Show ContentsSt-Louis History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the St-Louis family

The surname St-Louis was first found in Brittany, where the family held a family seat since ancient times.

It is generally thought that Louis IX (1214-1270), commonly known as Saint Louis, was the originator of the name. He is the only King of France to be canonized in the Catholic Church. He was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the death of his father Louis VIII (1187-1226), nicknamed the Lion, King of France from 1223 to 1226.

Early History of the St-Louis family

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St-Louis Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: St-Louis, St Louis, St. Louis, Saint-Louis and many more.

Early Notables of the St-Louis family

Notable amongst this name at this time was

  • the St-Louis family of Brittany

St-Louis Ranking

In the United States, the name St-Louis is the 6,464th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1 However, in Quebec, Canada, the name St-Louis is ranked the 297th most popular surname. 2


St-Louis migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

St-Louis Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Jean-Louis Louis (St-Louis), originally of Tarbes, in the region of Hautes-Pyrénées, who, who settled in Montreal, where he married Marie-Charlotte Aubry in 1759

Contemporary Notables of the name St-Louis (post 1700) +

  • Martin St. Louis (b. 1975), Canadian former professional (NHL) hockey player from Laval, Quebec


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec


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