Last name LAVIGNE: origin and meaning
Origin, popularity and meaning of the last name LAVIGNE
Etymology
Lavigne : French:: 1: from Old French vi(g)ne ‘vineyard’ (from Latin vinea a derivative of vinum ‘wine’) hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a vineyard or a metonymic occupational name for a vine dresser or the owner of a vineyard (compare Vigne). It is formed with fused feminine definite article la.2: habitational name from any of numerous places in various parts of France called Lavigne or La Vigne named with vi(g)ne ‘vineyard’ (see 1 above).3: soldier's name from la vigne ‘the vine’. Compare Lavene Lavine and Levine.
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DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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Popularity of the name LAVIGNE
LAVIGNE is in 3,827th position in the surnames found at Geneanet
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