Gendre Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

It is easy to miss Gendre in an index if you only search for Gendron. Name scholars give the meaning as “Son-in-law”.

Before spelling was fixed, Gendron was also written Gendre. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. The same family of names includes Jandron.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Gendre, so the heraldry linked to Gendron is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Gendre family name pack.