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in reply to a message by elbowin
Maybe it's a misspelling of French "argent" (meaning "money" or "silver"). Google Maps says Orgent is also a town in France. Is there any indication of this person having any French heritage?
Chronic thinker.
Chronic thinker.
This message was edited 11/8/2016, 12:15 PM
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Now I found the place named Orgent in France, with a—surprise!—Germanic etymology:
Orgent
Hameau de la commune de Coligny (Bresse, Ain), Fons d´Orgens et Orgent en 1425, nom d´origine burgonde qui dériverait d´un primitif *Arigundingos, « chez les Arigundingi », dérivé du nom propre Arigundus, masculin d´Arigunde, [Perrenot], du germanique *aran, « aigle », et *gunþiô, « combat ».
(from http://henrysuter.ch/glossaires/topoO0.html)
... but I don't know what this contributes to its use as a given name. BTW, #hameau# means "hamlet".
--elbowin
Orgent
Hameau de la commune de Coligny (Bresse, Ain), Fons d´Orgens et Orgent en 1425, nom d´origine burgonde qui dériverait d´un primitif *Arigundingos, « chez les Arigundingi », dérivé du nom propre Arigundus, masculin d´Arigunde, [Perrenot], du germanique *aran, « aigle », et *gunþiô, « combat ».
(from http://henrysuter.ch/glossaires/topoO0.html)
... but I don't know what this contributes to its use as a given name. BTW, #hameau# means "hamlet".
--elbowin
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The Franks were a Germanic tribe.
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I wasn't able to locate a place named Orgent in France, the closest I came up was https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgeans-Blanchefontaine in the department Doubs. Altho' the Franks were a Germanic tribe, this place name dos not sound Germanic to me (and it also resists tries to analyse it as a Germanic name), it is probably Latinate or even going back to Celtic (Gaulish).
I don't know anything about the family background of the namesake. As a given name, Orgent is exceptionally rare worldwide; maybe there is a Yugoslav or Albanian connection to that name.
I don't know anything about the family background of the namesake. As a given name, Orgent is exceptionally rare worldwide; maybe there is a Yugoslav or Albanian connection to that name.
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