Where Does the Lepetit Surname Come From?

Behind the Lepetit surname stands Petit, a French name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. The family name meaning is “Small or young”, the same as for Petit.

How the spelling arose

Records show Lepetit as one of the forms Petit took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Petiteau and Petito.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Petit and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Lepetit report, with a museum-style coat of arms.