Frequency: (968)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: habitational name from the city in Gironde, the Latin name of which is Burdigala, of ancient and unexplained origin.
GIVEN NAMES: French 4%. Aldea, Andre, Andree, Clovis, Jean Claude, Jean-Luc, Leonce.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
