Guesdon
Guesdon is a surname, and may refer to:
- André Guesdon (born 1948), French football defender
- Frédéric Guesdon (born 1971), French cyclist
- ((Alfred Guesdon))(born 1808) Lithographer, Architect
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Engraving by Alfred Guesdon
The name itself is from Brittany (Breton) area in France and means 'keeper of the elder trees', from Breton. Also ‘Green Earth Mother Goddess’ from Guer ‘green’ + Don ‘Mother Earth, Goddess’ from Brythonic. There is also a relationship to the German Guerdon. guer·don (gûrdn) n. A reward; recompense. tr.v. guer·doned, guer·don·ing, guer·dons To reward.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin widerdnum, alteration (influenced by Latin dnum, gift) of Old High German widarln : widar, back, against; see wi- in Indo-European roots + ln, reward; see lau- in Indo-European roots.]
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