About the Villeneuve surname
The surname Villeneuve has a primarily toponymic formation. Villeneuve literally means “new town” and derives from many French place names. In this type of surname, the name first located a person in relation to a place before becoming hereditary. Families bearing the same surname may nevertheless come from different places when more than one locality produced a similar name.
Pronunciation:
Vil-neuv/vilnøv/