This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Piatt, Boldman, Gilkerson, Atkins, Watts, James, Cochran, Holt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Z.2ACBAEB/232 Message Board Post: Growing up I had always beleived that the Piatt name was French...as I also beleive that many of you do as well. When I was beginning my genealogy search I came accros a name origin website (I have no clue what it was). It noted that the Piatt name was either English or Italian. This was news to me. Is there anyone on the list that has anything to back this up? I'm wondering if there is any truth to the Piatt name being Italian. If I didn't know better I would think it were true for my family (at least based on looks). Thanks, Amanda Cincinnati, OH