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Origin and popularity of the name ROSSIGNOL

Origin

Rossignol : French:: 1: from Old French rossignol ‘nightingale’ (from Late Latin lusciniolus) a nickname for a person with a good singing voice or perhaps ironically for a raucous person.2: habitational name from (Le) Rossignol the name of several places in various parts of France.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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Geographic distribution of the 334,891 individuals with the name ROSSIGNOL on Geneanet.

 

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