Show ContentsHurault History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Hurault Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

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Etymology of Hurault

What does the name Hurault mean?

The Hurault surname comes from the Old French "hurer" meaning "to bristle," "ruffle," or "stand on end;" as such it was likely a nickname for someone with an untidy head of shaggy hair. Interestingly, this word for someone whose hair sticks up came to be used for the Huron North American Aboriginal people who lived around Lake Ontario. It has been suggested that Hurault was also sometimes an occupational name for a sapper, that is, one who laid land mines.

Early Origins of the Hurault family

The surname Hurault was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the name is mentioned twice in a French Armorial of 1696.

Early History of the Hurault family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hurault research. The years 1769, 1810 and 1813 are included under the topic Early Hurault History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hurault Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Huron, Hurel, Hure, Huré, Huret, Hurard and many more.

Early Notables of the Hurault family

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Hurault Ranking

In France, the name Hurault is the 4,785th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1

Hurault migration to the United States+



Hurault Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jean Hurault, aged 28, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Hurault (post 1700)+

  • Major-General Louis-Aristide-Alexandre Hurault (1886-1973), French Director Army Geographical Service (1944-1946) 3
  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 5) Louis-Aristide-Alexandre Hurault. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Hurault/Louis-Aristide-Alexandre/France.html

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