Message: "Anyone have an idea on the origin of the surname Gogo?"

Anyone have an idea on the origin of the surname Gogo?

by Jasmine (guest)

9/22/2008, 9:00 PM

My surname is Gogo. Any ideas on where this came from? My family does not know much of our ancestors so we have no clue where we came from.

- Marc (picard) +1

9/23/2008, 7:34 AM

Gogo was a nickname given to a French-Canadian family named Prieur after they moved to Ontario. No one seems to know where it came from. You'll find more details on this at http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.gogo/21/mb.ashx and http://genforum.genealogy.com/prieur/messages/21.html

- Christo (guest)

9/25/2008, 5:23 AM

In Greek, Bulgarian and Russian, the G sounds in the name George is not changed at softening and remains the same as in Gabriel.

In Bulgarian, for instance, Gogo is a childish nickname standing for George.

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