Bigot is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, France, England. It is 5 characters long in length.
A variant form of Bigod. "When Rollo had Normandy made over to him by Carolus Stultus, with his daughter Gisla, he would not submit to kiss Charles's foot. And when his friends urged him by all means to kiss the king's foot, in gratitude for so great a favour, he made answer in the English tongue, Ne se by God; that is, Not so by God. Upon which the king and his courtiers deriding him, and corruptly repeating his answer, called him Bigod; from whence the Normans are to this day termed BIGODI." It was said of that people that at every other word they would swear "By God," and thus Bigod, (whence our word bigot,) became synonymous with Norman. The equivalent French oath 'Par Dieu,' has in like manner become an English surname.
Why one particular baronial family of Normandy should have assumed a name attributed to Normans in general is not very obvious. That the name was understood to be derived from the source indicated above, even long after the Conquest appears from a speech made by Ralph, Earl of Chester, an opponent of King Stephen before the great battle of 1141, "Next comes", says he, "Hugh By-God, his name merely sounding his perjury, who thought it not sufficient to break his oath with the Empress (Maud), but that he must be once again foresworn, as all the world doth know that Henry at his death bequested the crown to Stephen, to the prejudice of his daughter;-a man, in a word, who acconts treachery a virtue, and prejury a courtly qaulity," Speed's Chronicle.
The Visigoth.
The is the variant of Bigott. Nickname given to one by reason of the excessive use of the oath, "by God"; a hypercritical or intolerant person.
Nickname given to one by reason of the excessive use of the oath, "by God"; a hypercritical or intolerant person.
Bigot is variation of Bigod. The Visigoth.
How popular is Bigot?
Bigot is common in France, Haiti, Philippines, Argentina, United States, Ivory Coast, Belgium, Italy.
Bigot is ranked 24140 on our list.
As per 2010 US census, number of Bigots grew by 16.25 per cent to 186 since 2000 and ranked 97671 after elevating 6035 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
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White | 55.91 | 77.5 |
Black | 34.41 | 18.75 |
Others | 6.99 | 0 |
Immigrants to US
From Germany
Farmer Elisa Bigot from France aboard the Elisabeth from Havre. She is registered to be 25 years old when she arrived in New York on January 9, 1850. Joseph Bigot (28) Farmer, Marie Bigot, 59 years old Adelaide Bigot, Farmer Clemence Bigot, 32 years old Julien Bigot, Michael Bigot, aged 28, Edouard Bigot, aged 25, Victorine Bigot (27), and 12 other Bigot around 36.36% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer migrated to US from Havre, Bremen, Brest & Havre and Havre & London.
Bigot Namesakes
- Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot, French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera
- Paul Bigot, French architect
- Marie Bigot, French piano teacher whose full name was Marie Kiéné Bigot de Morogues
- François Bigot, French government official
- Eugène Bigot, French composer and conductor
- Georges Ferdinand Bigot, French cartoonist, illustrator and artist
Bigot Namesakes
- Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot, French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera
- Paul Bigot, French architect
- Marie Bigot, French piano teacher whose full name was Marie Kiéné Bigot de Morogues
- François Bigot, French government official
- Eugène Bigot, French composer and conductor
- Georges Ferdinand Bigot, French cartoonist, illustrator and artist