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Greetings,
Here's the information we found on the name "Jean-Pierre du Sabre," used in late-period France.
We want to stress that no French names derived from the name of the sabre sword. The word "sabre" is first recorded in French in 1598 (1), by which time people were no longer inventing surnames. However, there was a place "Sabre" in France (2), which gave rise to the byname "de Sabre" and the surname "Sabre".
Double given names are found in southern France starting in the 14th century, and are found in northern France somewhat later. A double given name (such as "Jean-Pierre") would be more appropriate for a later-period persona. If you're more interested in an earlier-period persona, we recommend that you use simply "Jean" or "Pierre."
We don't have any examples of naturalistically drawn flying fish from medieval armory. However, we found a number of examples of winged fish--drawn as normal-looking fish with eagle's wings.. While all the examples we have are found in Germany, it is plausible that the charge would also have been used in France.
Arval D'Espas Nord, Rouland Carre, and Zenobia Naphtali all contributed to this letter.
We hope this has been helpful. If we can be of further assistance, please let us know.
In service,
Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel
(1) "Le Petit Robert I, dictionnaire alphabetique et analogique de la langue francaise" (Le Robert, Paris, 1984)
(2) Dauzat, A. Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille et Prenoms de France, Libraire Larousse, Paris, 1987.