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  • Champs - French for "Fields"
  • Les Sims - French for either "near Sims" or The Sims.

In some toponyms, les (usually spelled now as either lès or lez) is actually a preposition that translates to "near", rather than a definitive article, as in Avesnes-les-Aubert or Villars-les-Dombes. Nevertheless, occasionally it does translate to a definitive article, as in Clairvaux-les-Lacs, made evident by the presence of a common noun rather than a proper noun. It is unclear if "Sims" is meant as either a common noun or a proper noun in this case.

Beaumont household[]

  • Beaumont: Means "beautiful mountain", originally a toponym.

Bonnet family[]

  • Bonnet: From Latin Bonitus, a surname that literally meant "slightly good", from Latin bonus and the diminutive suffix -itus.
  • Beatrice: Probably from the Latin noun viatrix, meaning "travelling woman" (and influenced by the Latin adjective beatus, meaning "blessed"). This unaccented form is no longer used in French; it is almost always spelled now as Béatrice.

Delven Montaque household[]

  • Delven: Perhaps a variant of Delevingne, meaning "of the vine".
  • Montaque: Means "pointed mountain".
  • Gustave: Presumably means "Goth’s staff", from the Old Norse nouns gautr (Goth) and stafr (staff), but it might be from the medieval Slavic name Gostislav instead.
  • Jolene: Pseudo-French; it was Jo suffixed with -lene in early twentieth century English, and the standard form in French is actually Jolène.

Dubois household[]

  • Dubois: Means "of the wood(s)".

Durand family[]

  • Durand: Means "enduring", originally a nickname for somebody who was stubborn.
  • Adele: From a Germanic root meaning "noble". This unaccented form is no longer used in French; the modern form is Adèle.
  • Laurant Durand: From an ancient Roman cognomen that meant "from Laurentum", and may be related to the Latin noun laurus, meaning laurel.

Dutiel family[]

  • Dutiel: Means "of the lime". This spelling is very rare in French; the standard form is Duteil.
  • Gaston: Possibly from an ancient Germanic root that meant "stranger" or "guest".
  • Lea: Probably from a Hebrew adjective meaning "weary". Note that the standard rendition in modern French is Léa.
  • Remy: From the Latin noun remigis, which meant "oarsman" or "rower". Commonly rendered in modern French as Rémy.

Fouchier family[]

  • Fouchier: Perhaps from Latin Folcarius, which meant "the people’s leader", or maybe the premodern European words Fole and Rens, which meant "rank and file".
  • Albert: Germanic name meaning "noble and bright".
  • Eveline: From a Germanic diminutive of Avila, of unclear meaning.
  • Henri: From a Germanic name that meant "home ruler".

Fournier Bernard household[]

  • Bernard: Derived from the Germanic roots bern, meaning bear, and hard, meaning brave.
  • Fournier: A baker, based on the native word for oven.
  • Jules: From Latin Julius, which may have come from the Ancient Greek word for "downy-bearded", but it could be related to the mythological name Iuppiter.
  • Yves: Middle French rendition of Ivo, probably from the Germanic root meaning "yew", but a Celtic origin is possible.

Girard family[]

  • Girard: From the Germanic roots ger, meaning spear, and hard, meaning brave.
  • Berthe: From the Germanic root beraht, meaning bright.
  • Claudine: Perhaps derived from the Latin adjective claudus, meaning crippled.

Lambert family[]

  • Lambert: From the Germanic roots landa, meaning land, and beraht, meaning bright.
  • Francois: Meant Frenchman in Middle French. The correct spelling in French is François.
  • Jeannine: Diminutive of Jeanne, which is the feminine form of Jean, meaning John.

Lefebvre family[]

  • Lefebvre: Means "the blacksmith".
  • Andre: Derived from the Ancient Greek word for manly.

Morel family[]

  • Morel: Diminutive of the Latin adjective maurus, meaning Moorish.
  • Edith: From the Old English nouns ead, meaning wealth, and gyð, meaning war. Note that the preferred spelling in modern French is Édith.
  • Pascal: From the Late Latin adjective paschalis, meaning Easter.

Petit Godard household[]

  • Godard: Derived from the Germanic roots god, of self-explanatory meaning, and hard, meaning brave.
  • Petit: Means little.
  • Manon: Means "little Marie".
  • Margot: Short form of Margaret.

Pivert household[]

  • Pivert: Means woodpecker.
  • Jean Luc: See Beaumont. This particular NPC may have been named after the Star Trek character Jean-Luc Picard, who was also of French ancestry.

Saint James family[]

  • James: Variant of the Latin word for Jacob, of disputed meaning.
  • Noelle: Feminine form of Noel, which literally means Christmas. The correct spelling in French is Noëlle.
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