American Family Name Origins:
Dagenais
Frequency: (338)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: regional name, with the preposition d(e), for someone from the region named for the city of Agen (see Dagen).
FOREBEARS: A bearer of the name from Aunis was married in 1665 in Montreal.
GIVEN NAMES: French 11%. Andre (2), Alain, Armand, Dominique, Jacques, Jean Louis, Marcel, Martial, Sylvain.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
