Pointe Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

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

Family name meaning

Some records give Lapointe; others give Pointe. Both point to the same French family name. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “The point”.

Records show Pointe as one of the forms Lapointe took over time. French civil records give 320 births under the name Pointe from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960. Births ran at 25 in 1891–1900 and 38 in 1991–2000. Names that sound alike, such as Ponte and Pont, are easily confused in old records.

Research your Pointe family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.