"following states: In Denmark, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:398) only in one region: Schmidt (surname) Schmidt is a common German occupational surname derived from the German word """" meaning ""blacksmith"" and/or ""metalworker"". This surname is the German equivalent of ""Smith"" in the English-speaking world. As of 2014, 64.9% of all known bearers of the surname ""Schmidt"" were residents of Germany (frequency 1:113), 18.2% of the United States (1:1,809), 3.7% of Brazil (1:5,058), 1.7% of Canada (1:1,936), 1.5% of Austria (1:503), 1.3% of Denmark (1:398), 1.1% of South Africa (1:4,469), 1.1% of Argentina (1:3,635) and"
"Lefebvre Lefebvre () is a common northern French surname. Other variations include Lefèbvre, Lefèvre, Lefeuvre (western France) and Lefébure (northern France and Normandy). In the Occitan and Arpitan extension area, the variation is Fabre, Favre, Faure, Favret, Favrette or Dufaure and in Corsica Fabri (cf. Italian ""Fabbri"", ""Fabri""). In Celtic-speaking Brittany, the corresponding name is Le Goff(ic), with the article ""le"" to translate Breton ""ar"". For Anglophone pronunciation purposes, the name has evolved, especially in the United States and Anglophone regions of Canada mainly by Acadians, among whom it is also a common surname, to LaFave, LeFave, Lefever and Lafevre,"
"as well as other variant spellings. The English surname Feaver is also derived from Lefebvre. (See ""Lefèvre"" for more.) The name derives from ""faber"", the Latin word for ""craftsman"", ""worker""; used in Late Latin in Gaul to mean smith. Many northern French surnames (especially in Normandy) are used with the definite masculine article as a prefix (Lefebvre, Lefèvre; a more archaic spelling is Le Febvre), with the partitive article as a prefix (Dufaure) in the south of France, or without article/prefix (Favre, Faure) in the south of France, but the meaning is the same. It may refer to: Lefebvre Lefebvre"
"> ""Gilbert"" (ie ""*Gisalfrid"" > ""*Giffrey""), and ""*w(e)alh-"" would have resulted in ""*gaul-"" [gol] (ie ""*Wealhfrid"" > ""*Gaulfrey"", ""*Gauffrey""). Geoffrey (name) Geoffrey () is a French and English masculine given name. It is the Anglo-Norman form of the Germanic compound 'god' and 'peace'. It is a cognate of Dutch Godfried and German Gottfried. It was introduced to Norman England alongside the form ""Godfrey"". It was also Anglicised as ""Jeffrey"" from an early time. Popularity of the name declined after the medieval period, but it was revived in the 20th century. Modern hypocorisms include ""Geoff"", ""Jeff"", or ""Geof"". ""Jeffrey"" and its"
"Geoffrey (name) Geoffrey () is a French and English masculine given name. It is the Anglo-Norman form of the Germanic compound 'god' and 'peace'. It is a cognate of Dutch Godfried and German Gottfried. It was introduced to Norman England alongside the form ""Godfrey"". It was also Anglicised as ""Jeffrey"" from an early time. Popularity of the name declined after the medieval period, but it was revived in the 20th century. Modern hypocorisms include ""Geoff"", ""Jeff"", or ""Geof"". ""Jeffrey"" and its variants are found as surnames, usually as a patronymic ending in -s (eg ""Jefferies"", ""Jaffrays""); The surname Jefferson is"
"common than ""Jeffrey"". Jeffrey and its variants are found as surnames, usually as a patronymic ending in -s (e.g., Jefferies, Jaffrays); The surname Jefferson is also a patronymic version of the given name. In Scotland, Jeffrey is most frequently found to be a surname. Variations include Jeff, Jeffry, Jeffy, Jeffery, Geoff, Geoffrey, Jeffeory, Geffrey, Jefferson, and Jeffro. Jeffrey (name) Jeffrey is a common English given name and, a variant form of the name Geoffrey (itself from a Middle French variant of Godfrey, Gottfried). It is most commonly spelled as ""Jeffrey"". It has been argued that the common derivation of Middle"
