Cordonnier Explained

Cordonnier is a French-language occupational surname literally meaning "shoemaker" (or, less accurately, "cobbler"). From Old Fr.cordouanier (cordonnier), a cordwainer, a worker in Cuir de Cordoue ("Cordovan leather"),^[1] literally meaning "leather from Córdoba"

The surname may refer to:

• Alphonse-Amédée Cordonnier (1848–1930), French sculptor
• Antoine Cordonnier (1892–1918), French fighter pilot
• Eugène Cordonnier (1892–1967), French gymnast
• Julien Cordonnier (born 1980), French footballer
• Louis Marie Cordonnier (1854–1940), French architect
• Victor Cordonnier (1858–1936), French Army general

See also

• Mount Cordonnier

Notes and References

1. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24374/24374-8.txt The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Romance of Names, by Ernest Weekley