Lirette
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Frequency: (606)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: of uncertain derivation; possibly related to loir, ‘dormouse’, noted in folk belief for its laziness.
FOREBEARS: The name is particularly associated with Terrebonne parish in LA, where bearers are apparently descended from a Jean-Pierre Lirette and Marie-Madeleine Durambourg, who came from Nantes, France, through Acadia, in the 1780s.
GIVEN NAMES: French 5%. Andre, Angelle, Armand, Aurele, Caliste, Gaston, Gisele, Octave.
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