Laprise


Laprise or LaPrise is a French Canadian surname which is most prevalent in Canada, but can also be found to a lesser degree in the United States.
It consists of the French feminine singular article :wikt:la#French|la followed by the past participle of :wikt:prendre#French|prendre, :wikt:prise#French|prise, and maybe translated into English as "the catch" or "the taking". As a toponymic surname it may have been connected to newly cultivated land claimed from the wilderness or could have denoted as an occupational surname a hunter, trapper or soldier.
Notable people with the name Laprise/LaPrise include: