Laussy

Laussy is my (Fabrice) family name.

I take it from my father (who himself took it from his) that the name might originate from the Patois lou tchi (the dog, le chien in French). I've also heard from somebody else it was coming from la lause, a type of flagstone used for roofing in Cantal, where I have my family roots (from my father's side).

洛熙

洛熙 is my Chinese name, as given to me by Xi Xin in June (2012), who writes it like this: .

It is pronounced roughly as luò (洛) xī (熙) (see 洛熙 in another website or hear it directly from the source).

Appearances of the name

The name is rare but it still pops up once in a while. Here I collect the occurrences where I met it.

Maison Laussy

There is a maison Laussy in the Yvelines [1]. When my father was a child, his father inherited a property near Paris from a distant relative who had no direct successor. The house being too far from Cantal, he got it sold without even going there. Maybe this is this one? I have never heard the house was bearing our name! Only that it had been sold badly well below its price. My grandfather didn't like to be annoyed, not even by good fortune, and remained poor all his life.

Laussy édition

There once was a Laussy Édition, as testified by this nice picture of Chaussenac (Cantal) bearing the mention "Laussy, édit." on the bottom left [2]. It dates from 1932 and used some technique of the time for the colorization of the sky. It was done with mixed success with some misalignment. It is still a very nice shot, with the local shops and children pausing in the street.

You can also have a better view of the people by clicking here: .

Le Laussy

There is a building for shows and representation called le Laussy in Gières [3][4]. I do not know what this takes its name from, but apparently this from an eponymous locality (street, house, etc.)

Piel Laussy

There is a shop of leather confection/retailing in Gijón (Asturias) called piel Laussy [5].

Laussy people

Although the name is extremely rare, there are—in a world burgeoning with about seven billion people [6]—many people bearing it. A genealogy web site has some statistics which however looks grossly incomplete (see also [7]).

My family

The people I know personally are all from my own family tree, they are:

• Georges Laussy†, my grandfather (and his family, Pierre Laussy).
• Raymond Laussy†, my father.
• Lionel Laussy, my brother (and his family, Georges, Antoine, Ambre and Amélie).
• Florian Laussy, my cousin (and his family, Hélène, my father's sister)

Others

They may or may not be distant family. They are:

• In Cantal: Corinne Laussy, public servant [8]; Jacky Laussy (in Pleaux) [9]; Claude Laussy (in Aurillac); Jean-Luck Laussy (in Aurillac)
• In or near Paris: Julie Laussy (Gonçalves), secretary [10]; Catherine Laussy [11].
• In or near New-York: Christian Laussy (perfumer), Charlotte Laussy, Clement Laussy, David Laussy and more.
• Isabelle Laussy, [12] in Caen.
• Ahmad Laussy [13] from Tanzania.
• Unkown location: Clément Laussy (known as Clem) [14] (I suspect Cantal); Jean Luc Laussy [15]; Stefanie Laussy [16]; Kevin Laussy [17]...
• There is also a woman called Laussy Morand, although it's not clear if as a firstname or nickname [18]

If you are/know one of these people, or someone not in this list, please get in touch with me. I would be delighted to know about you.

Si vous êtes ou connaissez l'une de ces personnes, ou n'apparaissez pas dans cette liste, n'hésitez pas à me contacter. Je serai ravi de faire votre connaissance.

Others

There is something called Laussy somewhere at 227m of altitude [19].

A Korean professor of Architecture, Stephen Siu Yu Lau (劉少瑜), signs by the name of Lau S.S.Y. [20]

Links

• Why I'm called Laussy and not Laroche, in a passage of my blog .