The belleau Surname
belleau Name Meaning and History
- nickname from beau, bel ‘handsome’, ‘beautiful’ + the diminutive suffix -eau (from Latin ellu).
- habitational name from places so named in Aisne and Meurthe-et-Moselle; the latter is recorded as early as 1047 as Bella Aqua ‘lovely water’ (French beau, bel ‘lovely’ + eau ‘water’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 28 - Messages: 43
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Joseph Belleau (1832-~1920) |
 dicampb
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| Belleau |
bellacamara
| 0 |
| BELLEAU, Mose A. |
CooooCayemberg
| 0 |
| Belleau/Durocher | Maggie | 0 |
| BELLEAU | Myrna Schosser | 0 |
| Joseph, Marie-therese and Charlotte Belleau | Jacklyn Catterick | 1 |
| Harry Topley and Maggie Belleau, D.C./MD |
lisaemrick37
| 2 |
| Belleau/Laroche marriage |
Gerlynn
| 0 |
| ALPHONSE BELLEAU |
lynnkey
| 1 |
| descendants of Louis J. Wilfred Belleau and Annie Carrier |
Susan_Pelchat
| 0 |
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