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Ducasse French
French: topographic name for someone who lived by an oak tree, from Old French casse ‘oak (tree)’ (Late Latin cassanos, a word of Celtic origin), with the fused preposition and article du ‘from the’... [more]

Ducharme French (Quebec)

Duchemin French
Either a topographic name with fused preposition and definite article du "from the" for someone who lived beside a path from chemin "path way" (from Late Latin caminus a word of Gaulish origin); or a habitational name for someone from Le Chemin the name of several places in various parts of France.

Duchêne French
Means "from the oak (tree)" in French, used to denote a person who lived near an oak tree or an oak forest.

Ducheneaux French

Duchesne French
Variant of Duchêne.

Duclos French
du 'from the' from Old French clos 'enclosure' (see Clos ) or a habitational name for someone from Le Clos the name of several places in various parts of France so it means "from the enclosure"

Duclot French

Dudoussat French (Rare)

Duez French, Walloon

Dufau French
The name DUFAU come from two French words DU which means « of the » and FAU which is old French for a beech tree. Surnames in France were given later so the person with this name meant he/she had a beech tree in his property... [more]

Dufault French
Alternate spelling of Dufau, meaning "of the beech tree."

Dufaure French

Dufrene French
Variant of Dufresne.

Dufresne French
Topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash tree from Old French fraisne fresne "ash" from Latin fraxinus "ash".

Duhamel French
Topographic name for someone who lived in a hamlet, from Old French hamel, a diminutive of ham "homestead", with fused preposition and definite article du.

Dujardin French
Means "from the garden" in French.

Dulin French
The surname Dulin is most common in France and is an occupational name meaning "from flax". Pronounced "du LIN" in English; however, in French it is pronounced "du LON". Anglicized in some cases as Duling, Dowling, or Dulong (a more common French surname brought to England, Ireland and Scotland from French Normans and later Huguenots).

Dumoulin French, Walloon
Variant with fused preposition and definite article du "from the" of Moulin meaning "from the mill" and This surname is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium and in the Netherlands.

Dupain French
Means "of the bread" in French, probably used as an occupational name for a baker.

Duparc French

DuPaul French
From the given name Paul.

Dupin French
Means "of the pine tree" in French, referring to a person who lived near a pine tree or was from any of various locations named Le Pin.

Duplain French
topographic name from Old French plain an adjective meaning "flat" and a noun meaning "plain" with fused preposition and definite article du "from the".

Duplaix French

du Plessis Afrikaans, French Creole, French (Cajun), French (Huguenot)
French topographic name for someone who lived by a quickset fence, Old French pleis (from Latin plexum past participle of plectere ‘plait’, ‘weave’), with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’... [more]

Duplessis French

Dupouy French
Variant of Dupuy.

Dupré French
Means "of the meadow" in French.

Duquesne French

Duquette French (Quebec)

Duranceau French
Derived from Durand or its variants, Duran or Durant.

Durbin French
Derived from the place called D'urban or D'urbin in Languedoc

Duret French
Derived from French dur meaning "hard, tough".

Durieux French
Derived from Old French riu meaning "river, stream", originally used to indicate someone who lived by a stream.

Durousseau French (?)

Durquetty French

Dushane American, French (Anglicized)
Anglicized variant of Duchesne.

Dutertre French
Means "of the hillock, of the mound" in French.

Dutfoy French

Duthier French

Dutroux French, Belgian
Last name of Marc Dutroux, Belgian serial killer and child molester.

Duvall French
Variant spelling of Duval.

Duvernay French
Means "from the alder grove," from Gaulish vern meaning "alder" combined with Latin -etum, whence Modern French -aie, forming names of orchards or places where trees/plants are grown)... [more]

Duvillard French
French surname, pronounced /dyvilaʁ/, whose bearers mainly live in Haute-Savoie. It means "from Le Villard", a village in the Rhône-Alpes region, whose name comes from the Latin 'villare' which means 'hamlet'... [more]

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