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The Giroud surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 131 people carried this name — #121,780 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Giroud surname

A surname, Giroud, equivalent to English Gerald.

A by-form of Giraud in Rhône-Alpes, from Frankish.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Giroud» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,604 people named Giroud.

76 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 68 départements, most often Isère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 76
Isère 885
Rhône 511
Ain 272
Loire 239
Paris 102
Drôme 69
Savoie 63
Haute-Savoie 47

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

985 people named Giroud live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Valais 400
Vaud 196
Fribourg 145
Geneva 62
Neuchâtel 55
Bern 41
Zurich 19
Jura 17

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 77 people named Giroud live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Tucumán.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Tucumán 41
Santa Fe 20
Buenos Aires Province 16

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Giroud,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Casimir Giroud
    Casimir Giroud 1811–1896 · politician
  • Louis Giroud d. 1945
  • André Giroud de Villette 1752–1787 · balloonist
  • Pierre Giroud 1755–1841
  • Henri Emile Giroud 1825–1892 · artist
  • Jean-Etienne Giroud 1833– · architect

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Giroud.

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