The modeste Surname
modeste Name Meaning and History
French: from the personal name Modeste, a vernacular form of
Latin Modestus, from the adjective modestus ‘reserved’,
‘gentle’, ‘virtuous’. Compare Italian Modesto.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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