indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from given name & from nickname)
Usage French
Meaning & History
Meaning uncertain. It could be denoted as a French Protestant who held the Reformed tradition of Protestantism, possibly derived from Middle French eiguenot "Swiss confederate", from Swiss republican Besançon Hugues, or a diminutive form of Hugues, from the same person. It could just be a diminutive form of Hugues.