French (mainly Poitou), and French Canadian: topographic name for
someone who lived by a nursery or plantation (often one planted with
vines), from French plant ‘(nursery) plantation (of trees,
bushes)’; or a habitational name from places in Loire and Vienne
called La Plante.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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