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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : from a northern form of Daniel, in which the final syllable -(i)el has been vocalized in Picard, and the Naams and Liège dialects.
  • French : northern habitational name, with the preposition d(e), for someone from Hainault (French Hainaut, Dutch Henegouwen).
  • French : perhaps a variant of Denau(x), from a southern word meaning ‘ship’ (Latin navis).
  • French : possibly a variant spelling of Daignault.

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