HUGUENOT SURNAMES WHICH SURVIVED IN SOUTH AFRICA
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De Villiers
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Du Preez
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Fouché
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Malan
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Viljoen
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Coat-of-arms of some Huguenot surnames which are found in South Africa today.
Name list of male Huguenots who settled at the Cape of Good Hope, and of whose surname is still continued in South Africa:
A number of Huguenot surnames did not survive in South Africa; these include surnames such as Amiel, Aubanelle, Belusé, De Péronne, De Savoye, Dumont, Mouy, Potier, Prévost, Verdeau, etc. The list below gives well known Huguenot surnames which exist to this day, often with a spelling different to that of the original.
Code: original surname is printed in bold; alternative spelling(s) given in (brackets); most commonly used present spelling(s)underlined; x means first marriage; xx means second marriage.
François Bastiaans (Bastiaanse); x Anna Maria de Leeuw
Jacques Bisseux (Bisseau), x Marie le Fèvre, xx Isabeaux Pochox
Jean Blignault (Blignaut, Blignout), x Anne Rousseau
Estienne Bruére (Bruwer), x Ester de(s) Ruelles; xx Suzanne du Puis
Josue Cellier (Celliers, Cillié, Cilliers, Sellier), x Isabeau Couvret
Louis Cordier (Cortje), x Francoise Martinet
Esaye Engelbertus Costeux (Caucheteux), x Elisabeth Clinquermeur
Pierre Cronier (Crosnier, Cronjé), x Suzanne Taillefert
Jean de Bus (de Buys, de Buis), x Sara Jacob
Nicolas de Lanoy (de la Noy, Lanoy), x Marguerite de France
Jacques Delporte (de la Porte, Delport), x Sara Vitu
Hercule des Prez (des Près, des Pres, du Pré, du Preez), x Cecilia d’Atis
Pierre de Villiers, x Maria Elisabeth Taillefert
Jean Prieur du Plessis, x Madeleine Menanteau, xx Marie Buisset
Jean Durand, x Anna Vermeulen
François du Toit, x Susanna Seugnet
Antoine Faure, x Rachel de Villiers
Philippe Foucher (Fouché), x Anne Souchay
Louis Fourié (Fourie), x Suzanne Cordier, xx Anne Jourdan Homepage
André Gauch (Gaucher, Gous, Gouws), x Jacqueline Decré, xx Johanna de Klerk
Pierre Grange (la Grange, le Grange), x Margaretha Kool
François Guilliaumé (Gilliomee), x Claudine Eloy
Daniël Hugot (Hugod, Hugo) x Anne Rousseau
Pierre Jacob (Jacobs, Jacobse), x Suzanne de Vos
Pierre Joubert, x Suzanne Reyne, xx Isabeau Richarde
Jean Jourdan (Jourdanne, Jordaan), x Elisabeth le Long
Pierre Labuscaigne (Labuschagne, Labuscagne, Labuschaigne) x Maria Anna Bacot (Labuschagne Family Homepage)
Abraham le Clercq (le Clerc, de Clercq, de Klerk), x Magdalena Mouton
Jean le Long (de Lange), x Maria Coche
Louis le Riche, x Suzanne Fouché
Jean le Roux, x Marie de Haas
François le Sueur, x Johanna Swellengrebel
Pierre Lombard (Lombaard), x Marie Couteau
Jacques Malan, x Isabeau (le) Longue
Gideon Malherbe, x Marie Grillion
Charles Marais, x Katherine Taboureux
Ignace Maré, x Susanna van Vuuren
Jean Meinard (Mesnard, Minnaar), x Louise Courbonne
André Mellét (Mellett), x Marie Gautier
Pierre Meyer, x Aletta de Savoye
Jacques Mouton, x Katherine L’Hermite, xx Marie de Villiers
Jacques Naudé, x Susanne Taillefert
Guillaume Néel (Nel), x Jeanne la Batte
Daniel Nourtier (Nortier, Nortjé), x Marie Vitu
Jacques Pinard (Pienaar), x Esther Foucher, xx Marthe le Fèbre)
François Retif (Retief), x Marie Mouy
Pierre Rousseau (Rossouw, Roussouw, Russaar, Rossar), x Anne Retief, xx Gertruida du Toit
Paul Roux, x Claudine Seugnet
David Sénécal (Senechal, Senekal), x Marie Madeleine du Puys
Isaac Taillefert (Taillefer), x Suzanne Briet
Estienne Terreblanche (Terreblanque, Terblanche, Terblans), x Marthe le Fèvre
Jacques Therond (Theron), x Marie-Jeanne des Pres
François Villion (Viljoen), x Cornelia Campenaar (Viljoen Family Homepage)
Abraham Vivier, x Jacquemine du Preez
Note: In some cases more than one person with the same surname arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, in addition to the progenitor mentioned above. Notable examples are the two brothers and cousin De Villiers (Pierre, Abraham and Jacob), the two brothers Du Toit (Francois and Guillaume), etc.
