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Help[Surname] Re: The French surname Audoir(e).
in reply to a message by Dorchadas
Audoir and Audoire are variants of Audouard which comes from the Germanic name Aldoward which is composed of ald 'old' and ward 'guardian'.
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Thank you, Marc! :D So it's a patronymic surname then - and a very interesting and pretty one at that. ;) I find it kind of a pity that Audoir(e) is no longer in use as a first name - I bet the last instances of it being used as a first name were probably somewhere in the Middle Ages. :(
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