Frequency: (15430)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. French (Hébert) and Dutch: assimilated form of Herbert.
2. German: variant of Heber 1.
3. Dutch: from the personal name Egbert.
FOREBEARS: Louis Hébert (son of Nicolas, apothecary to the Queen, and grocer, and his wife Jacqueline Pajot) was in Acadia in 1606-1607 and again in 1611-1613; he arrived in Quebec city in 1617, and was the father of the first French child born in Quebec. The following secondary surnames are recorded: Lecomte, from Normandy, documented in Quebec city in 1655; Jolicoeur, documented in Montreal in 1653; Laverdure, from Paris, documented in Trois Rivières in 1666; Deslauriers, recorded in 1679; Larose, from Normandy, documented in Voucherville in 1679; and Minfret or Lesperance, from Normandy, recorded in 1701. The LA Hébert families trace their descent from Acadian descendants of Albert and Étienne Hébert who left their native village of La-Haye-Descartes, Touraine, circa 1640.
GIVEN NAMES: French 8%. Armand (28), Andre (22), Emile (20), Normand (19), Jacques (14), Marcel (11), Pierre (11), Lucien (10), Michel (10), Gaston (9), Alcide (8), Camille (8).
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