Cloutier is a French occupational name for a nailer, from an agent derivative of clou (Latin clavus) for "nail". Most people with the surname Cloutier are descended from Zacharie Cloutier, a pioneer who settled in New France from Perche, France in 1634 and founded one of the foremost families of Quebec. Notable people with the name include:
Bélanger is a French surname, popular in Canada. Notable people with the name include:
Pelletier is a common surname of French origin. Notable people with this surname include:
Dupuis is originally a common French surname widespread in northern France, meaning "of / from a a well".
Morin is a surname of different Romance origins. In northern Italy it derives from the Ladin term for «mill». In French it derives from the ancient Celtic tribe of Morini who once inhabited the coast of modern day Belgium. The Gaulish ethnonym Morini literally means 'those of the sea', that is to say the 'sea people' or the 'sailors'. It stems from Proto-Celtic *mori 'sea'. It may also refer to:
Demers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Brisson is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Zacharie Cloutier was a French carpenter who immigrated to New France in 1634 in the first wave of the Percheron immigration from the former province of Perche, to an area that is today part of Quebec, Canada. He settled in Beauport and founded one of the foremost families of Quebec.
Desjardins is a common surname in French-speaking Canada. Notable people with the surname include:
Lemieux is a French surname originating from Normandy and it has been traced from Rouen in the 1600s to earlier origins on the Cotentin peninsula. According to the website "Les familles Lemieux d'Amerique" the North American Lemieux are descended from two half-brothers, Pierre and Gabriel, who emigrated from Rouen, France, to Quebec in 1643. This surname is not to be confused with Lémieux, a name of French origin which is derived from a small town, Leymieux, in the Rhône-Alpes region of France.
Boucher is a French surname.
Boivin is a surname from France. Boivin is a combination of the French words bois and vin, which mean "drink" and "wine" respectively. The surname refers to someone who drinks wine.
Boisvert is a French surname. It consists of the words bois and vert. As of 2006, Boisvert was the 65th most common surname in Quebec, Canada, accounting for 0,186% of the province's population. As of 2010, there were 4821 people with this surname in the United States.
Bolduc is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Rivard is a surname of French origin meaning "of the river". Notable people with the surname include:
Tessier and Teissier are surnames of French origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Belliveau is an Acadian surname brought to North America before 1650 by Antoine Belliveau, who was among the first 50 French immigrant families to colonize Port Royal in l'Acadie (Acadia), present day Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada, in unceded Mi'kmaq territory. In the diaspora following Le Grand Dérangement in 1755, in which about 10,000 Acadians were imprisoned and deported by the British at the outset of the War of the Conquest, several Belliveau descendants settled in Québec, Canada where the surname became known as Béliveau or Beliveau.
Beaudoin is a surname of French origin related to Baldwin. Notable people with the surname include:
Guay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Archambault is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Dufour or Du Four or Defour is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: