyea = Gagné
Gonyeau = Gagnon
Goodchild = Bonenfant
Goodheart = Bunker, Boncoeur
Goodroe = Godreau/Gaudreau
Goosie = Gousy
Gotchy = Galtier
Grandchamp(s) = Grashaw
Grashaw = Grandchamps
Greenia = Grenier
Greenwood = Boisvert
Grégoire = Grigwire
Grenier = Greenia
Grew = Groulx
Grigwire = Grégoire
Groulx = Grew
Guindon=Yandow
Gumlaw = Gonlah

Hébert = Aba(i)r(e)
Hulburt=Jalbert

Jacks = Jacques
Jacques = Jacks
Jalbert=Hulburt
Jangraw = Gingras
Jaquin=Jaqueen, Jackins, Jakins
Jeangra(s)w = Gingras
Jebo(w) = Gibeau(lt)

Kenville=Quenneville
King = Roy

LaBatt = Dabat
Laf(f)ler = Lafleur
Laflamme=Laflim
Lafleur = Lafloor, Laflour, Laf(f)ler, Lef(f)ler, Lof(f)ler, Laflin
Laflin = Lafleur
Lafloor = Lafleur
Laflour = Lafleur
Lajeunesse = Young
Lanctôt = Languedoe, Langdo, Loncto, Lonto, Laucto, Longtoe
Landreville = Lunderville
Landry = Laundry
Lang(ue)do(e) = Lanctôt
Langevin = Longway
Lareau = Laroe/Larrow
Larivière = Rivers
Laroe = Lareau/Larrow
Larrow = Lareau/Laroe
Larocque = Larock, LaRock
Launcto = Lanctôt
Laundry = Landry
Lavigne = Lev(i)en(e), Laveen
Lafave = Bean, Lefave
Laviolette = Lovelette
Lavoie = Levoy
Lefave = Bean, Lafave
Lefebvre = Lefave, Lafave, Bean
Lef(f)ler = Lafleur
Legault=Leguolt, Legoat
L'Em(e)lin = Lemelin
Lemoine = Luman
Lecuyer=LeQuea
Letourneau = Litno, Turner
Levesque = Levick
Levick = Levesque
Levi(e)n(e) = Lavigne
Levoy = Lavoie
Litno = Letourneau
Lof(f)ler = Lafleur
Longtoe = Lanct&ocirct
Longway = Langevin
Lonto = Lanctô
Lovelette = Laviolette
Luman = Lemoine
Lunderville = Landreville
Maison = Mas(s)on
Marsha=Mercier
Mas(s)on = Maison
Maurice = Morris
Maynard = Ménard
Meilleur = Miller/Millar
Ménard = Maynard
Mercier=Marsha
Miller/Millar = Meilleur
Moreau = Mor(r)o(w)
Mor(r)o(w) = Moreau
Morris = Maurice

Nadeau=Neddo, Nadae, Nada

Obin = Aubin
Odet(te) = Audet(te)
Ostiguy = Austin
Ouellette = Willet(te), Wellet(te)

Paradee = Paradis
Paradis = Paradee
Parenteau = Paronto
Pariseau = Parizo
Parizo = Pariseau
Paronto = Parenteau
Patenaude = Patno(de)
Patno(de) = Patenaude
Patry = Peartree = Poirier
Peartree = Patry = Poirier
Pecor = Picard
Pelkey = Pelletier
Pelletier = Pelkey
Perr(e)ault = Perro
Perro = Perr(e)ault
Phaneuf = Farnsworth
Picard = Pecor
Ploof = Plouffe
Poirier = Patry, Peartree, Purrier, Puariea, Peiria
Poisson=Fisher
Potvin = Pudvah
Proulx = Prue
Prue = Proulx
Pudvah = Potvin
Purrier = Poirier

Quémeneur=Kemener, Kimeneur, Timeneur, Kemneur, Kemener, Kimenir, Temenaire, Timenaire
Quenneville=Kenville
Quesse=Caisse

Rabtoy/Robtoy = Robitaille
Racicot = Rasco(e)
Racine = Root
Rasco(e) = Racicot
Renaud/Renault = Reno
Reno = Renault/Renaud
Riendeau = Yando
Rivers = Larivière
Robitaille = Rabtoy/Robtoy
Rochefort = Rockford, Rochfort, Rochford
Rocheleau = Rushlow
Rockford = Rochefort
Rondeau = Rondo
Rondo = Rondeau
Root = Racine
Rouiar = Rouillard
Rouillard = Rouiar
Rousseau = Brooks
Roy = King
Rushlow = Rocheleau

Sampierre = St. Pierre
Sans Laurent = St. Laurent
Santaw = St. Onge
Sarault = Serreault, Sarrault, Serault, Sarau, Sereau
Sarrazin = Buckwheat
Sear(s) = Cyr
Seymard = Simard
Shangraw = Gingras
Sharron = Charron
Sheni = Chainey
Shequin = Chicoine
Shontelle = Chantal
Shonyo = Chagnon
Shortsleeves = Courtemanche
Simard = Seymard
Spring = Fontaine
St. Laurent = Sans Laurent
St. Mars = Cinq-Mars
St. Pierre = Sampierre
St. Onge = Santaw

Tailleur = Taylor
Taillon = Tyo
Tarien = Therrien
Tatro = Tétreault
Taylor = Tailleur
Teboh = Thibeau
Tétreault = Tatro
Tereo = Theriault
Terrien = Therrien
Theriault = Tereo
Therrien = Tarien, Terrien
Thibeau = Teboh
Tremblay = Trombley
Trombley = Tremblay
Tro(t)tier=Trotchie, Trutchie, Trouchia
Trudeau = Trudo
Trudo = Trudeau
Turner = Letourneau
Tyo = Taillon

Vanslatte = Vincelette
Veron=Verron, Varon, Biron
Viens = Cummings
Vincelette = Vanslatte

Wellet(te) = Ouellette
Willet(te) = Ouellette

Yandow=Guindon
Yando = Riendeau
Young = Lajeunesse, Dion(ne)

 

 

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