pFound primarily in France, New France (French-Canada, Louisiana, etc.), and Scotland, strongdit names/strong are essentially an alias tacked on to a family name or surname. emDit/em in French is a form of the word emdire/em, which means to say, and in the case of dit names is translated loosely as that is to say, or called. Therefore, the first name is the family's original surname, passed down to them by an ancestor, while the dit name is the name the person/family is actually called or known as. Dit names are used by families, not specific individuals, and are usually passed down to future generations, either in place of the orginal surname, or in addition to it./p...pa href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://genealogy.about.com/b/2010/07/08/understanding-dit-names.htmRead Full Post/a/p
