About the Deschamps surname
The surname Deschamps has a primarily toponymic formation. The surname means “from the fields” and points to a residence or origin near cultivated land. The surname may therefore originally have identified a person by place of origin, residence, or a feature of the landscape. Families bearing the same surname may nevertheless come from different places when more than one locality produced a similar name.
Pronunciation:
Dè-chan/dɛʃɑ̃/