Guernsey traditional family and palce names have a long association with our Norman and Norsk cousins. Many names come directly from the Normandie and Bretagne coast and some earlier names are likely to have come from Viking raiders or trading partners in the Iberian peninsula.


0: De Jersey
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1: De Carteret
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2: La Haye-du-Puits
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3: Brehaut
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4: Baubigny - Place name
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5: Le Breton
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6: Fallaise
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7: Norman
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8: Le Goff
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9: Le Galloudec
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10: Le Guilcher
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11: Le Garff
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0: De Jersey

Stands to reason that the Guernsey family name 'de Jersey' came from our sister Island


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1: De Carteret

De Carteret is a common Guernsey name and denotes where those early familes came from


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2: La Haye-du-Puits

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La Haye du Puits Estate in the Castel Parish of Guernsey is said to have been gifted by a French King to a loyal khight


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3: Brehaut

We can't be completely sure but there is a clear similiarity between the name of the French Islands Île-de-Bréhat and the Family name Brhaut


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4: Baubigny - Place name

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cbk?output=thumbnail&w=90&h=68&ll=49.430 Not far from our shores is a church called Baubigny, and in St Peter Port is an area called Baubigny. Did an early landowner name his manor after where he hailed from?


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5: Le Breton

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cbk?output=thumbnail&w=90&h=68&ll=48.649 Asked where he came from the original Mr. Le Breton said 'Breton' - his name stuck for ever more


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6: Fallaise


cbk?output=thumbnail&w=90&h=68&ll=50.610 Fallaise is a common Guernsey surname. Possibly originated in Belgium.


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7: Norman

The Normans came from Normandy; before then they were the men from the North, North men, Norsk


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8: Le Goff

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cbk?output=thumbnail&w=90&h=68&ll=47.874 There is a high concentration of the Le Goff family name centred around Baud


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9: Le Galloudec

France
cbk?output=thumbnail&w=90&h=68&ll=47.915 There is a high concentration of the family name Le Galloudec in Plouay


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10: Le Guilcher

France
cbk?output=thumbnail&w=90&h=68&ll=48.842 There is a high concentration of the Le Guilcher name in this area of France


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11: Le Garff

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cbk?output=thumbnail&w=90&h=68&ll=48.561 The Le Garff family name appears to come from this area


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