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Help[Surname] Trott?
The page for this name states only that it's of British (probably English) origin. https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/trott/submitted It also states that it's from a given name, but what name exactly if that's true?
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The Dictionary of American Family Names has the following for Trott:
1 English (Somerset and Devon): in southwestern England, usually a variant of Trout.
2 English (Somerset and Devon): nickname, either for one who moves quickly, at the pace of a trotting horse, from Middle English trot(te) (Old French trot) ‘trot’, perhaps given to a messenger (see Trotter, Trotman); or occasionally perhaps from Middle English trot(te), trat(te) ‘old woman, hag’ (Anglo-Norman French trote).
1 English (Somerset and Devon): in southwestern England, usually a variant of Trout.
2 English (Somerset and Devon): nickname, either for one who moves quickly, at the pace of a trotting horse, from Middle English trot(te) (Old French trot) ‘trot’, perhaps given to a messenger (see Trotter, Trotman); or occasionally perhaps from Middle English trot(te), trat(te) ‘old woman, hag’ (Anglo-Norman French trote).
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