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Definition: From the Old French for "small," the Petit surname was often bestowed upon an individual of small stature.
Surname Origin:
French
Alternate Surname Spellings:
PETTIT, PETET, PETTET
More Resources for the Surname PETIT :
French Genealogy PETIT Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - PETIT Genealogy PETIT Surname & Family Mailing List Surname Finder - PETIT Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - PETIT Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - PETIT Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - PETIT Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
