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[Surname] Re: lavictoire (French/ Breton?) meaning....
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No Breton connection as far as I know. The name belongs to the North of France, as this map shows -
http://www.geopatronyme.com/cgi-bin/carte/famcarte.cgi?nom=Lavictoire&client=carte
It may be a metronymic, Victoire was a female given name, from a saint whose Latin name was Victoria.
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lavictoire (French/ Breton?) meaning....  ·  Paul  ·  9/17/2007, 12:32 PM
Re: lavictoire (French/ Breton?) meaning....  ·  CN  ·  9/18/2007, 7:31 AM
Re: lavictoire (French/ Breton?) meaning....  ·  Jim Young  ·  9/18/2007, 11:42 AM