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From: Yolanda Paashuis-Lew <>
Subject: Re: [BEL-R] origin/meaning of name Lerminiaux
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 14:34:54 -0700
In-Reply-To: <200106061100.f56B0Bc14982@lists2.rootsweb.com>


Hello Janine,

From Albert Carnoy's "Origines des Noms de Familles en Belgique", the name
Lerminiaux or Lerminez comes from a quality possessed by a particular
animal. Ermine fur was worn by some nobles and magistrates and Carnoy
believes that the name was a designation of an individual who wore the fur.
One more idea on a possible origin of the name.

Regards, Yolanda

> From Marie-Therese MORLET, _Dictionnaire etymologique des noms de
> famille_, Larminier, or Lerminier, from "l'erminier", is the name of an
> occupation, a merchant of "hermines", a small animal used for its fur (I
> don't have a French/English dictionary at hand to translate "hermine").
> MORLET does not mention a variant with the -aux ending, but she covers
> mainly French names, so I wonder if Lerminiaux is simply a Belgian-Walloon
> regional variant of Lerminier.
> Francois.
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