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Scarlett is an English name [1] of Norman French origin [2] and is a metonymic occupational surname for a dyer or a seller of rich, brightly coloured cloth, often of a brilliant, vivid red colour. The derivation of the name is from the Old French word "Escarlate", scarlet, which by 1182 was already being used as the name of a cloth ...
Baudelaire is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles Baudelaire, a French macabre poet; Caroline Aupick (formerly Baudelaire), Charles Baudelaire's disparaging mother; Éric Baudelaire, a Franco-American artist and filmmaker; The Baudelaire family within A Series of Unfortunate Events:
Mitchell or Mitchel is an English, Scottish and Irish surname with three etymological origins. In some cases, the name is derived from the Middle English and Old French (and Norman French) name Michel, a vernacular form of the name Michael. [1] The personal name Michael is ultimately derived from a Hebrew name, meaning "Who is like God". [2]
Due to emigration from Portuguese-speaking countries, Silva (and the variants Da Silva and De Silva) is the fifth most common surname in the French department of Val-de-Marne, outside Paris, [6] and it was the 19th most common family name given to newborns between 1966 and 1990 in France.
Bernard is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It has West Germanic origin and is also a surname. [2]The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic Bernhard is composed from the two elements bern "bear" and hard "brave, hardy". [3]
Morel is a French surname meaning “dark”. ... As of 2014, 51.3% of all known bearers of the surname Morel were residents of France (frequency 1:719), ...
Nicole is a feminine given name and a surname.. The given name Nicole is a French feminine derivative of the masculine given name Nicolas, which is ultimately from the Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), composed of the elements níkē “victory” and laós “people” (hence it may be interpreted as "victory of the people").
Moore (pronounced / m ʊər / or / m ɔːr /) is a common English-language surname. It was the 19th most common surname in Ireland in 1901 with 15,417 members. [2] It is the 34th most common surname in Australia, 32nd most common in England, [1] and was the 16th most common surname in the United States in 2000. [3]