Proper noun
Laffitte (plural Laffittes)
A surname from French.
And now Jacques Laffitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Laffitte. Murray Walker
Ramsay (1996), p. 147. Ramsay (1996), p. 148. When the historical society could not authenticate the claim, Laflin approached the Louisiana author Stanley Arthur, who wrote Jean Laffitte: Gentleman Rover based on the journal. Source: Internet