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Here are some examples of French-derived English and Scottish surnames, dating from the time of the Norman conquest and the Plantagenet Era:
-DISNEY => derived from a Norman family called D'ISIGNY from the village of ISIGNY in Normandy .
-CHURCHILL=>Descended from Roger DE COURCIL (1050-1087) also known as "Roger DE COURCELLE", who arrived in England in 1066 from Normandy. During the 12th century the spelling of the surname had evolved into de curichil, de chirchil, de churchile before evolving to Churchill by the early 13th century when it was confused with the English words "church", and "hill".-CUSACK: from the town CUSSAC in South west France (Aquitaine)
-KEYNES: Alteration the placename Kahaines or Kahaignae (the village is now called Cahagnes) in Normandy
-BRUCE: comes from the French ‘de Brus’ or ‘de Bruis’, derived from the village that is now Brix in Normandy, where the first Robert de Brus is thought to have originated from.
-IRONS: derived from the town AIRAINES in northern France (Picardy).
-CHENEY: derived from the Old French chesne, chesnai (modern French: chêne), "oak tree". may be derived from any of the places named with the Old French "chesnai –
-LACEY: derived from te village LASSY in Nomandy
-GAYLORD: Derived from the Old French surname Gaillard (Strong),Gaulish. galia 'might'-
-MORTIMER: derived from the village of MORTEMER in Normandy
-DORSEY: from the Norman familiy name D'ORSAY meaning "from the town of ORSAY" in Normandy
-PURCELL: from Old French pourcel 'piglet'
-BOSWELL: named after the village BEUZEVILLE in Normandy
- REDMOND: derived from the Old French forenames Raimund and Raimond.
-MONTGOMERY : derived from SAINT GERMAIN DE MONTGOMMERY in Normandy.
-SEYMOUR: from a town in Normandy,
SAINT-MAUR
-FITZGERALD, means in Old French "son of Gerald".
-PERCY: , derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy.
-JOYCE: derived from the Old French Masculine name Josse
-HEWLETT==> from the Old French Hughelot. a diminutive of the name Hugh
-TAYLOR==> derived from the Old French tailleur ("cutter")
-SINCLAIR: from the village Saint-Clair (sur-l'Elle) in Normandy
-BALLIOL= derived from one of numerous place names in France such as Bailleul-en-Vimeu in Picardy, or Bailleul in Northern France. These place names are generally thought to come from the Old French word "baille," which meant "fortification."
-BEAUFORT: habitational name from various places in France named Beaufort, for example in Nord, Somme, and Pas-de-Calais, from Old French beu, bel 'fair', 'lovely' + fort 'fortress', 'stronghold'.
-DE VERE: derived their surname from Ver (department Manche, canton Gavray), in Normandy
-VILLIERS: derived from one of the six places in Normandy so called, from Old French "Villiers" meaning:town-dweller
-MONTAGU: habitational name from a place La Manche in France, so named from Old French mont 'hill'+ agu 'pointed
-MALLORY: From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”)
-LAMAR: From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare (“the pool”).
-NUGENT: from any of the several places in Northern France, called NOGENT -from the Gaulish word “Novios” meaning new, or “New town’
-LOVETT: from Anglo-Norman French "lo(u)vet" meaning "wolf cub" or "young wolf"
-BUTLER: from Old French buttiler, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”)
-DARELL: derived from d'AIREL, name of a Norman family that came from a place called AIRELLE in Normandy.
-BARRET: from the old French male given name BARAUD
-TYRELL: derived from the Old French word tirer, which means to draw.
-BASKERVILLE: derived from the village Bacqueville in Normandy,
-CAGE: from the Old French word cage, orcagier, meaning an enclosure
-D'ARCY: from the town Bois d'Arcis near Paris
-FRASER: originally derives from the French fraise, meaning strawberry.
-VERNON: from the town VERNON in Normandy. derived from the Gaulish word vern for Alder tree (also springlike, flourishing, or full of life), a "place of alders"
-NEVILLE: Old French Neville "Néel's estate" or Neuville "new settlement".
-PAINE: comes from the Old French "paien" originally meaning "a villager or rustic", and later a heathen.
