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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Breton : of uncertain origin; perhaps based on the Breton root ker ‘town’, ‘dwelling’, which would often be followed by a personal name indicating the proprietor.
  • A Quirion from Brittany is documented in Lauzon, Quebec, in 1686, with the secondary surname <xref>Daniel</xref>.

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