The lafitte Surname
lafitte Name Meaning and History
French: topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary
mark, Old French fitte (Late Latin fixta petra ‘fixed
stone’, from the past participle of figere ‘to fix or fasten’),
or habitational name from any of several places in western France
named with this word.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Lafitte's from Plain Dealing Shreveport | Dana Barnett Farmer | 10 |
| Lafittes - Shreveport, Mansfield and Houston |
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| to locate relatives from Shreveport ,La | Avis Marie Lafitte Taylor | 13 |
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| Lafitte in Avoyelles Parish |
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