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  • (spelling variations--Draggoo, Dragaud, Drageau, Drago) Dragoo Americanized form of French (Huguenot) Dragaud, from the Germanic personal name Dragwald (see Dragon). http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact.aspx?fid=10&yr=0&ln=Dragoo The first Dragaud generation to come to America was undoubtedly Pierre Dragaud II and Elizabeth Tavaud. They were married on November 12, 1699 at the Lord Mayor's Chapel in Bristol England and came to America shortly after their marriage. It is probable that all Dragoos in America after 1701 descend from Pierre and Elizabeth. Pierre's ancestors were French Huguenots who fled to England in the 1680's. http://www.dragoofamilyassociation.com/
  • My copy of the Oxford Names Companion (exceptionally good book) doesn't have "Dragoo" in it. However, it does have Drage and variants of Dragon. Drage first: "Occupational name for a confectioner or perhaps a nickname from a term of endearment." From the Middle English word 'dragie' meaning a sweetmeat or sugar coated spice. This word itself comes from Old French 'dragee' and ultimately from the Greek word for spice. Dragon: three origins are given from this 1) occupational / nick name for someone who carried a banner in battle (english). In late latin, long thin banners were called "dragons" because of their resemblence to snakes and other reptiles tails. 2) from the french "drake" (which means both a dragon *and* duck) or 3) a Jewish name of unknown origin. So, four options there... a variant of Dragee seems likely to me. But I don't know your family history. Hope this helps!

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