Dupuy, also spelt DuPuy (US spelling), and in its old form du Puy is originally a French surname centered in Aquitaine, dating back to medieval times. Translated, the name means "of a puy", puy being a "height" in Old French.[1][2] In Aquitaine and in the south of France, it is more generally a frenchification of its original Occitan forms such as Delpech, Delpuech[1][3] and half frenchified forms (article) Dupech, Dupuch, Dupey. They all share the same meaning and etymology.[1] The surname Dupuis / Du Puis is seemingly unrelated; it is widespread in northern France and means "of the well".[1]
People named du Puy or Dupuy
edit- Albert Dupuy (born 1947), French civil servant
- Alleman du Puy de Montbrun (born 1132), Chevalier, Lord of Perins
- Bob DuPuy (born c. 1947), President and Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball
- Charles Dupuy (1851–1923), French statesman and three time Prime Minister of France
- Charlotte Dupuy (c. 1788–1866), African American enslaved by Henry Clay
- Claude Dupuy (bishop) (1901–1989), Archbishop of Albi
- Claude Dupuy (jurist) (1545–1594), Parisian jurist, humanist and bibliophile
- Claude-Thomas Dupuy (1678–1738), Intendant of New France from 1726 to 1728
- Dessi Dupuy (born 1993), Bulgarian footballer
- Dominique Dupuy (biologist) (1812–1885), French zoologist and botanist
- Dominique Dupuy (born 1957), French race driver
- Eliza Ann Dupuy (ca. 1814–1880), American author
- Gérard du Puy (died 1389), French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Hughes du Puy, Knight of Dauphiny
- Imbert du Puy (died 1348), French Cardinal, nephew of Pope John XXII
- Jean Dupuy (disambiguation), various persons
- Jean Baptiste Édouard Du Puy (1770–1822), Swiss-born singer, composer, director and violinist
- Jean-Pierre Dupuy (born 1941), professor of social and political philosophy
- Kléber Dupuy (1892–1966), French army officer
- Michel Dupuy (1930–2023), Canadian diplomat, journalist, academic and politician from Quebec
- Paul Dupuy (1856–1948), history lecturer at the Ecole Normale
- Philippe Dupuy of Dupuy and Berberian, French cartoonist and co-creator of Monsieur Jean
- Pierre Dupuy (scholar) (1582–1651), French scholar
- Raymond du Puy de Provence (1083–1160), French knight (Chevalier) and second Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
- Raphael du Puy (1009–1062), Grand Chamberlain to Emperor Konrad II
- Richard Ernest Dupuy (1887-1975), American, journalist, army officer and military historian
- Tina Dupuy, American syndicated political columnist, humorist and writer
- Trevor N. Dupuy (1916–1995), American military historian
- William E. DePuy (1919–1992), American general
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 224b-225a
- ^ Harrison, Henry (1918). "Etymological Appendix of the Principal Foreign Names: 'Dupuy/Du Puy'". Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. Vol. 2. London: The Morland Press. p. 321. hdl:2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t5h99qd4b.
- ^ Harrison, Henry (1918). "Peach/Peache". Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. Vol. 2. London: The Morland Press. p. 64. hdl:2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t5h99qd4b.
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