American Family Name Origins:
Brissette
Frequency: (641)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: from a pet form of Brès (see Brice).
FOREBEARS: The name is recorded in Canada in 1668 and in Champlain in 1672 (with the secondary surname Courchesne); it is also associated with the secondary surnames Beaupré and Dupas.
GIVEN NAMES: French 7%. Aime (2), Armand (2), Normand (2), Alcid, Arsene, Herve, Laurier, Marcel.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
