Bellegarde
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French Bellegarde. The surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Proper noun edit
Bellegarde (countable and uncountable, plural Bellegardes)
- A commune and village in the Gard department, France
- A settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada
- (countable) A habitational surname from French.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bellegarde is the 58876th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 344 individuals. Bellegarde is most common among Black/African American (46.22%) and White (45.93%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bellegarde”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bellegarde ?
- a surname
- Bellegarde (a settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada)
- Bellegarde (a town and commune of the Gard department, Occitanie, France)
- Bellegarde (a village and commune of the Gers department, Occitanie, France)
- Bellegarde (a town and commune of the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
- Bellegarde (a former commune of the Tarn department, Occitanie, France, merged in 2016 into the commune of Bellegarde-Marsal)
Descendants edit
- English: Bellegarde