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Help[Surname] Re: lavictoire (French/ Breton?) meaning....
in reply to a message by Paul
It literally means the victory. It does not mean the victor (the one who won).
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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.
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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