Bessonneau Family Name and Heraldry

Bessonneau is how some branches of the Besson family came to write their name. The name is generally explained as “Twin”. Bessonneau is built on the same root as Besson, with the ending -neau. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

520 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Bessonneau name at birth. Births ran at 29 in 1891–1900 and 58 in 1991–2000.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Bessonneau, so the heraldry linked to Besson is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Bessonneau report, with a museum-style coat of arms.