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Re: Rigoly
No longer going to refer to myself as man beast, You are absolutly right, and I fear that upon seeing Rigo in the R section I jumped to conclusions without really gathering any eveidance
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A cursory glance at the references produced by a websearch suggests France as the home of many of this name. However, I think M.Sagani has pinned it down. The Y ending is probably a "francisation" of an Italian surname, as with Stephane Grapelly, Jean-Luc Ponty, etc.
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