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Early Origins of the Gigot family

The surname Gigot was first found in Languedoc where this celebrated family held a family seat from very early times.

Early History of the Gigot family

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Gigot Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gigord, Gigorde, Gigorre, Gigorres, Gigort, Gigors, Gigorz, De Gigord, De Gigorde, De Gigorre, De Gigorres, De Gigort, De Gigors, De Gigorz, Gigorns, Guigorns, Gigorium, Guigorcium, Gigor, Gigo, Giger, Gigaud and many more.

Early Notables of the Gigot family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was Raymond De Gigord, Counsellor to the King, Judge and Lieutenant-General of the Duchy of Joyeuse during the 1500's; Nicolas Gigault (ca. 1627-1707), a French Baroque...
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Gigot Ranking

In France, the name Gigot is the 6,104th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Gigot family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Robert Giguère, who had settled in Quebec by 1652 when he married Aymée Milville in that city; Martin Giguère married Marie Françoise Pinard at Sorell in 1682.


Contemporary Notables of the name Gigot (post 1700) +

  • Paul A. Gigot, American reporter who won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary


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