Gaillot History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Gaillot family

The surname Gaillot was first found in Brittany, originally Armorica in ancient times, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Dol and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Gaillot family

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Gaillot Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Geillart, Gaillard, Gaillart, Gaillet, Geyard, Gayart, Gaillou, Gailhard, Gaillardet, Gaillardot, Gaillardon, Gaillot, Gaillochet and many more.

Early Notables of the Gaillot family

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Gaillot Ranking

France, the name Gaillot is the 2,985^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Gaillot family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jean Gaillarbois, who came to Quebec in 1647; Leonard Gaillard, his wife Marguerite Mansou and their eight children, who all came from Lyon to New France between the years 1632 adn 1760.

Contemporary Notables of the name Gaillot (post 1700) +

Jacques Gaillot (1935-2023), French Catholic clergyman and social activist, Bishop of Évreux from 1982 to 1995. In 1995, nicknamed "the Red Cleric"

Sources +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/