Surname Meanings & Origins

In the Late Latin given name “Clemens,” the Clement surname means “merciful and mild.” CLEMENT may be the British version and CLéMENT is French. CLEMENTE …

Dumont is really a French topographical surname meaning “in the mountain,” in the Old French du mont, meaning “from the mount.” Dumont may be the …

The Shaw surname means thicket, small wood, or clearing within the trees in the Middle British s(c)hage, s(c)hawe (Old British sceaga). It’s also an British …