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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North American spelling of French Bissonet, a topographic name from a diminutive of Old French buisson ‘bush’, ‘scrub’ (see Bisson).
  • A bearer of this name, from the Poitou region of France, was recorded in Quebec city in 1660. La Favry and La Faverie are documented secondary surnames.

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