Last name: PIGEON
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PIGEON : This last name is indexed 230,935 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
PIGEON : French and English: nickname from Old French pigeon ‘fledgling squab; dove pigeon’ in France perhaps for a breeder or trader in pigeons or as in medieval England (where the word was borrowed into Middle English) perhaps a term of affection (see Pidgeon).
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