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The main article for this category is French name.See also the categories French given names and Surnames of French origin
French names typically consist of one or multiple given names, and a surname. One given name, usually the first, and the surname are used in a person's daily life, with the other given names used mainly in official documents. Middle names, in the English sense, do not exist. Initials are not used to represent second or further given names. Traditionally, most French people were given names ...
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Lambert (name) Lambert is an English and French [1] given name and surname. It is from the Low German form of the anthroponymic name Landberht from the Old High German land " (home) land" and beraht "bright". [2] It is one of the most common French surnames with a total number of birth in France between 1966 and 1990 around 18,000 births.
This French-Canadian surname is found today in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Québec in Canada and throughout New England in the United States, and elsewhere. In 2024 in Québec, Béliveau ranks as the 422nd most common French surname. [1] Notable people with the surname include:
The most well-known example of this kind of surname is probably Kierkegaard (combined by the words "kirke/kierke" (= church) and "gaard" (= farm) meaning "the farm located by the Church". [3] It is, however, a common misunderstanding that the name relates to its direct translation: churchyard/cemetery), but many others could be cited.
Jean may be a French surname from the given name Jean (Old French: Jehan), or an English surname which originated as a variant spelling of Jayne or as a toponymic surname referring to Genoa, Italy. [1][2][3] [4] Variant spellings of the English and French surnames include Jenn, Jenne, Jeanne, Geen, Genn, and Jeans. [5]