Lessard Family History
Lessard Name Meaning
French: topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing from Old French essart ‘newly cleared land assart’ (from Late Latin exsartum past participle of exsarire ‘to weed out grub up’) with fused definite article l'; or a habitational name from Lessard Lessart L'Essard or L'Essart names of several places in various parts of France of the same etymology. Compare Lasser and Lessor .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022