Gariépy

Gariépy
Family name
Pronunciation	French: [ɡaʁjepi]
Region of origin	Gascony, France
Language(s) of origin	French
Related names	Garibay Guerepy Gardipee

Gariépy is a surname mostly found in North America. The most ancient known bearer of the name is Jean Gariépy who lived in Montfort-en-Chalosse, Gascony, France, from 1568 to 1609.^[1] His son, François Gariépy, came to Nouvelle-France where he married Marie Houdin in August 1657. Their children are the ancestors of the Gariépy of North America.

The surname Gariépy comes from the basque surname Garibay.^[2] The Gariépy surname has many written forms like Guerepy, Garriépy, Gariépi, Guariépy, Gariépie, Garriépi, Garguépi, Garriépie, Guaryby, Kariépy and Gardipee. The name is usually written without accent (i.e. Gariepy) in the English-speaking parts of Canada and in the United States.

Gariépy may refer to:

• Annie Gariepy, Canadian Cyclist
• André Ephraim Gariépy (1936- ), Photographer& Montreal real estate mogul
• Charles Gariepy Canadian Alderman
• Henry Gariepy, writer
• Jean-François Gariépy, French-Canadian neuro-biologist
• Jean-Pierre Gariepy, chief of Service de police de la Ville de Laval
• Joseph Gariépy (1852–1927), Canadian politician
• Lynn Andrea Gariépy (1968- ), teacher
• Ray Gariepy (1929-2012), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
• Wilfrid Gariépy (1877–1960), Canadian politician
• Yvon Gariepy Master of Royal Canadian Mint, 1975–1981

It may also refer to:

• Gariépy (Edmonton), West Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

References

1. TANGUAY Cyprien, Dictionnaire des familles canadiennes, vol. I, p. 251
2. PINARD Marc, Les noms de famille du Canada français : origines et évolution, GLOTTOPOL Revue de sociolinguistique en ligne, n° 9, janvier 2007, p. 16