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[Facts] Meaning of D'Artagnan
I am looking for the meaning of D'Artagnan. I have found the name in books only a once or twice and the only thing they say is it was the name of one of the three musketeers. I would like to know more information.
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Actually, D'Artagnan wasn't one of the three musketeers, but their companion.
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It means "of" or "from" Artagnan, a town in the southwest French district of Hautes Pyrenees. It's not a first name as such, but more of a last name or honorific like "von Richthofen". It may denote minor nobility, a class of people who didn't easily descend to the familiarity of first names in everyday social relationships.The specific source for D'Artagnan was apparently Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, a French soldier of the early 1600's whose memoirs supposedly were used by Dumas as a basis for "The Three Musketeers" and other works.- Da.
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I have reseaarched this name b/c it is the name of my first son.It means leader. Its a French name.nikki
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