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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : from a diminutive of Blond.
  • Swedish : ornamental name composed of the elements blond ‘blond’ + the suffix -in, from Latin -in(i)us ‘descendant of’.
  • A Sureau, also called Blondin, from the Poitou region of France, is documented in Quebec city in 1691. Secondary surnames include Avon, Bellemer, Bilmer, Bernesse, Catignon, Guillimin, Roquet, Simon.

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