Family name origins & meanings
- French : occupational name for a weaver, Old French tissier (Late Latin texarius, a derivative of texere ‘to weave’).
- A Tessier or Tixier, also called Lavigne, from the Touraine region of France, is documented in Quebec City in 1648. Another, from the Poitou region of France, is documented in Lachine in 1679 with the secondary surname Le Marquis. Another, from the Limousin region of France, known as Tixier and Éringué, was documented in Beauport, Quebec, in 1687, with the secondary surname <xref>Laplante</xref>.