Plaisant
surname · Latin script
Meaning: present participle of plaire
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Plaisant is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- BEBelgium
- BRBrazil
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
present participle of plaire
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
- BRBrazil
- MXMexico
- BEBelgium
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Isidore Plaisantb. 1795BEBelgium magistrate
- Marcel Plaisantb. 1887FRFrench politician (1887–1958)
- Ayrton Plaisantb. 1892BRBrazilian military official (1892-1959)
- Robert Plaisantb. 1917born:1917-09-00|died:1997-01-01|; Plaisant, Robert 1917-1997; Plaisant, Robert, 1918?-1997
- François Plaisantb. 1932FRFrench ambassador
- Odile Plaisantb. 1950researcher
- Philippe Plaisantb. 1956FRFrench politician
- Catherine Plaisantb. 1957FRFrench American computer scientist
- Sylvie Plaisantb. 1972FRFrench table tennis player
- Elisa Plaisantb. 1981ITItalian synchronized swimmer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 248 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 222 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 221 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 220 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 219 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 187 | #9,008 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 177 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 177 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 172 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 144 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 128 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 104 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Plaisant mean, and where does it come from?
- present participle of plaire Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Plaisant have the most bearers?
- Plaisant is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Plaisant”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.