# Banville

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #93,439

## Definitions
1. A surname from French.

## Etymology
French and Irish surname of Norman origin, from Banville in Calvados, from Old French Baanvillam; the second element is ville (“settlement”) but the first is uncertain, perhaps a personal name of Germanic origin (compare *bannan (“to proclaim”)). This surname is mostly found in Canada. Compare Banfield.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/banville