Family name origins & meanings
- French (Hétu) : unexplained.
- A Hétu from Normandy, with the secondary surname <xref>Lafleur</xref>, is recorded as arriving in Canada in 1685 and marrying at Boucherville, Quebec, in 1699. Other secondary surnames associated with Hétu are <xref>Ethier</xref>, Étié, and Étu.