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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : of uncertain origin; perhaps from Vallard, a derivative of Val, a topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, from Old French val.
  • A Valleau from Normandy, France, is documented in Quebec City in 1665.

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