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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Altered spelling of French Dandonneau, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to se dindiner ‘to waddle’.
  • The name Dandonneau-Lajeunesse was borne by Calvinists from La Rochelle who were in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, by 1653.

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