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Early Origins of the Amyot family

The surname Amyot was first found in Languedoc, where this family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Amyot family

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Amyot Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Amyot, Amiot, Amyo, Amio, Amyos, Amios, Amiott, Amiotte, Amiote, Amyote, Amyotte, Amyott, Amot, Amote, Amotte, d'Amyot, d'Amyotte, d'Amiot, d'Amiote, d'Amiotte, d'Amot, d'Amote, d'Amote, d'Amotte, Ami, Amy, Amis, d'Ami, d'Amy and many more.

Early Notables of the Amyot family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was

  • Amyot d'Inville, Baron of Albigny. Jacques Amyot (1513-93), was a French writer, humanist, and scholar, known for being the translator of Heliodorus' Aethiopica (1547)

Amyot Ranking

In Quebec, Canada, the name Amyot is the 698th most popular surname. 1


United States Amyot migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Amyot Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Philippe Amyot is mentioned in Québec as early as the year 1627
Amyot Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Marie Louise Amyot, aged 56, who immigrated to the United States from Le Harve, France, in 1921

Canada Amyot migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Amyot Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • Matthieu Amyot is recorded in a marriage contract in the year 1650
Amyot Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century
  • Eugenie Amyot, aged 40, who immigrated to St. Hyacinthe, Canada, in 1913
  • Juliete Amyot, aged 33, who settled in Quebec, Canada, in 1922
  • Louis Joseph Amyot, aged 37, who immigrated to Quebec, Canada, in 1922

Contemporary Notables of the name Amyot (post 1700) +

  • Joseph Amyot (1713-1794), French Jesuit missionary to China, and learned Orientalist
  • Jacques Amyot (1513-1593), French humanist
  • Thomas Amyot (1775-1850), English antiquary, born at Norwich on 7 Jan. 1775, descended from one of the Huguenot families settled in that city 2
  • Dr. John A Amyot (b. 1867), Canadian medical innovator, Deputy Minister of Health Canada (1919-1933)
  • George Amyot, Canadian Architect from Québec
  • Amyot W. Cherrington, American politician, Mayor of Springville, Utah, 1954 3


  1. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
  2. Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 17 Apr. 2019
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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