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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from places called Monceaux, in Calvados and Orne, or Monchaux, in Nord and Seine-Maritime. These get their name from the plural form of Old French moncel ‘hillock’, Late Latin monticellum, a diminutive of mons. Compare Mont.

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