American Family Name Origins:
Labonte
Frequency: (1731)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: nickname for a wealthy man, from la ‘the’ bonté ‘goodness’, ‘wealth’. This is a frequent secondary surname in Canada.
GIVEN NAMES: French 11%. Armand (6), Lucien (5), Aime (4), Adelard (2), Camille (2), Marcel (2), Napoleon (2), Normand (2), Andre, Arsene, Benoit, Clermont.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
