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
- Eliza Ann Dupuy (ca. 1814 – 1880), American author
- 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
References
- 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.
- 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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