[Surname] Re: origin of the surname "pattou"
in reply to a message by Sam Bharr
Patou/Patout/Patoux/Pattou/Pattoux comes from Norman French patou 'oafish, clumsy, coarse'. You'll find information of the name and its origin at http://jeantosti.com/noms/p2.htm and http://tr.im/UT4C, for example.