The tallant Surname
tallant Name Meaning and History
- English (of Norman origin): occupational name for a tailor or nickname for a good swordsman, from taillant ‘cutting’, present participle of Old French tailler ‘to cut’ (Late Latin taliare, from talea ‘(plant) cutting’).
- English: variant spelling of Tallent.
- Irish: of English origin, recorded in Ireland from the 16th century; also a variant form of Tallon.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Mozelle Scott Tallant or Robert Tallant Sr. | Janice | 9 |
| Tallant families in Lafayette Pontotoc Co. MS |
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| TALLANT Robert R and Mittie L |
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| Richard Tallant | Richard Hankins | 12 |
| richard tallant |
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| TALLANT Mamie R 1916-1944 |
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| TALLANT Ruth C 1925- |
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| tallant family origin | karen Fraietta | 10 |
| TALLANT Ernest and Pearline |
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| Thomas Asberry Tallant md Lettita Manus in TN |
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