French: ornamental surname borne by servants or soldiers in feudal
France, from Old French flor ‘flower’ + the definite article
la. Perhaps the most common of the distinguishing names in
French Canada, it is associated as a secondary surname with some sixty
family names and has been used independently since 1705.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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