Manigault (variant spelling Manigaud, Manigaut, etc.) is a surname of French origin that derives from West Germanic Managwald (manig "many, much" + wald, walt "power"). It meant "laborer" in Old French too.Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse, 1980, p. 412a It is similar to the German surname Manigold / Mangold. Notable people with the surname include:
People Arthur Middleton Manigault (1824-1886), Confederate General of the American Civil War Earl Manigault (1944–1998), American basketball player Edward Middleton Manigault (1887–1922), American Modernist painter Elizabeth Wragg Manigault (1736–1773), socialite and wife of Peter Manigault Gabriel Manigault (1758–1809), U.S. architect Gabriel Manigault (merchant) (1704–1781), U.S. merchant Mary Jane Manigault (1913–2010) Omarosa Manigault (born 1974), U.S. TV personality Peter Manigault (1731–1773), Charleston, South Carolina attorney, plantation owner, and colonial legislator Charles Manigault Morris (1820–1895), naval officer in C.S.A. and U.S.A. services
Characters Aaron Manigault, and Devar Manigault, fictional characters from the U.S. TV series The Wire
See also Joseph Manigault House, in Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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