Fancy French last names

Means likely “hawk”, from Occitan

Means “beautiful fort”

Means “good” + “part, share”

Means from curtus, “short”

Means “of the sea”

Means “the pond”

Means “from Évreux”, a city in Normandy

Means “from Évreux”, a city in Normandy

Means “son of the king”

Means “son of William”

Means “to protect” + “army”

Means from Latin Quintus, “fifth-born”

Means “counsel” + “hard, strong”

Means from Alberich: “elf” + “ruler”

Means “beautiful field”

Means “beautiful mountain”

Means “fair friend”

Means “beautiful mountain”

Means from Old French “chestnut”

Means from Bois-d’Arcy in northern France

Means “from Lannoy”, from “the alderwood”

Means “from Évreux”, a city in Normandy

Means “the cross”

Means “the little beech tree”

Means “the pool”

Means “the vine, the vineyard”

Means “smith”

Means “little wolf”

Means “unhappy, unlucky”

Means “dead pond”

Means from Perceval, a knight of Arthurian romance

Means a nickname for someone with red hair

Means “bandit”

Means “place of alder trees”

Means from Ælfræd: “elf” + “counsel”

Means a nickname for a short person

Means “town-dweller”

Means “cool, calm” + “bright”

Means a nickname from “crow”

Means from curtus, “short”

Means “polite, courteous”

Means “from the alder grove”

Means “of Orsay”, a town in France

Means “son of Gerald”

Means “pledge” + “bright, famous”

Means “large”

Means a nickname for someone with grey hair or beard

Means “land” + “bright”

Means “little wolf”

Means “Gomeric’s hill”

Means “page”, a young servant

Means from Reims, the French town

Means a nickname for someone with red hair

Means from Saint-Maur, a place in Normandy

Means “foreign”: a byname for a Welshman or Breton