Family name origins & meanings
- French (Normandy, Picardy) : occupational name from Old French tel(l)ier ‘weaver’.
- A Tellier from the Normandy region of France is documented in Quebec City in 1659, with the variant <xref>Letellier</xref>. Another, also from Normandy, is documented in Quebec City in 1665 with the secondary surname <xref>Lafortune</xref>.