This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chaudoin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jUI.2ACEB/94 Message Board Post: CHAUDOIN http://www.geneanet.org/onomastique/ The name originated in the Rhone delta, where it is existed as of the 15th century. Perhaps the Germanic name Waldwin, become Galduin, which could be transformed locally into Calduin then Chaudoin (see Gaudoin). Other websites for searching: http://www.geopatronyme.com/ http://www.genealogy.tm.fr/acte.htm