Frequency: (168)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Probably of English origin: unexplained; the name is recorded in southern England the 16th and 17th centuries but since appears to have died out there.
GIVEN NAMES: French 6%. Camille, Celestine, Dominique.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
