English Explanatory Dictionary

Banville

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from French.

Word forms

Banville Banvilles

Etymology

French and Irish surname of Norman origin, from Banville in Calvados, from Old French Baanvillam; the second element is ville (“settlement”) but the first is uncertain, perhaps a personal name of Germanic origin (compare *bannan (“to proclaim”)). This surname is mostly found in Canada. Compare Banfield.

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