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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Origin uncertain. Most probably an Americanized form of an unidentified French Huguenot name. There are several references in family lore to origin in the South of France or the Pyrenees. It has also been suggested that this is an Italian name, which seems less likely.

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