La France

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La France is a name written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: habitational name given to someone from France, at the time when the name only applied to those lands belonging to the French king (excluding many areas of what is now France), or from the lie de Fran.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

habitational name given to someone from France, at the time when the name only applied to those lands belonging to the French king (excluding many areas of what is now France), or from the lie de France, a region centered on Paris. It was a surname given to soldiers in the feudal period. In French Canada it is a secondary surname, which has also been used alone since 1714..

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wiktionary
  • Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

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Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

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What does the name La France mean, and where does it come from?
habitational name given to someone from France, at the time when the name only applied to those lands belonging to the French king (excluding many areas of what is now France), or from the lie de Fran… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “La France”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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