Origin and popularity of the name GUE

Origin

Gue : 1: Altered form of French Guyon.2: French (Gué): topographic name for someone who lived by a ford gué from Old French wad ‘ford crossing place’. Compare Dugue and Legue.

Dewey : 1: Welsh: from the personal name Dewi Welsh form of David. In some cases the name may arise from the dedication of parish churches in places called Llanddewi (Saint David's) of which there are several.2: Anglicized form of a French Huguenot surname of uncertain form and origin. Traditionally it is recorded as Douai a habitational name from a city so named in northern France but it could also be from Old Norman French du we(z) ‘of the ford’ from a variant of standard French gué ‘ford’.3: In some cases also an Americanized form of French Duguay.4: In some cases possibly also an Americanized form of Dutch De Weij (archaic De Wey): cognate of Van der Weij (see Wey).

Dugue : French (Dugué): topographic name for someone who lived by a ford gué (see Gue 2) or a habitational name from Le Gué the name of several places in the northern part of France. It is formed with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’. This surname is also found in Haiti.

Legue : 1: Altered form of French Laiguille: habitational name from L'Aiguille a place in Pas-de-Calais. The surname Laiguille is virtually non-existing in France.2: In some cases probably also French (Legué): topographic name with fused masculine definite article le for someone who lived by a ford gué (see Gue 2).

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