Family name origins & meanings
- French (Pélissier) : from Old French pellice ‘fur cloak’ (Late Latin pellicia from pellis ‘skin’, ‘fur’), hence an occupational name for a maker of fur garments or a nickname for someone who wore furs. The surname was taken to Britain by Huguenot refugees; Reaney and Wilson mention a Huguenot, Abel Pelessier, who settled in Ireland.
- A Pelissier of uncertain origin in France, also known as Lafeuillade, is documented in Sorel, Quebec, in 1714.