Lallemant

Lallemant is a French surname that may originate in the phrase "l’Allemand", meaning "the German." Variants of the name include: Laleman, Lalemand, Lalemant, Lalleman, L'allemand, and Lallemand.

It may refer to:

Persons

• Charles Lallemant (1587–1674), the first superior of the Jesuit missions in Canada
• Louis Lallemant (1588–1635) was a French Jesuit
• Jérôme Lalemant (1593–1673), a Jesuit priest who came to Canada in 1638
• Gabriel Lallemant (1610–1649), a Jesuit missionary, one of the eight Canadian Martyrs, a patron saint of Canada
• Jacques-Philippe Lallemant (1660–1748), a French Jesuit
• François Antoine "Charles" Lallemand (1774–1839) was a French general who served Napoléon I

Places

• Lalemant, Quebec, Canada
• Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant, Quebec, Canada

References

• Talbot, Lester Raymond (1912). Le Français et sa patrie: for elementary reading in schools and.... Original from Harvard University: Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.. p. 203. http://books.google.com/books?id=xDQBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA203,M1.