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re: Most Cajun Last Names

Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:38 pm to
Posted by TigerDeacon
West Monroe, LA
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:38 pm to
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my father in law has the family history traced back all the way til like 1200s in France

The unspoken rule is to not ask about genealogy or Cajun history at family gatherings


Most people's ancestors here just got kicked out of one perfectly good country. Their family got kicked out of two!
Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
Member since Aug 2018
18468 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:38 pm to
I always said it as “oh-qanne” rhyming with Anne
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
25177 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:40 pm to
Boudreaux and Thibodeaux
Posted by Johnny Roastbeef
Somewhere in Bartow County
Member since Sep 2018
2044 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:42 pm to
Oh-coen. I work with an Aucoin. We call him “Crazy Man Aucoin”
Posted by Scottforeverlsu
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
1157 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:43 pm to
Soileau is not Cajun, or so I'm told
Posted by GhostofLesticleMiles
High Plains Drifter
Member since Sep 2019
1073 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:43 pm to
Dardar
Posted by bgtiger
Prairieville
Member since Dec 2004
11922 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:43 pm to
Duhon
Posted by NoBoDawg
Member since Feb 2014
2028 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:46 pm to
quote:

Champagne (sham-pon)

My Moms side is French-Canadian…this name & pronunciation is very common too.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
36439 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:46 pm to
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never heard this name in my life

Same, must be some bayou bullshite
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
58658 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:49 pm to
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Most people's ancestors here just got kicked out of one perfectly good country. Their family got kicked out of two!
I don’t think the Cajuns were originally kicked out of France - they were kicked out of Canada for sure, dirty Brits
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
36439 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:49 pm to
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So is Toups but my great-great grandma spoke French

That Alsace region of France went back and forth between France and Germany for a bit. My last name was different at one point in history because it was the German version, they changed to the French version shortly before coming to America (not via Canada).
Posted by TigerDeacon
West Monroe, LA
Member since Sep 2003
29863 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:49 pm to
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I don’t think the Cajuns were originally kicked out of France - they were kicked out of Canada for sure, dirty Brits


It's a joke.
Posted by Palomitz
Miami
Member since Oct 2009
2661 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:50 pm to
Sebastian.
Posted by Lost Highway
Chicago
Member since Sep 2016
157 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:50 pm to
Vidrine
Arcement
Breaux
Dufrene
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
58658 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:51 pm to
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It's a joke.
oh ok - I thought maybe I wasn’t remembering my father in law’s history correctly - and I don’t want to ask
Posted by LSU Patrick
Member since Jan 2009
76948 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:51 pm to
Everybody has a little Boudreaux in there somewhere.
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
21837 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:52 pm to
Burreaux
Posted by LSUBanker
Gonzales, La
Member since Sep 2003
2653 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:53 pm to



Posted by Ralph_Wiggum
Sugarland
Member since Jul 2005
11021 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:54 pm to
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Scioneaux


Not very common, but I knew a Cajun with that last name.

What about Roger? Isn't that Cajun?
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
109721 posts
Posted on 3/10/23 at 1:55 pm to
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Roger


It’s like David.
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