About the Gillot Surname

Records tie Gillot closely to Gillet. Its meaning, shared with Gillet, is “Little Gilles”.

• French birth records list 8,676 children named Gillot between 1891 and 2000. There were 421 such births in the 1890s and 706 in the 1990s.
• Records show Gillot as one of the forms Gillet took over time.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• The same family of names includes Gilet.

Family crest and blazon

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