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 Ver detalle |
1: De Carteret Ver detalle |
2: La Haye-du-Puits Ver detalle |
3: Brehaut Ver detalle |
4: Baubigny - Place name Ver detalle |
5: Le Breton Ver detalle |
6: Fallaise Ver detalle |
7: Norman Ver detalle |
8: Le Goff Ver detalle |
9: Le Galloudec Ver detalle |
10: Le Guilcher Ver detalle |
11: Le Garff Ver detalle |
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
France
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?
France
Asked where he came from the original Mr. Le Breton said 'Breton' - his name stuck for ever more
Fallaise is a common Guernsey surname. Possibly originated in Belgium.
The Normans came from Normandy; before then they were the men from the North, North men, Norsk
France
There is a high concentration of the Le Goff family name centred around Baud
France
There is a high concentration of the family name Le Galloudec in Plouay
France
There is a high concentration of the Le Guilcher name in this area of France