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Grandchamp Coat of Arms / Grandchamp Family CrestThere is a large group of surnames, more frequent in French, German and Italian names, which are actually a compound of nickname and patronymic. The consist of an adjective indicating size or an attractive quality as a prefix attached to a given name. GRANDCHAMP is such a name literally meaning the dweller in the large field. The element CHAMP was a French topographic name for someone who lived in or near a field or expanse of open country, or else in the countryside as opposed to a town. The name was derived from the Old French word CHAMP (field), and was rendered in medieval documents in the Latin form CAMPUS. The name is also spelt CAMP, DECHAMP and CHAMP. The earliest French hereditary surnames are found in the 12th century, at more or less the same time as they arose in England, but they are by no means common before the 13th century, and it was not until the 15th century that they stabilized to any great extent; before then a surname might be handed down for two or three generations, but then abandoned in favour of another. In the south, many French surnames have come in from Italy over the centuries, and in Northern France, Germanic influence can often be detected. Surnames derived from placenames are divided into two broad categories; topographic names and habitation names. Topographic names are derived from general descriptive references to someone who lived near a physical feature such as an oak tree, a hill, a stream or a church. Habitation names are derived from pre-existing names denoting towns, villages and farmsteads. Other classes of local names include those derived from the names of rivers, individual houses with signs on them, regions and whole countries. A notable member of the name was Frederick Percival CHAMP, who was born on the 4th June, 1986. He was a banker and his appointments included President of the Utah Mortgage Loan Corporation; Cache Valley Building Company; Vice-President of Cache Valley Branch of Walter Bank and Trust Company, and State Chairman of the US Treasury Department. He resided in Utah. The associated coat of arms are recorded in Rietstaps Armorial General. Registered in France. |
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