Champs Les Sims/Onomatology

*Champs - French for "Fields"
*Les Sims - French for either "near Sims" or The Sims.
In some toponyms, les (usually spelled now as either lès or lez) is actually a preposition that translates to "near", rather than a definitive article, as in Avesnes-les-Aubert or Villars-les-Dombes. Nevertheless, occasionally it does translate to a definitive article, as in Clairvaux-les-Lacs, made evident by the presence of a common noun rather than a proper noun. It is unclear if "Sims" is meant as either a common noun or a proper noun in this case.
==Beaumont household==
*Beaumont: Means "beautiful mountain", originally a toponym.
*Jean Luc: Means "God is gracious."
==Bonnet family==
*Bonnet: From Latin Bonitus, a surname that literally meant "slightly good", from Latin bonus and the diminutive suffix -itus.
*Beatrice: Probably from the Latin noun viatrix, meaning "travelling woman" (and influenced by the Latin adjective beatus, meaning "blessed"). This unaccented form is no longer used in French; it is almost always spelled now as Béatrice.
*Colette: Short form of Nicolette.
==Delven Montaque household==
*Delven: Perhaps a variant of Delevingne, meaning "of the vine".
*Montaque: Means "pointed mountain".
*Gustave: Presumably means "Goth’s staff", from the Old Norse nouns gautr (Goth) and stafr (staff), but it might be from the medieval Slavic name Gostislav instead.
*Jolene: Pseudo-French; it was Jo suffixed with -lene in early twentieth century English, and the standard form in French is actually Jolène.
==Dubois household==
*Dubois: Means "of the wood(s)".
*Charlotte: feminine diminutive of Charles.
==Durand family==
*Durand: Means "enduring", originally a nickname for somebody who was stubborn.
*Adele: From a Germanic root meaning "noble". This unaccented form is no longer used in French; the modern form is Adèle.
*Laurant Durand: From an ancient Roman cognomen that meant "from Laurentum", and may be related to the Latin noun laurus, meaning laurel.
==Dutiel family==
*Dutiel: Means "of the lime". This spelling is very rare in French; the standard form is Duteil.
*Gaston: Possibly from an ancient Germanic root that meant "stranger" or "guest".
*Lea: Probably from a Hebrew adjective meaning "weary". Note that the standard rendition in modern French is Léa.
*Remy: From the Latin noun remigis, which meant "oarsman" or "rower". Commonly rendered in modern French as Rémy.
==Fouchier family==
*Fouchier: Perhaps from Latin Folcarius, which meant "the people’s leader", or maybe the premodern European words Fole and Rens, which meant "rank and file".
*Albert: Germanic name meaning "noble and bright".
*Estelle: Means "star".
*Eveline: From a Germanic diminutive of Avila, of unclear meaning.
*Henri: From a Germanic name that meant "home ruler".
==Fournier Bernard household==
*Bernard: Derived from the Germanic roots bern, meaning bear, and hard, meaning brave.
*Fournier: A baker, based on the native word for oven.
*Jules: From Latin Julius, which may have come from the Ancient Greek word for "downy-bearded", but it could be related to the mythological name Iuppiter.
*Yves: Middle French rendition of Ivo, probably from the Germanic root meaning "yew", but a Celtic origin is possible.
==Girard family==
*Girard: From the Germanic roots ger, meaning spear, and hard, meaning brave.
*Berthe: From the Germanic root beraht, meaning bright.
*Claudine: Perhaps derived from the Latin adjective claudus, meaning crippled.
==Lambert family==
*Lambert: From the Germanic roots landa, meaning land, and beraht, meaning bright.
*Francois: Meant Frenchman in Middle French. The correct spelling in French is François.
*Jeannine: Diminutive of Jeanne, which is the feminine form of Jean, meaning John.
==Lefebvre family==
*Lefebvre: Means "the blacksmith".
*Andre: Derived from the Ancient Greek word for manly.
*Aimee: Means beloved.
*Alain: Meaning unclear.
==Morel family==
*Morel: Diminutive of the Latin adjective maurus, meaning Moorish.
*Edith: From the Old English nouns ead, meaning wealth, and gyð, meaning war. Note that the preferred spelling in modern French is Édith.
*Gerard: See Girard.
*Pascal: From the Late Latin adjective paschalis, meaning Easter.
==Petit Godard household==
*Godard: Derived from the Germanic roots god, of self-explanatory meaning, and hard, meaning brave.
*Petit: Means little.
*Manon: Means "little Marie".
*Margot: Short form of Margaret.
==Pivert household==
*Pivert: Means woodpecker.
*Jean Luc: See Beaumont. This particular NPC may have been named after the Star Trek character Jean-Luc Picard, who was also of French ancestry.
==Saint James family==
*James: Variant of the Latin word for Jacob, of disputed meaning.
*Elliot: Means "little Elijah"
*Noelle: Feminine form of Noel, which literally means Christmas. The correct spelling in French is Noëlle.