The desmarais Surname
desmarais Name Meaning and History
French: habitational name for someone from any of various places
named with Old French mareis, maresc ‘marsh’, as for
example Les Marets, in Seine-et-Marne, Centre, Nord, and Picardy.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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