The Cousturier Family Name

Cousturier is an established spelling of the French surname Couturier. Taken at its root, Cousturier points to “Tailor”. Cousturier adds “s” to Couturier, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Couture.

Arms linked to Couturier and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Cousturier surname pack.