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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : of unclear derivation; perhaps from a pet form of the personal name Dode, itself of obscure origin.
  • Nicolas Daudelin, of Rouen, France, married Anne Girard in Château Richer, Quebec, in 1665.

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