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[Surname] Garillon
I thought this was a word in my own language (Spanish) when I heard it and looked for it to no success (Variants I thought of or of which I can think; Garrillon, Garillon, Garillion, Garrillion, Garilion, Garrilion, Gariyon, Garriyon) I tried google... It seems it's a French surname and the fictional placename in a book &/or game... Any knowledge about the meaning of the French surname? (Garillon) Thanks in advance (and sorry for being asking more than answering lately).
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Although Jean Tosti (www.jtosti.com/noms) does not treat this name separately he does refer to it under the surname Garion. He writes that Garion is a variant of Garillon, itself a variant of Carillon, which he suggests is a nickname for a bell-ringer. So French - yes.
In the immortal words of Johnny Nash, "There are more questions than answers."
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It could be a variant of Carillon or Garion. This French surname could come from a nickname given to a person who enjoys to ring bells in a church.
See the French site: www.jtosti.com/noms. The surname is extremely rare in France at the moment.
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My apology for duplicating information already posted.
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No probIt's human and we are humane... Thanks to both (indeed all you deed was to back up what had already been said...)... this makes me wonder if the surname Carrillo might have anything to do... (Posted earlier)
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There was some discussion of the meaning of the surname Carrillo earlier, 3rd November and after.
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