Bulletin des Lois, No. 198, pp. 27-28: Décret Impérial concernant les Juifs qui n'ont pas de nom de famille et de prénom fixes [“Imperial Decree Concerning Jews Without Family Names or Fixed First Names.”]

(FRENCH JUDAICA).

Imprimerie Royale

Paris

1808

Szajkowski, Judaica-Napoleonica 142

“Jews, both subjects of the Empire, and foreigners living in the Empire, lacking family and first names, are required to adopt both within three months. Neither names taken from the Old Testament nor names of towns will be admissible as family names. Jews who fail to fulfill these formalities will be deported from the territory of the Empire.”