A reference work on French family names, this volume brings together surnames associated with France and presents them in a form suited to linguistic and historical inquiry. Albert Dauzat, a noted specialist in French onomastics, examines how family names developed, changed, and spread over time, offering a resource for readers interested in names, regional identity, and the historical layers embedded in everyday vocabulary. The book is useful as a tool for genealogy, local history, and the study of French language formation. It treats surnames not merely as labels, but as evidence of occupation, place, ancestry, and social history within the French-speaking world.