-CHAMBERLAIN: from Old French chambrelain, Norman French cambrelanc, cambrelen(c) ‘chamberlain’. This was the name of an official in charge of the private chambers of his master.
-HUSSEY: derived from the town HOUSSAYE in Normandy
-CAMPION: name for a professional Champion, deriving from the Old Norman-French "campiun" or "campion"
-MELVILLE: from Malleville in Normandy.
-BELLAMY: from beu or bel (good, fair, handsome) and ami (friend).
-COURTNEY/COURTENAY: from places called COURTENEY in North west France or from a nickname for a person who had a snub nose, from the Old French "court, curt", short, with "nes", nose.
-CURTIS: from Old French corteis and curteis (Modern French courtois (“polite”)), meaning courteous.
-WARREN: from a place La Varenne "the game park" in Normandy, French garenne 'rabbit warren', Gaulish 'varena 'enclosed area'
-QUINCY: , from places name QUINCEY in France
-RUSSEL: means "the son of Red", from the Old French "Rous", red, a nickname for someone with red hair, and "-el", little.
-SPENCER: from Old French " espenser, -ier "– dispenser of money, provisions
-TRAVIS: from the French "traverser" or "to cross" meaning "to cross over,"
-DELANEY: Old French del aunaie "from the alder grove".-DISNEY => derived from a Norman family called D'ISIGNY from the village of ISIGNY in Normandy .
-BANISTER: comes from the Old French or Old Norman banastre which was a type of wicker basket
-LEVETT: From LIVET (en-Ouche) in Normandy
-ORPEN: derives deriving from "Erpen" (Normandy).
-CURZON: derived from Notre Dame de Curson in Normandy.
-MENZIES :derrived from Mesnieres in Normandy
-GRANT: nickname derived from the Anglo-Norman graund, graunt ("tall", "large") and the Old French grand, grant,
-CORBET,CORBETT : Derived from the French word "corbet", "Little raven"
-GIFFORD: from the Old French word "Giffard", used as a nickname for someone thought to be chubby-cheeked
-BOWLES/BOWELL: from the Old Norman-French "boelle", meaning enclosure and specifically one cleared for agriculture.
-DISNEY => derived from a Norman family called D'ISIGNY from the village of ISIGNY in Normandy .
-CHURCHILL=>Descended from Roger DE COURCIL (1050-1087) also known as "Roger DE COURCELLE", who arrived in England in 1066 from Normandy. During the 12th century the spelling of the surname had evolved into de curichil, de chirchil, de churchile before evolving to Churchill by the early 13th century when it was confused with the English words "church", and "hill".-CUSACK: from the town CUSSAC in South west France (Aquitaine)
-KEYNES: Alteration the placename Kahaines or Kahaignae (the village is now called Cahagnes) in Normandy
-BRUCE: comes from the French ‘de Brus’ or ‘de Bruis’, derived from the village that is now Brix in Normandy, where the first Robert de Brus is thought to have originated from.
-IRONS: derived from the town AIRAINES in northern France (Picardy).
-CHENEY: derived from the Old French chesne, chesnai (modern French: chêne), "oak tree". may be derived from any of the places named with the Old French "chesnai –
-LACEY: derived from te village LASSY in Nomandy
-GAYLORD: Derived from the Old French surname Gaillard (Strong),Gaulish. galia 'might'-
-MORTIMER: derived from the village of MORTEMER in Normandy
-DORSEY: from the Norman familiy name D'ORSAY meaning "from the town of ORSAY" in Normandy
-PURCELL: from Old French pourcel 'piglet'
-BOSWELL: named after the village BEUZEVILLE in Normandy
- REDMOND: derived from the Old French forenames Raimund and Raimond.
-MONTGOMERY : derived from SAINT GERMAIN DE MONTGOMMERY in Normandy.
-SEYMOUR: from a town in Normandy,
SAINT-MAUR
-FITZGERALD, means in Old French "son of Gerald".
-PERCY: , derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy.
