Is there anyone on the list who might direct me in learning the origin of the name FOGO / FOGGO. I have two versions which need verifying or rejecting, as the case may be! 1.That the name comes from a village/town /parish called FOGO in Northumberland, its meaning being muddy hollow or mired hole – referring to the low lying damp area of the place. I don’t know whether in fact any FOGO / FOGGO families live there. 2.That the name was originally French and spelt FOGEAU, the family coming from France to the UK pre Reformation. They changed their name to an anglicised form of FOGO. Later when it was more expedient to appear protestant, they changed the spelling to FOGGO. The theory is that thereafter, those who were FOGO were Catholic and those who were FOGGO were protestant. Sounds nice and romantic- and this version gets more so, but I’ll spare you all that. There is an island which is part of the Cape Verde islands off the northwest coast of Africa called FOGO and another island off Newfoundland Canada also called FOGO. I had no reply from a letter I sent to Cape Verde and the Canadian contact said there was nothing on the island except a Camp Holiday hut and they didn’t know why the place was called FOGO. So I have tried. Guidance please, Patricia Taylor.