"Jeffrey (name) Jeffrey is a common English given name and, a variant form of the name Geoffrey (itself from a Middle French variant of Godfrey, Gottfried). It is most commonly spelled as ""Jeffrey"". It has been argued that the common derivation of Middle French ""Geoffrey, Jeffery"" from ""Godfrey"" is mistaken, and that the names reflect two separate first Germanic elements ""god"" vs. ""gaut"", which became conflated in Old High German by the end of the early medieval period. The three-syllable alternative spelling ""Jeffery"" (pronounced ""jef-fer-ree"") is sometimes used as a variant given name. Outside of North America, ""Geoffrey"" is more"
"The French name was shortened to ""geneva"", sounding the same as the place name, and further abbreviated to 'gin'. In some French dialects, the plant is known as ""geneviève"". This is also a French given name, notably that of Sainte Genevieve, patron saint of Paris. However, this name was derived from Latin ""Genovefa"" for Germanic ""Kenowefa"" (like English ""kin"" and ""wife"") and originally had no link with ""genièvre"" (French for ""juniper""), which is not a female first name. Another name which was originally unrelated is the British name Guinevere (""Guenièvre"" in French), a variant Old French spelling of ""Gwenhwyfar"", which"
"Hervé Hervé is a French given name of Breton origin. In English, it is sometimes rendered Harvey or Hervey. It already appears in Latin sources of the eighth century as Charivius. A later Latin form is Herveus. It derives from Old Breton ""Huiarnviu"" (cf. Old Welsh ""Haarnbiu"") composed of OB ""hoiarn"" > Breton ""houarn"" ""iron"" (Welsh ""haearn"") and OB ""viu"" > Breton ""bev"" ""bright"", ""blazing"""". The common Celtic root must be ""*isarno-biuos"" or ""*-ue(s)uos"". It is widely asserted (though not all linguists would agree) that Old Celtic ""isarno-"" gave birth to the Germanic word that led to English iron. The"
"name meaning 'fond of movement or travel'. The French Meaning of the name comes from the common French place name Laval, from Old French val 'valley'. This is also a Huguenot name (with the same etymology), taken to England by Etienne-Abel Laval, a minister of the French church in Castle Street, London, around 1730.French: habitational name from Lavelle in Puy-de-Dôme or various other, smaller places so named Variations include Lawell, Melville, Mulville and MacFaul, though these are generally reckoned as separate, unrelated surnames. Lavelle is found in France and Belgium as a surname but, being derived from a placename, has"
"name could also be an adaption of the French name ""Lebrun"", from the Old French 'brun' (""brown""), similar to the Old High German 'brun', with the addition of the definite article 'le'. The usage may have been a nickname for someone who had brown hair, a brown complexion, or who wore brown clothing. This name is associated with descendents of the Huguenots in the United States. Labrum (surname) Labrum as a surname is either of Old English (pre 12th century) or of medieval French origin. Variants can include: ""Laban, Labern, Laboune, Labram, Layborn, Leban, Leeburne"", or ""Leyban"". English names are"
"name may refer to: As a surname, it may refer to: As a pen name it refers to Hervé Hervé is a French given name of Breton origin. In English, it is sometimes rendered Harvey or Hervey. It already appears in Latin sources of the eighth century as Charivius. A later Latin form is Herveus. It derives from Old Breton ""Huiarnviu"" (cf. Old Welsh ""Haarnbiu"") composed of OB ""hoiarn"" > Breton ""houarn"" ""iron"" (Welsh ""haearn"") and OB ""viu"" > Breton ""bev"" ""bright"", ""blazing"""". The common Celtic root must be ""*isarno-biuos"" or ""*-ue(s)uos"". It is widely asserted (though not all linguists"
"a blacksmith might receive the dit name ""Lefebvre"". It originated in the military, where those with the same name adopted ""noms de guerre"" to distinguish themselves. Children often adopted the ""dit"" name, sometimes dropping the original family name. Sometimes some of the children chose to take only the family name and others only the ""dit"" name. Dit name The ""dit"" name (in French ""nom-dit"" ) was a common French-Canadian custom by which families often adopted an alternate surname. The practice lasted until the 19th century. The ""dit"" name poses challenges for genealogists confronted with different surnames in different documents, particularly"
