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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. French: Occitan variant of Vallée, a topographic name for someone living in a valley.
  2. A Valade from La Rochelle, France, is documented in Quebec City in 1666. The secondary surname <xref>Lajeunesse</xref> was associated with Valade in the 18th century.