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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English and French : nickname from Old French mignot ‘dainty’, ‘pleasing’.
  • English and French : from Minnota, a pet form of the female personal name Minna. This was originally a Germanic personal name from Old High German minna ‘love’, but later it was also used as a short form of Willemina, a feminine version of William.

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