What ethncity is this last name?

Question

Gaudet

Answer 1

sounds French.

Answer 2

Yes, it is French.

Answer 3

www.ancestry.com

Gaudet Name Meaning and History

French: from the Germanic personal name Waldo (from "waldan" ‘"to govern"’).

Gaudet Civil War Service:

24 Confederate

3 Union

(The Confederate soldiers included--Amedie Gaudet, St. James Regiment, Louisiana Militia; Justin F. Gaudet, Company G,18th  Louisiana Infantry, Sergeant ;  and Private

Louis Gaudet, 1 Native Guards, Louisiana Militia. All 24 served in Louisiana regiments/companies)

The 3 Union soldiers mentioned were Valsain Gaudet, Co. A  73 U. S. Col'd Infantry ; Valsin Gaudet, Co.  D  74 U. S. Col'd Infantry; and  Valsin Gaudet, Co.  H  91 U. S. Col'd Infantry. All were Privates, and I THINK the "Col'd" means colored.

www.familysearch.org has these spelling variations: GODET;

GUDAT ;  GAUDETTE; GODIT; GAUDOT ; GAWDET ;

GOUDITE ; GOODITES ; GOUDITT ; GOUDIT; GOWDIT ; GAUD; GODER; & GODAIR .

    It was listed in  Mexico, US (a LOT in LA, CA, etc), Canada (Nova Scotia, Quebec, New Brunswick, etc), Mauritius (Indian Ocean Islands),  Spain, Argentina, Denmark,

France, Puerto Rico (NOTE--here the name was listed as Gaud Velez ,Gaud Vargas, Arce Gaud, Gaud Toro, or Gaud Garcia),  England,   & Scotland.

     One early listing is Jean (Or Jehan) GAUDET OR GODET,

born 1575 in Martaize, Loudun, Vienne, France, and his father --listed as "Ancestor" Gaudet, b. 1549. In fact, I clicked on the links to about 7 different names in between the 1650's and 1750's, and they ALL traced back to "Ancestor."

    Some unusual first names I saw with the last name were

Domithilde,   Domitile ,  Epiphane , . Euphrosine ,  Fermin ,

Cola ,  Bar ,  Loto , Onesime ,  Osite , . Eusebia ,  Modeste,

. Virginin , . Adace , Agno, & Alcide ,  to name a very few.

Answer 4

French, maybe?