Ignace is a surname and given name of French origin. It can also be combined with other common given names and surnames. Notable people with the name include:
1775 (MDCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1775th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 775th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 18th century, and the 6th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1775, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
The Cemetery of Montmartre is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, that dates to the early 19th century. Officially known as the Cimetière du Nord, it is the third largest necropolis in Paris, after the Père Lachaise Cemetery and the Montparnasse Cemetery.
Alphonse is the French variant of the given name Alfonso. People called Alphonse include:
Lefebvre is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include Lefebvre, le Febvre, Le Febvre, Lefèbvre, le Fèbvre, Le Fèbvre, as well as the common variant Lefèvre. Dialectal variants include Lefevere (Belgium), Lefebre, Lefeuvre, and Lefébure.
Raoul is a French variant of the male given name Ralph or Rudolph.
Gérard is a French masculine given name and surname of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are gari > ger- and -hard. The English cognate of Gérard is Gerard.
Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé was a Canadian lawyer, writer, and seigneur. He is known chiefly for his novel Les Anciens Canadiens, considered the first classic of French Canadian fiction.
The Aubert de Gaspé family was a French Canadian family descended from Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye, with several notable members:
Philippe-Ignace-François Aubert de Gaspé, or simply Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, was a Canadian writer and is credited with writing the first French Canadian novel.
Antoine is a French given name that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin.
Duval or DuVal is a surname, literally translating from French to English as "of the valley". It derives from the Norman "Devall", which has both English and French ties. Variant spellings include: Davolls, Deavall, DeVile, Devill, Deville, Divall, Divell and de Eyvill. Its meaning is derived from the French town of Deville, Ardennes. "Devall" was first recorded in England in the Domesday Book.
Théodore is the French version of the masculine given name Theodore.
Events from the year 1882 in France.
Ambroise is a given name and surname. People with the name include:
This surname has Anglo-Saxon pre-8th century origins; spelling variations include Albert, Albertson and Alberts in English names. It is derived from the Old German compound 'Aedelbeort' meaning 'noble-bright'. However, many sources show it as a French surname, with many spelling variations on the French form. It is now found in many locations of the world, spread by French Huguenot refugees, amongst others.
Events from the year 1803 in France.
Firmin is a French surname and masculine given name, from the Late Latin Firminus, a derivative of firmus meaning "firm" or "steadfast". The instruction of St Paul to "be steadfast in the faith" gave the name great popularity among early Christians.
This is a list of persons named after Saint Francis Xavier. The list includes cognates of the name Francis Xavier in other languages, including:
Georges is a French name with the same origin as the English name George. Notable people with the name include:
Amédée is a French masculine forename. Notable people with the forename include: