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Since most North American Creoles, especially those having strong roots in the French speaking parts of Louisiana and parts of the deep, South where there was a strong French influence, it can be presumed that their offsprings would have French Surnames...
Because there was a strong mixture of all the different races and cultures,( African/American , Spanish, Indian Irish,German etc.) you will find big differences in these names , so it cannot be presumed that these names would apply to all Louisiana Creoles, but, generally speaking, this list demonstrates the huge impact the French culture has on most Louisiana Creoles
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First
and Last names for Creoles of color
Adelaide/Adele,
Agata, Aimee, Alexandrine, Angelique, Annette, Antoinette, Apolline,
Athalie, Arelia, Babet, Carmelite, Caroline, Catarina, Cecile/Cecilia,
Celestine, Charlotte, Clemence, Clementine, Constance, Delia,
Delphine, Desiree, Dominique, Elizabeth, Emilie, Estelle, Eugenie,
Eulalie, Euprosine, Fanchon, Felicie/Felicite, Francoise, Gabriela,
Genevieve, Georgina, Elena/Helene, Heloise,
Henriette, Ines, Isabelle, Isadora, Jeanne/Jeanette, Josephine,
Julia, Juliette, Justine, Lisette, Louise(a), Magdalene(a),
Manon, Manette/Nanette, Marceline, Marguerite, Marie(a), Marianne,
Marthe, Martine, Mathilde, Modeste, Monique, Nathalie, Paulina,
Pelagie, Perrine, Philomene, Poupon, Sanite, Serafine, Sophie,
Suzanne, Rachel, Rosalie, Rosaline, Rose, Rosette, Teres/Thereze,
Virgine, Vistoire, Zelime/Zulime.
(note that many
female and male names differ only by a letter or two in spelling):
Adolphe,
Alberto, Alcee, Alex, Alexandre, Alexis, Alphonse, Aime,
Andre,
Antoine, Armand, Auguste/Augustin, Baptiste, Bartholome/Barthelmy,
Brazil, Benedicte, Bernard, Celestin, Charles, Charlot, Christophe,
Clement, Edouard, Emile, Erasme, Etienne, Eugene,
Ferdinand, Francois, Gabriel, Guillaume, Gustave, Henri, Honore,
Hortense, Hypolite, Ignace, Isadore, Jacques, Jean, Joseph,
Jules, Julien, Laurent, Leonide, Louis, Manuel, Marcel, Marcos,
Martin, Mathieu, Michel, Narcisse, Nicolas, Noel, Olivier, Oscar,
Paul/Pauline, Patrice, Pierre, Phillipe, Prosper, Rafael/Raphael,
Raimond, Rene, Robert, Simon, Theodore, Theodule, Thomas/Tomas,
Valentin(e), Victor, Vincent(e), Virgil, Xavier.
Common
Surnames of People of Color:
Almonester, Alpuente, Alva, Arnaud, Astier, Bacchus, Baure/Borre/Porre,
Boisseau, Brion, Brule, Burel, Campanel, Carriere, Cazelar,
Cheval, Chouteau, Cienfuegos, Cofi/Coffy, Darensbourg, Dauphin(e),
Deco, Decoudreau, Delassixe, Demezieres, Derneville, Despre,
Dias, Dolliole, Dupart, Duplessis, Durand, Dutillet, Fazande,
Forneret, Fouche(r), Galafate, Faillard, Gallaud, Galvez, Genoveva,
Garcin, Glapion, Hardy, Isnard/Hisnard, Heno, Hero,
Hugon, Jeaneton, Juanico, Jung, Junon, Labasilier, Lacoste,
Lalande, Lanuit, LaPomeret, Labeau/Laveau, Lavolier, Leblanc,
Lemelle, Lioutau, Livaudais, Luison, Macarty, Marcon, Maxent,
Mallorquin/Mayorquin, Medor, Meilleur, Mercier, Metoyer, Mingo,
Montplaisir, Montegut, Montreuil, Mounier, Navarro, Pascal,
Pena, Peres, Piernes, Plessis, Pomet, Populus, Prudhomme, Quinones,
Raquet, Rami(s), Robin, Roche, Roque, Roquiny, Samba,
Santiago, Sarasses, Scarasse, Sepion, Soule, Soulie, Tiocou,
Tio, Tisono, Totin, Toutant, Trudeau, Valdez, Vaugine, Venus,
Vidal, Villemont, Villere, Vivant, Voisin, Viltz/Wiltz.
Additionally, there were these first names often used as surnames:
Alexis, Andre, Bernard, Fanchon, Marcos, Martin(a), Mathieu,
Nicolas, Olivier, Raphael, Robert, Simon, Thomas, Xavier.
Common names of Free People of Color:
Many came from St. Domingue in the West Indies: Aleman, Allegre,
Amothe/Lamothe, Bachemin, Bagneris, Baillie/Billie, Bajoliere,
Baudin, Beaulieau, Beaumond(t), Beaureparie, Bedeau, Bellaire,
Bellevue, Beltremieux, Benoit, Bernoudy, Berque, Bertonneau,
Bic/Blique, Boise, Bon/Bonne, Bondaille, Boni, Bonseigneur,
Boutine, Boutte, Boyer, Cabaret, Cambray, canelle, Caraby, Caresse,
Cavalier, Cazenave, Chaigneau,
Chretien, Colvis/Clovis, Cornier, Courcelle, Cournand, Couvertier,
Croque/Crocker, Cupidon, Dalcour, Dapremont, Daquin, Darcantel,
Decourmant, Decuir, Dede/Dedaio, Dege, Dejan, Delatte, Delille,
Deruisseau, Desdunes, Deslisle, Deslonde, Destrehan, Dreaux,
Drouillard, Dubreauil, Dubuclet, Dumas, Dumois, Duplanchier,
Dupuy, Dusuau, Duval, Duvernay, Esteves, Faucheaux, Faure/Favre,
Ferrand, Ferrer, Florian, Fondall,
Forstall, Fortier, Foy, Fressineau, Freyd, Frilot, Fuselier,
Gandolfi, Gignac, Gillette, Glesseau/Gressso, Grmmont, Grandmaion,
Gravier, Greffen/Griffin, Guesnon, Guillmard, Guillory, Harang,
Hart, Hazeaur, Heguy, Henderson, Hobe/Jove, Houssart, Izard,
Jalio, Jason, Jorda, Jordan, Joubert, Jourdain, Juncadella,
Juin, Kernion, Kincaid, Lacled, LaCroix, Lafitte, Laforesterie,
Lambert, Lamotte/Lamothe, Langlois, Lanna, Lanquille, Lanusse,
Laroche, Laronde, Lasalle, Latapie, Larieux, Lavalle, Lavespere,
Lavigne,
LeClaire, Leclere, Leduc, Lefevre, Legoaster, Lemaitre, LeRoy,
Llorens, Lorin, Loriot,
Louyar, Lugar, Magliore, Malarcher,
Mandeville, Mansion, Manumishon, Marhcand, Marie/Mary, Marmiche,
Martinez, Maurin, Mazant, Medard, Menard, Merrieult, Metzinger,
Milon, Monsignac, Moreau, Morel, Moret, Morgan, Nelson, Nicaud,
Noble, Norwood, Ortis(z), Ory, Othon, Ozee, Panis, Parent, Passebon,
Pavegeau, Pedesclaux, Perrault, Peyroux, Picquery, Picot , Piron,
Prevost, Prieto, Questi, Re, Rey, Reynaud, Rillieux,
Rochon, Roich/Roig, Romain, Roup, Rousseau, Rousselle, Roy,
Rouzan, Sabatier, Sainet, Sarasse, Savary, Seligny, Sejour,
Senare, Ser/Serre, Sigur, Sindos, Soublet, St. Armand, St. Cyr,
St. Denis, St. Julien, St. Martin, St. Ours, St. Victoire, Telemaco,
Thezan, Thierry, Tinchant Tonnelier, Toussaint, Treme, Trevigne,
Urquhart, Valcour, Valentin(e), Vallet, Valliere, Vernier, Villascusa,
Vitrac, Volant, Warbourg, Williams, Zamora, Zeno(n), Zeringue.
Additionally,
some first names were commonly used as
surnames in this period:
Adolphe, Albert, Armand, Augustin(e), Baptiste, Barthelemy,
Benjamin, Celestin(e), Christophe, Etienne, Francois, Guillaume,
Henri/Henry, Honore, Hypolite, Isabel, Isidore, Iris, Jacques,
Jean, Laurent, Manuel, Narcisse, Noel, Rose, Victor, Vincent.
Mansion, Manumishon, Marhcand, Marie/Mary, Marmiche,
Martinez, Maurin, Mazant, Medard, Menard, Merrieult, Metzinger,
Milon, Monsignac, Moreau, Morel, Moret, Morgan, Nelson, Nicaud,
Noble, Norwood, Ortis(z), Ory, Othon, Ozee, Panis, Parent, Passebon,
Pavegeau, Pedesclaux, Perrault, Peyroux, Picquery, Picot , Piron,
Prevost, Prieto, Questi, Re, Rey, Reynaud, Rillieux,
Rochon, Roich/Roig, Romain, Roup, Rousseau, Rousselle, Roy,
Rouzan, Sabatier, Sainet, Sarasse, Savary, Seligny, Sejour,
Senare, Ser/Serre, Sigur, Sindos, Soublet, St. Armand, St. Cyr,
St. Denis, St. Ju
From the
1820's through the Civil War there were free people of color
from rural parishes moving into New Orleans. With them came
additional French and German surnames. Many English surnames
also began to appear as English owned slaves and descendants
of American masters migrated to the city.
The above
lists are not guaranteed complete. They are merely samples
of names that appear repeatedly in records and writings of
the period.
Louyar, Lugar, Magliore, Malarcher,
Mandeville, lien, St. Martin, St. Ours, St. Victoire, Telemaco,
Thezan, Thierry, Tinchant Tonnelier, Toussaint, Treme, Trevigne,
Urquhart, Valcour, Valentin(e), Vallet, Valliere, Vernier, Villascusa,
Vitrac, Volant, Warbourg, Williams, Zamora, Zeno(n), Zeringue.
Additionally,
some first names were commonly used as
surnames in this period:
Adolphe, Albert, Armand, Augustin(e), Baptiste, Barthelemy,
Benjamin, Celestin(e), Christophe, Etienne, Francois, Guillaume,
Henri/Henry, Honore, Hypolite, Isabel, Isidore, Iris, Jacques,
Jean, Laurent, Manuel, Narcisse, Noel, Rose, Victor, Vincent.
From the
1820's through the Civil War there were free people of color
from rural parishes moving into New Orleans. With them came
additional French and German surnames. Many English surnames
also began to appear as English owned slaves and descendants
of American masters migrated to the city.
The above
lists are not guaranteed complete. They are merely samples
of names that appear repeatedly in records and writings of
the period
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Taken
from:
"The Free People of Color of New Orleans"
"An Introduction"
by Mary Gehman |
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