Lalonde Explained

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,^[1] 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"^[2] + 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,^[3] lande being a French word that means "moor", itself from Gaulish (Celtic) *landa.^[4]

See also

• Lalonde report, 1974 report on the health of Canadians
• La Londe

Notes and References

1. 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) https://dicotopo.cths.fr/search
2. Elisabeth Ridel, Les Vikings et les mots : l'apport de l'ancien scandinave à la langue française, éditions Errance, Paris, 2009, p. 241.
3. [Albert Dauzat]
4. https://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/lande CNRTL : Etymology of lande (read online)