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The dumesnil Surname

dumesnil Name Meaning and History

French: from Old French du mesnil ‘from the house’ (from Late Latin mansionile, a diminutive of mansio ‘house’, ‘dwelling’), hence a topographic name denoting someone who lived in an isolated dwelling, or a habitational name for someone from one of the minor places named Le Ménil or Le Mesnil.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of dumesnil Families in the US in 1920

Number of dumesnil families

5-8

2-4

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Thread	Author	Replies
Dumeney - Dumensil - Dumesnil	steelethree1	3
Eugene Dumesnil	lagniappe9	3
Dumesnil/Louisiana	MOFFETT	7
Robinson in St. Jean's Quebec/Huntingdon couunty were they join	Rick A. Robinson	0
Dumesnil/LaChance	NancyRandall77	0
WW2 Vet. T/sgt Leo J. Dumesnil	BWatts2767	0
DUMESNIL	AndrewLucia	0

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