Dupuy (surname)

Dupuy, also spelt DuPuy, and in its noble form du Puy (variant: du Puis) is a Francophone surname rich in history and peerage, dating back to medieval times. Translated, the name means "of Puy", Puy being a commune in the Haute-Loire, Auvergne region of France. Means "Of the Height" (Southern French: Puy, "a height"; Latin: "podium, a balcony, elevated platform").[1] Puech, Pech[2], Puy, Puig (and its derivatives), Delpech[2], and Delpuech have the same meaning.

People named du Puy or Dupuy
  • Albert Dupuy (born February 1, 1947 in Alicante, Spain), French civil servant
  • Alleman du Puy de Montbrun (born 1132), Chevalier, Lord of Perins
  • Bob DuPuy, President and Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball
  • Charles Dupuy (5 November 1851 – 23 July 1923), French statesman and three time Prime Minister of France
  • Charlotte Dupuy, 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
  • Dominique Dupuy (biologist) (1812–1885), French zoologist and botanist
  • Dominique Dupuy (1957), race driver
  • Gérard du Puy (died February 14, 1389), French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Henri Dupuy de Lôme (15 October 1816 – 1 February 1885), French naval architect
  • Hughes du Puy, Knight of DAUPHINY
  • Imbert du Puy (died 26 May 1348), French Cardinal, nephew of Pope John XXII
  • Jean Dupuy (disambiguation), various persons
  • Jean Baptiste Édouard Du Puy (1770 – April 3, 1822), Swiss-born singer, composer, director and violinist
  • Jean-Pierre Dupuy, professor of social and political philosophy
  • Michel Dupuy, Canadian diplomat, journalist, academic and politician from Quebec
  • Paul Dupuy, 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), a 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, American military historian
  • William E. DePuy, (1919-1992) American general

See also
  • Dupuy (disambiguation)

References
  1. Harrison, Henry (1918). "Etymological Appendix of the Principal Foreign Names: 'Dupuy/Du Puy'". Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. Volume 2. London: The Morland Press. p. 321.
  2. Harrison, Henry (1918). "Peach/Peache". Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. Volume 2. London: The Morland Press. p. 64.
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