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Petit Surname Origin
(Origin French) Old French or Catalan petit - small, hence a nickname for a small person.
Petit Surname Meaning and Family Facts
Petit Last Name Meaning
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A Petit Family History Thought:
'If you would not be forgotten,
As soon as you are dead and rotten,
Either write things worthy of reading,
Or do things worthy of writing.' --Benjamin Franklin, May 1738