-JOYCE: derived from the Old French Masculine name Josse
-HEWLETT==> from the Old French Hughelot. a diminutive of the name Hugh
-TAYLOR==> derived from the Old French tailleur ("cutter")
-SINCLAIR: from the village Saint-Clair (sur-l'Elle) in Normandy
-BALLIOL= derived from one of numerous place names in France such as Bailleul-en-Vimeu in Picardy, or Bailleul in Northern France. These place names are generally thought to come from the Old French word "baille," which meant "fortification."
-BEAUFORT: habitational name from various places in France named Beaufort, for example in Nord, Somme, and Pas-de-Calais, from Old French beu, bel 'fair', 'lovely' + fort 'fortress', 'stronghold'.
-DE VERE: derived their surname from Ver (department Manche, canton Gavray), in Normandy
-VILLIERS: derived from one of the six places in Normandy so called, from Old French "Villiers" meaning:town-dweller
-MONTAGU: habitational name from a place La Manche in France, so named from Old French mont 'hill'+ agu 'pointed
-MALLORY: From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”)
-LAMAR: From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare (“the pool”).
-NUGENT: from any of the several places in Northern France, called NOGENT -from the Gaulish word “Novios” meaning new, or “New town’
-LOVETT: from Anglo-Norman French "lo(u)vet" meaning "wolf cub" or "young wolf"
-BUTLER: from Old French buttiler, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”)
-DARELL: derived from d'AIREL, name of a Norman family that came from a place called AIRELLE in Normandy.
-BARRET: from the old French male given name BARAUD
-TYRELL: derived from the Old French word tirer, which means to draw.
-BASKERVILLE: derived from the village Bacqueville in Normandy,
-CAGE: from the Old French word cage, orcagier, meaning an enclosure
-D'ARCY: from the town Bois d'Arcis near Paris
-FRASER: originally derives from the French fraise, meaning strawberry.
-VERNON: from the town VERNON in Normandy. derived from the Gaulish word vern for Alder tree (also springlike, flourishing, or full of life), a "place of alders"
-NEVILLE: Old French Neville "Néel's estate" or Neuville "new settlement".
-PAINE: comes from the Old French "paien" originally meaning "a villager or rustic", and later a heathen.
-CHAMBERLAIN: from Old French chambrelain, Norman French cambrelanc, cambrelen(c) ‘chamberlain’. This was the name of an official in charge of the private chambers of his master.
-HUSSEY: derived from the town HOUSSAYE in Normandy
-CAMPION: name for a professional Champion, deriving from the Old Norman-French "campiun" or "campion"
-MELVILLE: from Malleville in Normandy.
-BELLAMY: from beu or bel (good, fair, handsome) and ami (friend).
-COURTNEY/COURTENAY: from places called COURTENEY in North west France or from a nickname for a person who had a snub nose, from the Old French "court, curt", short, with "nes", nose.
-CURTIS: from Old French corteis and curteis (Modern French courtois (“polite”)), meaning courteous.
-WARREN: from a place La Varenne "the game park" in Normandy, French garenne 'rabbit warren', Gaulish 'varena 'enclosed area'
-QUINCY: , from places name QUINCEY in France
-RUSSEL: means "the son of Red", from the Old French "Rous", red, a nickname for someone with red hair, and "-el", little.
-SPENCER: from Old French " espenser, -ier "– dispenser of money, provisions
-TRAVIS: from the French "traverser" or "to cross" meaning "to cross over,"
-DELANEY: Old French del aunaie "from the alder grove".-DISNEY => derived from a Norman family called D'ISIGNY from the village of ISIGNY in Normandy .
-BANISTER: comes from the Old French or Old Norman banastre which was a type of wicker basket
-LEVETT: From LIVET (en-Ouche) in Normandy
-ORPEN: derives deriving from "Erpen" (Normandy).
-CURZON: derived from Notre Dame de Curson in Normandy.
-MENZIES :derrived from Mesnieres in Normandy
-GRANT: nickname derived from the Anglo-Norman graund, graunt ("tall", "large") and the Old French grand, grant,
-CORBET,CORBETT : Derived from the French word "corbet", "Little raven"
-GIFFORD: from the Old French word "Giffard", used as a nickname for someone thought to be chubby-cheeked
-BOWLES/BOWELL: from the Old Norman-French "boelle", meaning enclosure and specifically one cleared for agriculture.
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