Article on variation in French names

Question

Interesting article posted by the Drouin Institute on linguistic variations on French names ... makes me feel a little better about not being able to document the French Canadian ancestors in my line.

https://mailchi.mp/institutdrouin/understanding-the-linguistic-variation-in-your-ancestors-names?e=1ebd5e86cb

Answer 1

yes, I saw that, they include a few quirks not mentioned elsewhere.

Other G2G on same topic, he also includes the French version's link.

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/891967/tips-on-understanding-french-names

Answer 2

My French ancestors that I know about were all Huguenots, and many of them sought refuge in Germany and the Netherlands (as did many other Huguenots who left France between the 1580's and 1685), which leads to a whole set of other linguistic changes in spelling and pronunciation (Boudemont becoming "Buttman" or "Putman" in Germany, "Seloivre" becoming "Sloover" or "Slover" in the Netherlands).

Comments

lol, you should see what was done with some names that were not French in origin here.  McFarlin became Maquefarlin, or then the Fille du roy who was of German origin, variations abound for her:  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Phans%C3%A8que-1