Show ContentsMignot History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Mignot family

The surname Mignot was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where this eminent family held a family seat from very early times.

Early History of the Mignot family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mignot research. Another 236 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1559, 1586, 1600, 1624, 1642, 1672, 1700, 1711 and 1829 are included under the topic Early Mignot History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Mignot Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mignot, Minot, Mygnot, Mignau, Mignaux, Migneaux, Migneau, Mignolt, Migno, Mygnau, Mygnaux, Mygneaux, Mygneau, Mygnolt, Mygno, Minau, Minaux, Mineaux, Mineau, Minolt, Mino, Mignaud, Mignault, Mygnaud, Mygnault, Minos, Myno and many more.

Early Notables of the Mignot family

Notable amongst the family in this period was

  • Claudine Françoise "Marie" Mignot (1624-1711), French adventuress, born near Grenoble, at Meylan who at the age of 16 married the Treasurer of the province of Daupine, and when he died, she was left h...
  • Her life was subject of a play by Bayard and Paul Duport, Marie Mignot (1829.)...

Mignot Ranking

In France, the name Mignot is the 524th most popular surname with an estimated 8,676 people with that name. 1


United States Mignot migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mignot Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Nicholas Mignot, who arrived at the port of Philadelphia in 1816
  • Henry Mignot, who was naturalized in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina in 1830
  • Henry Mignot, who landed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1830 2
  • Charles Mignot, who arrived in New York City in 1832

Contemporary Notables of the name Mignot (post 1700) +

  • Aimé Mignot (1932-2022), French footballer who played as a defender for Aix and Lyon and later coached Lyon, Angers, Alès and the France women's national team
  • Thomas Mignot, Baron de Lamartinière, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
  • Jean-Pascal Mignot (b. 1981), French footballer
  • Louis Remy Mignot (1831-1870), American painter, born in Charleston, South Carolina, died in Brighton, England
  • Emmanuel Mignot, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Bernard Mignot, Physician, Paris, France


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, April 29) Thomas Mignot. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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