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My name is French and a family name - I'm the 4th (IV). My surname is of French noble and Huguenot origin, traced back to Normandy, France.
"Louis" means "the celebrated warrior" and "Stephane" means "the crowned one". My surname derives from the Old French for "scholar".
There have been more than 15 French Kings named Louis and I currently share the name with Prince Louis of Cambridge, youngest son to HRH Prince William. There has been Kings of England, Hungary, Bosnia, Croatia, and Poland with names that are variants of "Stéphane". I share a similar surname with the famous French scientist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon. My family was responsible for founding the town Klerksdorp in South Africa.
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