"Jennifer (given name) Jennifer is a feminine given name, the Cornish form of Guinevere, adopted into the English language during the 20th century. ""Jennifer"" may mean ""the fair one"" (from Proto-Celtic *""Windo""-""seibrā""). A Cornish form, it is cognate with the Welsh form Gwenhwyfar and with the Old Irish Findabair. Despite the name's similarity to the Old English words ""jenefer"", ""genefer"" and ""jinifer"", all of which were variants of Juniper used to describe the juniper tree, there is no evidence that it comes from these. A common first name for females in English-speaking countries during the 20th century, the name Jennifer"
"were also cousins of the French family, French Park Estate, Boyle, who were created Baron de Freyne. Ffrench Ffrench or ffrench is a surname found in Ireland, a variant of the name French. The name originated in France and was brought by the Normans, who landed in Bannow Bay, County Wexford, Ireland in 1169. They also settled in Galway, Sligo, Roscommon and Dublin. In some cases, the name does not start with an initial capital, but with a lower-case f; the double F is derived from the blackletter F. The Irish branch is considered to be one of the ""Tribes"
"Europe. In 1740 Constantine O'Keeffe (born c. 1670) was admitted to the French aristocracy on the basis of his Irish pedigree, and his long service. The bearers of the surname ""Cuif"", found in the Champagne district of northern France, are descendants of O'Keeffe soldiers. The original spelling is with 2 ff's (O'Keeffe), and church officials recorded names as they were wrongly spelled, then often resulting in the name of a single person being recorded under several spelling variations, such as ""O'Keefe"", ""Keefe"", ""Keeffe"", ""Keiffe"", and others O'Keeffe O'Keeffe (), also O'Keefe, Keef, or Keefe, is the name of an Irish"
"England carried surnames such as ""de Bouvelles"", ""de Bovelles"", ""de Boyuille"" and ""de Boyuill"", and are believed to be the origin of the common surnames Boyle and Bowles. Until the middle of the 16th century, the seignory of Beuville remained in the hands of the de Beuville family. In 1770, it fell to the Lecocq family; Louis Lecocq was the last lord of Beuville before the French Revolution overthrew the nobility. The lordship of Bieville was a ""fiefferme"" (a fiefdom owned by the crown but leased to a local lord). The lords of Biéville were less powerful than the lords"
"Ffrench Ffrench or ffrench is a surname found in Ireland, a variant of the name French. The name originated in France and was brought by the Normans, who landed in Bannow Bay, County Wexford, Ireland in 1169. They also settled in Galway, Sligo, Roscommon and Dublin. In some cases, the name does not start with an initial capital, but with a lower-case f; the double F is derived from the blackletter F. The Irish branch is considered to be one of the ""Tribes of Galway"", having been there since the 13th century. Notable people named Ffrench or ffrench include: They"
"in Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Western Norway it is an approximate rhyme with ""safe"". The only exception to this pattern is in the northern and eastern regions of the Faroe Islands where it is an approximate rhyme with the English word ""coif"". In no Scandinavian region is the name pronounced like the most commonly heard English language pronunciation, ""leaf"", as that would be a homophone of the unrelated female name Liv/Lif. Leif Leif is a male given name of Scandinavian origin. It is derived from the Old Norse name ""Leifr"" (nominative case), meaning ""heir"", ""descendant"". Across the Nordic countries, the"
"Raife Raife is a masculine given name (pronounced ""rayf""). It is an English, Scandinavian and German given name for a male, used in many countries across the world but most popular in English-speaking countries. It is of Old Norse origin (meaning ""counsel of the wolf"" or ""wise wolf""), derived from the Old Norse Raðulfr (rað ""counsel"" + ulfr ""wolf"") through Old English Rædwulf. It is a spelling representation of the traditional pronunciation of the name Ralph, a pronunciation now largely restricted to the upper classes. It is recognised with Rafe in the Oxford English Dictionary of Names. In 2016, Raife"
