Lalonde

A French family name of Norman origin mainly found among northern French as well as their descendants among French-Canadians, Quebecois, or Cajuns. It is a Norman patronymic derived from the old Norse for "wood" (Lundr), and is based in the commune of La Londe in the Seine-Maritime department of Normandy, France. with variants such as: Lalonde, Lalondes, La Londe, Lalande, La Lande, de Lalonde, des Lalondes, de Lalonde, de Lalande and many more.^[1]

Notable persons bearing this family name include:

• Amy Lalonde (born 1975), Canadian television personality
• Bob LaLonde (1922–2015), American politician
• Brice Lalonde (born 1946), French politician
• Daniel Lalonde (born 1963), Canadian businessman, CEO of brands in France
• Donny Lalonde (born 1960), Canadian boxer
• Francine Lalonde (1940–2014), Canadian politician, MP for La Pointe-de-l'Île
• François Lalonde (born 1955), Canadian mathematician
• Gisèle Lalonde (born 1933), Canadian politician, mayor of Vanier from 1985 to 1991
• Jean-Marc Lalonde (born 1935), Canadian politician, member of Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• Larry LaLonde (born 1968), guitarist for rock group Primus
• Marc Lalonde (born 1929), Canadian politician, author of the Lalonde report
• Marie-France Lalonde (born 1971), Canadian politician, former member of Legislative Assembly of Ontario, MP for Orleans
• Michèle Lalonde (1937–2021), French Canadian writer
• Newsy Lalonde (1887–1970), Canadian ice hockey player
• Pierre Lalonde (1941–2016), Canadian singer and television host
• Raymond "Lala" Lalonde (born 1940), Louisiana politician and educator
• Robert LaLonde (economist) (1958–2018), American economist
• Ron Lalonde (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
• Rose and Roxy Lalonde, fictional characters in the webcomic Homestuck

Delalande, noble variant[]

• Michel Richard Delalande (1657–1726), French Baroque composer and organist who was in the service of King Louis XIV.
• Pierre Antoine Delalande (1787–1823), French naturalist, taxidermist, explorer and painter.

Origin of the name[]

It means literally "From a place called La Londe". There are more or less 100 places called La Londe in Normandy, France. In Old Norman(-French) it meant "grove, wood", itself from Old Norse lundr (accusative lundi) "grove". Lalanne and Lannes (plural) are the Gascon cognates and equivalents to Lalonde, based in southwestern France.

See also[]

• Lalonde report, 1974 report on the health of Canadians
• La Londe
• Lalanne (surname) or Lannes, the Gascon family name equivalent

References[]

Surname list

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