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from Paris might receive the dit name Parisien, and a person who worked as a blacksmith might receive the dit name Lefebvre. Sometimes, the name could be ironic. A large person could be "Tiny" or Petit. The custom originated in the military, where those with the same name adopted noms de guerre to distinguish themselves. Children often adopted the dit name, sometimes dropping the original family name. Sometimes some of the children chose to take only the family name and others

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