"Praneuf (surname) ""Praneuf"" (Pra-Neuf) is a surname. With a popularity rank of 27,957, it is the rarest last name in France, but is still in use today. Most people with this name live in France, but the names are also found in countries such as Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and others. The surname denotes one of nine family clans. The clans were founded under the circumstances of protecting each other's interests, and to be united against the Britons (England). In the 15th Century, Praneuf was one of the nine rare family clans called ""Les Neufs"". Each of the"
"Aubrey Aubrey is an English given name. The name is a Norman French derivation of the Germanic given name Alberic, which consists of the elements ""alf"" ""elf"" and ""ric"" ""power"", with the meaning of ""Fair Ruler of the Little People"". Before the Norman conquest, the Anglo-Saxons used the corresponding variant ""Ælf-rīc"" (see Ælfric). An early female form is recorded as ""Aubrée"" and does not share the same etymology. It is instead derived from the Germanic ""Albereda"" or ""Alberada"". It can be found in certain genealogies of the noble Norman families (See for example Aubrey of Buonalbergo). The name is traditionally"
"Godfrey (name) Godfrey is a given name and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French ""Godefroy"", a name composed of the elements: the first being either ""god"" (""god"") or ""gōd"" (""good""); the second being ""fred"" (""peace""). The name was brought to England by settlers from Normandy, the Low Countries, and France. The name is rendered ""Goraidh"", ""Goiridh"" in Scottish Gaelic. In some cases the surname is derived from the Middle English personal name ""Godfrey"", ""Godefrey""; or the Old French ""Godefrei"", ""Godefroi"", ""Godefrois""; or the Continental Germanic ""Godefrid"". In other cases, the surname is derived from the"
"Olliffe Olliffe ( ; also spelt Oliff, Olliff and Oliffe) is a rare English surname of Scandinavian origin derived from the Old Norse personal name Ōleifr meaning ""ancestral relic"" or ""heirloom"". Olliffe is a version of Ōleifr that has not been gaelicised unlike the Irish and Scottish derivations such as McAuliffe and McAuley. In England, the majority of people with the surname are descended from the Buckinghamshire Olliffes, the earliest traceable ancestors of which lived in the village of Bierton, near Aylesbury, in the mid-16th century. The earlier origins of this family of Olliffes are unclear, however others in the"
"also a patronymic version of the given name. The Old French form of the name was ""Geoffrei"" ([dʒɔfrej]), which developed into West Middle French ""Geoffrey"" and East Middle French ""Geoffroy"". Latinised forms include ""Jotfredus"", ""Jozsfredus"", ""Josfredus"" (10th century) and ""Jof[f]redus"", ""Jofridus"", ""Jaufredus"", ""Geffredus"" (11th century). The original spelling with ""Jo-"" was modified in ""Geo-"". The graphic ""e"" after ""G"" is used in French to avoid the pronunciation [go], but [ʒɔ] instead. The spelling ""Geo-"" is probably due to the influence of the first name ""Georges"", derived from Old French ""Jorre"", ""Joire"". The Old Frankish name ""Godefrid"" itself is from the"
"in the United States in 1992 and out of the top 100 in 2009. Jennifer (given name) Jennifer is a feminine given name, the Cornish form of Guinevere, adopted into the English language during the 20th century. ""Jennifer"" may mean ""the fair one"" (from Proto-Celtic *""Windo""-""seibrā""). A Cornish form, it is cognate with the Welsh form Gwenhwyfar and with the Old Irish Findabair. Despite the name's similarity to the Old English words ""jenefer"", ""genefer"" and ""jinifer"", all of which were variants of Juniper used to describe the juniper tree, there is no evidence that it comes from these. A common"
