Lafayette

Meaning

Proper Noun

• Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), a French aristocrat who is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions.
• Any of a number of U.S. places named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
• A male given name from surnames, originally in honor of the Marquis.

Origin

• French surname from Occitan, "the little beech tree".