Guesdon
The name itself is from the Brittany area in France and means "keeper of the elder trees", from the Breton. Also "Green Earth Mother Goddess" from "guer" (green) and "don" (Mother Earth, Goddess) from Brythonic. There is also a relationship to the German Guerdon (gûrdn, n., a reward; recompense. tr.v. guer·doned, guer·don·ing, guer·dons To reward. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin widerdonum, alteration (influenced by Latin donum, gift) of Old High German widarln : widar, back, against; see wi- in Indo-European roots + ln, reward; see lau- in Indo-European roots.])
Guesdon is a surname, and may refer to:
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Engraving by Alfred Guesdon
- Alfred Guesdon (1808–1876), lithographer, architect
- André Guesdon (1948–2020), French football defender
- Frédéric Guesdon (born 1971), French cyclist
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