"m.), Ælfweard (""elf-guardian"", m.), and Ælfwaru (""elf-care"", f.). A widespread survivor of these in modern English is Alfred (Old English ""Ælfrēd"", ""elf-advice""). Also surviving are the English surname Elgar (""Ælfgar"", ""elf-spear"") and the name of St Alphege (""Ælfhēah"", ""elf-high""). German examples are ""Alberich"", ""Alphart"" and ""Alphere"" (father of Walter of Aquitaine) and Icelandic examples include ""Álfhildur"". These names suggest that elves were positively regarded in early Germanic culture. Of the many words for supernatural beings in Germanic languages, the only ones regularly used in personal names are ""elf"" and words denoting pagan gods, suggesting that elves were considered similar to"
"are (or were before the Reformation) Catholic. Other non-European languages have also adopted variants of the name. These names include: Francis (given name) Francis is a French and English given name of Latin origin. Francis is a name that has many derivatives in most European languages. The female version of the name in English is Frances, and (less commonly) Francine. (For most speakers, Francis and Frances are homophones or near homophones; a popular mnemonic for the spelling is ""i for him and e for her"".) The name Frank is a common diminutive for Francis and Franny for Frances. Francesco (""the"
"in plural britek but the term is less widespread. Great Britain is called Nagy-Britannia but the United Kingdom is called Egyesült Királyság. Inselaffe (""island ape"") is a pejorative German term allegedly dating back to Darwin and Wallace's publications on evolution. The original explanation of the French term rosbif is that it referred to the English tradition of cooking roast beef, and especially to the song ""The Roast Beef of Old England"". In Portugal, the term bife (literally meaning 'steak', but sounding like ""beef"") is used as a slang term to refer to the English. There is a feminine form, bifa,"
"language in Savoy and in Paris, where establishing his residence in the Café Anglais, one of the most important in the city. Canaveri Canaveri is an Italian and French surname, whose etymology comes from the canapa or chanvre (hemp), an abundant product in ancient times in the regions of the Canavese (Italy) and Chennevières (France). Is probably they are two branches of the same surname, one originating from Piedmont and the other from France, and both established in Provence and Cuneo region since the Middle Ages. The surname is historically present throughout the territory of Piedmont (like Turin), some areas"
"Dreyfuss Dreyfuss and Dreyfus are surnames. The spelling variants, Dreyfuss vs. Dreyfus, tend to correspond to the country the family was living in at the time the spelling was standardized. ""Dreyfus"" tends to be more common among people of French origin. ""Dreyfuss"" tends to be found among those of German descent (stemming from the use of the long s (ſ) and ß (s sharp). Dreyfus(s) is a Jewish Ashkenazic surname derived from the town of Trier on the Moselle, known in French as Trèves, from a Celtic tribal name ""Treveri"" of uncertain etymology. The form of the surname has been"
"male, but is now more commonly used as a feminine name in the United States. It was the 20th most popular name given to girls born in the United States in 2014. The variants ""Aubree"" and ""Aubrie"" were the 61st most and 428th most popular given names for girls respectively. It was last ranked among the top 1,000 most common names for boys in the United States in 2002. It was the 479th most common name for all males in the United States in the 1990 census. Aubrey Aubrey is an English given name. The name is a Norman French"
"and her husband Joseph Duratt. Because French orthography was so fluid at the time, and because of widespread variations in English orthography, Demonbreun's name is of some debate. The preferred use today is Timothy Demonbreun, though the first name is sometimes rendered in the French as ""Timothé"", ""Timothée"" or ""Timothe"". As for the last name, it derives from the French words, de (of) mont (mount) bruen (brown) for of mount brown, and is also rendered variously as ""Demontbrun"", ""de Montbrun"", ""Demontbreun"", ""de Montbreun"", ""De Mont-Breun"", ""De Monbrun"", and others. Descendants of Demonbreun (it is a very common surname in Middle"