Allaire is a surname of French origin, mainly found in Northern

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Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...

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Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

Etymology

The

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...

toponymic origin of the surname Allaire is described by Francis Gourvil in his publication ''Noms de famille bretons d'origine toponymique''. This would point to Allaire, a commune located in the

Morbihan Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastli ...

department. Other Breton toponymic connections include lieux-dits "Ville-Allaire" in the communes of Langouet (

Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019.

) and Illifaut (

Côtes-d'Armor The Côtes-d'Armor (, ; ; br, Aodoù-an-Arvor, ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord ( br, Aodoù-an-Hanternoz, link=no, ), are a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.

). Two other possible etymologies can be traced: * Variant form of ''Hilaire'', French form of Latin ''Hilarius'', derived from Latin ''hilaris'' meaning "joyful". * In

can be given after saint Aloire ( la, Alorus), bishop of

Quimper, Brittany Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department. Geography The c ...

.R. P. ARCHANGE GODBUT, Nos Ancêtres au XVlle siècle. dans Rapport de l'Archiviste de la Province de Québec pour 1951-53, p. 478

Some variations

* Alair, Aler, Alere, Allair, Allayre, Allere, Alarius * Dallaire (e.g.

Roméo Dallaire Roméo Antonius Dallaire (born June 25, 1946) is a Canadian humanitarian, author, retired senator and Canadian Forces lieutenant-general. Dallaire served as force commander of UNAMIR, the ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda b ...

), Delair, Deller * Halair, Haler

People

Anthony Allaire Anthony J. Allaire (February 17, 1829 – August 9, 1903) was an American firefighter, drillmaster, and military and law enforcement officer. A longtime police inspector for the New York City Police Department, he was responsible for the breakup ...

(1829–1903), American firefighter and police officer *

François Allaire François Allaire (born October 11, 1955) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltending coach who most recently coached for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). He developed considerable expertise during the 1980 ...

(born 1959), ice hockey coach *

Gaston Allaire Joseph Georges-Émile Gaston Allaire (18 June 1916 – 15 January 2011) was a Canadian musicologist, organist, pianist, composer, and music educator of American birth."Gaston Allaire, un musicologue qui pursuit son oeuvre à 72 ans", Montrea ...

(1916–2011), Canadian musicologist, organist, pianist and composer *

James P. Allaire James Peter Allaire (July 12, 1785 – May 20, 1858) was a noted master mechanic and steam engine builder, and founder of the Allaire Iron Works (est. 1815), the first marine steam engine company in New York City, and later Howell Works (est. 1822) ...

(1785–1858), American mechanic and steam engine builder *

Jean Allaire Jean Allaire (born 1930) was the author of the Allaire Report, and subsequently in 1994 the first leader of the fiscally conservative, autonomist provincial level political party in Quebec, the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ). Allaire resi ...

(born 1930), Quebecer politician and lawyer *

Jeremy Allaire Jeremy D. Allaire (born 13 May 1971) is an American-born technologist and Internet entrepreneur. He is CEO and founder of the digital currency company Circle and chairman of the board of Brightcove. With his brother JJ Allaire, he co-founded Alla ...

(born 1971), American technologist an
Internet entrepreneur
*

Joseph J. Allaire Joseph J. Allaire (born 1969), better known professionally as J. J. Allaire, is an American-born software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. He created the ColdFusion programming language and web application server and founded Allaire Corporatio ...

(born 1969), American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur *

Paul Allaire Paul Arthur Allaire (July 21, 1938 – February 24, 2019) was an American entrepreneur who served as CEO and chairman of Xerox Corporation, and as a director on several other public companies. Allaire graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Instit ...

(1938-2019), businessman, CEO of Xerox Corporation

References

External links

"Les Familles Allaire et Dallaire" by Violette Allaire (1962)
(English & French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Allaire French-language surnames de:Allaire (Begriffsklärung) fr:Allaire