Lavoie is a surname of French origin. The meaning of la voie is "the way". The Lavoie name dates to the year 900, during the first Viking invasions, relating to nobles living close to a road.[ citation needed ] The name has remained throughout France and Canada.[ citation needed ]
Bélanger is a French surname, popular in Canada. Notable people with the name include:
Lefebvre is a common northern French surname. Other variations include Lefèbvre, Lefèvre, Lefeuvre and Lefébure.
Therese or Thérèse is a variant of the feminine given name Teresa. It may refer to:
Fournier is a French surname. It is a former designation of baker. Prior to the 1900s it was the designation of a firefighter. The firefighter became by default the baker as he was normally in charge of the communal ovens. As fewer people kneaded their own bread, he commenced this task, became more skilled and thus became the baker.
Morin is a surname of diffent 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'.
Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin.
Blais is a surname, and may refer to:
Richer, or Richers, is a surname, and may refer to:
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.
Bellemare is a Norman surname, that means "somebody from Bellemare", name of several hamlets in Normandy. It is also one of the most common family names in Mauricie, Quebec. It is a compound of French belle "nice, pretty" and mare "mere, lake, pond", Norman word of Old Norse origin marr "sea", finally borrowed from Norman by French around 1600 as "pond, puddle".
Boucher is a French surname.
Bourque is a surname of Acadian origin. The name may refer to:
Tessier and Teissier are surnames of French origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Jean-Claude is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Dubois is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Girard is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lapointe or LaPoint or Lepoint or LePoint is a surname. Notable people with this surname include;
Dufour or Du Four or Defour is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Fontaine is a French topographic surname for someone who lived near a spring or well. It was originally found in northern and central France. Variants of Fontaine include Fountain, La Fontaine, Lafontaine, and de La Fontaine. Notable people with the name include: