Berger is a surname in both German and French, although there is no etymological connection between the names in the two languages. The French surname is an occupational name for a shepherd, from Old French bergier. The German surname derives from the word Berg, the word for "mountain" or "hill", and means "a resident on a mountain or hill", or someone from a toponym Berg, derived from the same. The pronunciation of the English name may sometimes be BUR-jər following the French phonetics. Notable people with this surname include:
Jeffrey is a common English given name, and a variant form of the name Geoffrey.
Dumas is a Southern French topographic surname, with fused preposition and definite article du, for someone who lived in an isolated dwelling in the country rather than in a village, from Occitan mas 'farmstead'.
Fabre or Fabré is a surname of Occitan French origin, and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Carole is a feminine given name and occasionally a surname.
Gerald Sydney Halter, was a Canadian lawyer and the first commissioner of the Canadian Football League.
MacDonald, Macdonald, and McDonald is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin.
Poirier is a French surname, meaning pear tree.
Aubry is a French surname and given name. Notable people with the name include
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
A frentera is a part of some halters and bridles, usually on a horse. It is a cord, strap, or chain on the face of the horse that is attached to the crownpiece or browband and runs down the horse's face to the noseband or bit rings. A frentera can be split at the top to pass on either side of the forelock, or on either side of the ears. In the latter case, the frentera usually substitutes for a browband. A frentera can also be split at the bottom into two or more parts to support and stabilize a heavy noseband or bit.
Laferrière is a French habitational surname connected to a multitude of settlements called La Ferrière that is also common in French America. Notable people with this name include:
Verville is a French and French Canadian surname which could mean:
- towards the town, from the French words vers, meaning "towards", and ville, meaning "town"; or
- green town, from the French vert, meaning "green", and ville, meaning "town".
Tova is a given name, nickname and a surname. Notable people with this name include:
Brossard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kali is an Indian feminine given name of Sanskrit origins from the name Kālá. It is also a Finnish masculine given name that is a form of Kalle. Notable people with this name include the following:
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