The story
- Old French · derived fromBaanvillam
- English todayBanville
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.