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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Altered spelling reflecting the Canadian pronunciation of French Basset, from a diminutive of Old French bas ‘low’, either in the sense ‘low-born’ or ‘short’.
  • A bearer of the name Basset from Paris, also known as Deslauriers, is documented in Montreal in 1659.

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