List of U.S. Place Names of French Origin - Hawai'i

Hawai'i

  • Fort DeRussy (named for General René Edward De Russy and his brother Lewis, soldiers of Huguenot ancestry)
  • French Frigate Shoals
  • La Pérouse Bay named after Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, first European to visit the island of Maui
  • La Pérouse Pinnacle located in the French Frigate Shoals, Hawai'i

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