Dupuy (surname)


Dupuy, also spelt DuPuy, DePuy or De Puy, 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. In Aquitaine and in the south of France, it is more generally a frenchification of its original Occitan forms such as Delpech, Delpuech and half frenchified forms Dupech, Dupuch, Dupey. They all share the same meaning and etymology. The surname Dupuis / Du Puis is seemingly unrelated; it is widespread in northern France and means "of the well".

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