Name: Lafayette
Gender: Male
Usage: Lafayette is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Lafayette are in general originating from France, Israel, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Lafayette is: Beech tree, To god to the mighty.
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Numerology of the first name Lafayette: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Lafayette is ranked on the 17,477th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 12600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Lafayette has nine characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Lafayette for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Lafayette is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- General Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), French general and American Revolutionary War general
- Adrienne de La Fayette (1759–1807), wife of the marquis de Lafayette
- Bernard Lafayette (born 1940), American civil rights activist and organizer
- Georges Washington de La Fayette (1779–1849), son of marquis de Lafayette
- Ivan Lafayette (born 1930), longtime member of the New York State Assembly (1977-2008)
- James Armistead Lafayette (circa 1760 – 1830), aka James Armistead, African-American Revolutionary War spy
- James Lafayette, pseudonym of James Stack Lauder (1853–1923), Irish portrait photographer
- Louise de La Fayette (1618–1665), maid-of-honor to Anne of Austria
- Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de La Fayette (1634–1693), French author better known as Madame de La Fayette
- Nathan LaFayette (born 1973), former National Hockey League player
Given name:
- Lafayette C. Baker (1826-1868), American investigator and Union spy during the American Civil War; promoted to brigadier general for his part in apprehending Lincoln's assassins
- Lafayette Bunnell (1824–1903), American physician, explorer and author
- LaFayette Emmett (1822-1905), American lawyer, second attorney general of the Minnesota Territory and first chief justice of the state supreme court
- Lafayette S. Foster (1806-1880), American senator from Connecticut and Connecticut Supreme Court judge
- Lafayette Guild (1826-1870), United States Army and Confederate States Army surgeon; pioneer in the study of yellow fever
- Lafayette Head (1825-1897), Colorado legislator and first Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
- Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911–1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction author and founder of Scientology
- Lafayette Lane (1842-1896), Representative from Oregon
- LaFayette Fayette McMullen (1805-1880), American politician and banker; Virginia state senator, member of both the U.S. and Confederate House of Representatives, and Territorial Governor of Washington
- Lafayette McLaws (1821-1897), Confederate general during the American Civil War
- Lafayette Mendel (1872-1935), American biochemist
- Lafayette Lever, also known as "Fat Lever", former professional basketball player
- Lafayette Russell (1905-1978), college and National Football League running back
- Lafayette Young (1848-1926), newspaper reporter and editor, and briefly Republican Senator from Iowa
Other
- Sigmund Neuberger (1871–1911) illusionist under the stage name "The Great Lafayette"
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