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Origine of last name

LECLAIR : 1: French: nickname for a cheerful individual a variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Clair">Clair</a> 2 ‘bright light’ with fused masculine definite article le. Derivation from the male personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Clair">Clair</a> 1 is also possible. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Laclair">Laclair</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Laclaire">Laclaire</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Leclear">Leclear</a>.2: French: altered form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Leclerc">Leclerc</a> 1.3: Altered form of French Petitclerc (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Leclerc">Leclerc</a> 4).

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