Re: Maginot, Maginot line and Long time no post...
in reply to a message by Getb
As you can see at http://www.geneanet.org/nom-de-famille/maginot, Maginot is derived from Magin which is a variant of Mangin. In turn, Mangin is derived from Demange which comes from the Latin name Dominicus, from dominus 'lord'.