Lalonde or LaLonde (US spelling) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Amy Lalonde (born 1975), Canadian television personality Bob LaLonde (1922–2015), American politician Brice Lalonde (born 1946), French politician Catherine Lalonde (born 1974), Canadian poet and journalist Daniel Lalonde (born 1963), Canadian businessman, CEO of brands in France Derek Lalonde (born 1972), National Hockey League head coach Donny Lalonde (born 1960), Canadian boxer Francine Lalonde (1940–2014), Canadian politician, MP for La Pointe-de-l'Île François Lalonde (born 1955), Canadian mathematician Gisèle Lalonde (1933–2022), Canadian politician, mayor of Vanier from 1985 to 1991 Jean-Marc Lalonde (born 1935), Canadian politician, member of Legislative Assembly of Ontario Jeremy Lalonde (born 1981), Canadian filmmaker Larry LaLonde (born 1968), guitarist for rock group Primus Marc Lalonde (1929–2023), Canadian politician, author of the Lalonde report Marie-France Lalonde (born 1971), Canadian politician, former member of Legislative Assembly of Ontario, MP for Orleans Michèle Lalonde (1937–2021), French Canadian writer Newsy Lalonde (1887–1970), Canadian ice hockey player Pierre Lalonde (1941–2016), Canadian singer and television host Raymond "Lala" Lalonde (1940–2022), American politician and educator Robert Lalonde (born 1947), Canadian actor and writer Robert LaLonde (economist) (1958–2018), American economist Ron Lalonde (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player Rose and Roxy Lalonde, fictional characters in the webcomic Homestuck Shawn Lalonde (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
Origin of the name It means literally "from a place called La Londe". There are more or less 100 places called La Londe in Normandy,Place-names La Londe in the Norman départements Seine-Maritime, Eure and Calvados (the site does not include Orne and Manche) in DicoTopo (read online) France, including the commune La Londe in the Seine-Maritime department. In Old Norman(-French) it meant "grove, wood", itself from Old Norse lundr (accusative lund) "grove"Elisabeth Ridel, Les Vikings et les mots : l'apport de l'ancien scandinave à la langue française, éditions Errance, Paris, 2009, p. 241. + French feminine definite article la.
Variant forms include Delalonde, Delalondre.
The French surnames Delalande, Lalande (Gasconic Lalanne) are unrelated to it, but from one of the numerous French place-names called La Lande,Albert Dauzat (préface de Marie-Thérèse Morlet), Noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse 1980, p. 359b. lande being a French word that means "moor", itself from Gaulish (Celtic) *landa.CNRTL : Etymology of lande (read online)
See also Lalonde report, 1974 report on the health of Canadians La Londe
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