I have looked at a lot of French records. French-Canadian but still French. My husband's line there is back to the 1600s. I saw no evidence of any naming patterns. Barbara At 05:18 PM 7/21/2010, you wrote: >Pam, Jim, Chris, Nora, Howard & All: > >A scholarly source on French other naming patterns would certainly be most >welcome! Unfortunately, I found no such source in my admittedly casual >quest.