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I happen to have found 3 rather interesting surnames. They are:
The French CHAUMEAU
The Polish MILOSZ
The Italian SGATTONI
Can someone tell me where in these nations these names came from, and what they mean?
The French CHAUMEAU
The Polish MILOSZ
The Italian SGATTONI
Can someone tell me where in these nations these names came from, and what they mean?
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Milosz is a Polish surname and forename (male). Its basis is the word Mil, "grace" with an added syllable that may be a diminutive. The common Serbian surname Milosevic derives from the same name. In Polish there is a variant form of the letter L which is pronounced like a thin W and is marked to indicate this with a narrow line across the upright of the L. Such is the L in Milosz, approximate pronunciation Meewosh.
Chaumeau (French) must be locative. It looks like another of those surnames based on chaume, which Dauzat explains as "denuded plateau". The original word was Gaulish.
Chaumeau (French) must be locative. It looks like another of those surnames based on chaume, which Dauzat explains as "denuded plateau". The original word was Gaulish.
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Gattoni, a local surname, comes from Central Italy. Now the majority of Gattoni families
live along the Adriatic coast.
Most of them in the surroundings of Ancona ( MARCHE region).
The meaning of this surname is mysterious, but it is quite sure, it comes from an old nockname.
live along the Adriatic coast.
Most of them in the surroundings of Ancona ( MARCHE region).
The meaning of this surname is mysterious, but it is quite sure, it comes from an old nockname.
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