In the US, Daignault is primarily classified as a surname (last name). The American pronunciation, specifically in California, US, is with the empahasis on 'noh'
In Canada, Daignault is primarily classified as a surname (last name). The Canadian pronunciation, specifically in Montréal, Québec, Canada, is
d eh ng OH
d sounds like the 'd' in do
eh sounds like the 'e' in pet
ng sounds like the 'ng' in sing
oh sounds like the 'o' in so
"(Above meaning copied and pasted from the Wikipedia entry for “Daniel”.)
Daignault/Daigneault is basically the Québec spelling of Deniau/Daniau, which is a diminutive form of Daniel, meaning “little Daniel” or “son of Daniel”, or potentially from Denis, a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius.
North Americans named Daigneault (the most common spelling) are most likely descended from one of two probably unrelated French settlers of New France : Marin Deniau dit Destaillis (born 1620) and Jean Deniau (my ancestor, born 1629). Both sailed over with “la Grande Recrue” (“the great recrute") of 1653, which came over to help early settlers of what is now Montréal, who arrived in 1642.
The addition of the “lt” is probably a “contamination” from other names like Thibault or Renault, where the "lt" has an actual etymological raison d’être, usually from Germanic suffixes such as "ald" meaning old or" bald" meaning bold."
Type of Name:
Last Name
Origin:
French
Other spelling(s):
Daigneault, Daigneau, Deniau, Daniau And Many, Many Others!
Meaning:
Derived From Daniel, A Masculine Given Name And A Surname Of Hebrew Origin. It Means, "God Is My Judge", And Derives From Two Early Biblical Figures, Primary Among Them Daniel From The Book
In Canada, Daignault is primarily classified as a surname (last name). The Canadian pronunciation, specifically in Montréal, Québec, Canada, is
deng (like the word "ding", but replacing the "i" sound with an "e" sound as in the word "pet") + OH
"(Above meaning copied and pasted from the Wikipedia entry for “Daniel”.)
Daignault/Daigneault is basically the Québec spelling of Deniau/Daniau, which is a diminutive form of Daniel, meaning “little Daniel” or “son of Daniel”, or potentially from Denis, a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius.
North Americans named Daigneault (the most common spelling) are most likely descended from one of two probably unrelated French settlers of New France : Marin Deniau dit Destaillis (born 1620) and Jean Deniau (my ancestor, born 1629). Both sailed over with “la Grande Recrue” (“the great recrute") of 1653, which came over to help early settlers of what is now Montréal, who arrived in 1642.
The addition of the “lt” is probably a “contamination” from other names like Thibault or Renault, where the "lt" has an actual etymological raison d’être, usually from Germanic suffixes such as "ald" meaning old or" bald" meaning bold."
Type of Name:
Last Name
Origin:
French
Other spelling(s):
Daigneault, Daigneau, Deniau, Daniau And Many, Many Others!
Meaning:
Derived From Daniel, A Masculine Given Name And A Surname Of Hebrew Origin. It Means, "God Is My Judge", And Derives From Two Early Biblical Figures, Primary Among Them Daniel From The Book
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