Last names linked to VIVANT

Origin

Gallatin : Swiss French: from a derivative of Old French gal(l)e ‘rejoicing pleasure entertainment’ used as a nickname for a bon vivant.

Galle : 1: German: variant of Gall or a nickname for an evil person from Middle High German galle ‘bile bitterness falsehood’.2: Flemish: from the personal name Galle a Romance or French form of ancient Germanic Wal(l)o ‘man from Wallonia’.3: French: nickname for a cheerful lively person a bon vivant from Old French gal(l)e ‘rejoicing pleasure entertainment’. Compare 4 below.4: French (Gallé): nickname related to 3 above from the past participle of the Old French verb gal(l)er ‘to enjoy oneself to have fun’.5: Danish and Swedish: perhaps from an old byname Galle believed to derive from Old Danish and Old Swedish galle ‘fault defect’.6: Americanized or Germanized form of Slovenian Gale.

Gallois : French:: 1: nickname for a bon vivant Old French galois.2: perhaps also an ethnic name from gallois ‘Welsh’. Compare Galles.

Kniskern : German: nickname for a bon vivant from geniess gern ‘like(s) to indulge’.

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