Le Houérou
Le Houérou, Le Huérou, Le Huërou or Le Houërff is a surname of Breton origin.
Le Houérou as written in the Catholicon derives from c'hwerv which means bitter in Breton.
Notable people with this surname
- Annie Le Houérou, French MP and mayor of Guingamp.[1]
- Cathy Le Houérou, French basketball player who played for Pays d'Aix Basket 13, Pleyber-Christ, Saint-Brieuc (French)
- Henri-Noël Le Houérou, French biologist, plant collector and specialist of North African ecosystems, recipient of the Order of Agricultural Merit in 1991[2]
- Joël Le Houérou, French badminton player who won the 1963 French National Badminton Championships with Yves Corbel and Vice-champion of France veterans in 1986 with Christian Badou
- Philippe Le Houérou, Vice President for the World Bank’s South Asia Region[3]
- Pierre-Paul Le Houérou, vicar of Saint-Eutrope (Plougonven) in 1791 who refused to take the oath of fidelity to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy[4]
- Jean Kérisel (born Jean Lehuérou Kérisel), French engineer and Egyptologist.
References
External links
- (French) Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil (Image 129) from the Archives départementales des Côtes d'Armor
- Le Huérou Kerisel Familyl on GeneaNet
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