Daigle Family History
Daigle Name Meaning
Altered form of French Daigre . Compare Deagle . French: habitational name with fused preposition d(e) ‘from’ for someone from L'Aigle in Orne. Altered form of an unidentified German surname most probably Deim or Deym which are related to Daum . The surname Deim is more common in Austria than in Germany while the surname Deym is very rare in both Germany and Austria. At least in some cases also an altered form of South German Daigl or Daigel: metonymic occupational name for a baker from Middle High German teic taig ‘dough’. The surnames Daigl and Daigel are very rare in Germany.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022