Lafayette

Meanings

1. Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), a French aristocrat who is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions.
2. A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
3. A city in Contra Costa County, California.
4. A city and home rule municipality of Boulder County, Colorado.
5. A city, the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
6. A large city, the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
7. A small city in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
8. A village in Allen County, Ohio.
9. A census-designated place in Madison County, Ohio.
10. A city in Yamhill County, Oregon.
11. A city, the county seat of Macon County, Tennessee.
12. A census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia.

1. The dollarfish.
2. A fish, the goody or spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States.

1. A surname from French. Alternative form of Lafayette.
2. A placename
3. A city, the county seat of Chambers County, Alabama, United States.
4. A city, the county seat of Walker County, Georgia, United States.
5. A home rule city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.
6. A town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.

Etymology

French surname from Occitan, "the little beech tree".