Medieval French Submitted Surnames - Behind the NameMedieval French Submitted SurnamesThese names were used by medieval French peoples.isis notis any ofis not any ofis all of AfghaniAfricanAfrican AmericanAfrikaansAkanAlbanianAmharicAncientAncient ArmenianAncient CelticAncient EgyptianAncient GermanicAncient GreekAncient IrishAncient Near EasternAncient PersianAncient RomanAncient ScandinavianAnglo-SaxonAnglo-Saxon MythologyArabicArmenianArmenian MythologyAssameseAstronomyAvarAymaraAzerbaijaniAztecAztec and Toltec MythologyBabylonianBaltic MythologyBashkirBasqueBasque MythologyBelarusianBembaBengaliBerberBiblicalBiblical GreekBiblical HebrewBiblical LatinBosnianBretonBulgarianBurmeseCatalanCeltic MythologyCentral AfricanChechenCherokeeChewaChineseChinese MythologyChuvashCopticCornishCorsicanCreeCroatianCzechDanishDhivehiDutchEast FrisianEastern AfricanEgyptian MythologyElamite MythologyEnglishEsperantoEstonianEtruscan MythologyFar Eastern MythologyFaroeseFilipinoFinnishFinnish MythologyFlemishFrenchFrisianGalicianGandaGeorgianGeorgian MythologyGermanGermanic MythologyGreekGreek MythologyGreenlandicGujaratiHawaiianHebrewHindiHinduismHistoryHmongHungarianIcelandicIgboIjawIndianIndian (Sikh)Indigenous AustralianIndonesianIngushInterlinguaInuitInuit MythologyIrishIrish MythologyItalianJapaneseJapanese MythologyJewishJudeo-Christian LegendJudeo-SpanishKannadaKazakhKhmerKikuyuKoreanKorean MythologyKurdishKyrgyzLaoLate GreekLate RomanLatvianLimburgishLiteratureLithuanianLow GermanLuhyaLuoLuxembourgishMacedonianMalagasyMalayMalayalamMalteseManxMaoriMarathiMayanMayan MythologyMedievalMedieval EnglishMedieval FrenchMelanesianMicronesianMohawkMongolianMormonMythologyNahuatlNative AmericanNdebeleNear Eastern MythologyNepaliNew World MythologyNorse MythologyNorth FrisianNorwegianOccitanOdiaOneidaPakistaniPashtoPersianPersian MythologyPhoenicianPolishPolynesianPolynesian MythologyPopular CulturePortuguesePortuguese (Brazilian)ProvençalPunjabiQuechuaRoman MythologyRomanianRomanshRundiRussianRwandanSamiSami MythologySamoanScandinavianScottishSenecaSerbianSerbo-CroatianShonaSinhaleseSiouxSlavic MythologySlovakSloveneSomaliSorbianSothoSouthern AfricanSpanishSpanish (Latin American)SwahiliSwaziSwedishTahitianTajikTamilTatarTeluguThaiTheologyTibetanTswanaTumbukaTurkishTurkmenUkrainianUrduUrhoboUyghurUzbekVariousVietnameseWalloonWelshWelsh MythologyWest FrisianWestern AfricanWolofXhosaYiddishYorubaYupikZulu?(Modern)(Rare)(Archaic)RUISARD French (European, Arabized, Modern, Rare), Medieval French (French, Modern, Rare), Persian (French, Modern, Rare)Originated as a result of trade between France and the Persian Empires before the Iranian Revolution, probably during the Safavid Dynasty. The surname has its roots in the Persian RIAHI surname and the Arabic word رِيح (rīḥ) meaning "wind" and the Persian word “sered” before it was altered to fit French spelling rules.... [more]
