Dupuy (surname)

Dupuy, also spelt DuPuy, DePuy or De Puy (American 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]

Dupuy

• Albert Dupuy (born 1947), French civil servant
• 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
• Jean Dupuy (disambiguation), various persons
• 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
• Richard Ernest Dupuy (1887–1975), American, journalist, army officer and military historian
• Roger Dupuy (1934–2025), French historian and academic
• Tina Dupuy, American syndicated political columnist, humorist and writer
• Trevor N. Dupuy (1916–1995), American military historian

Du Puy

• Édouard Du Puy (1770–1822), Principality of Neuchâtel-born singer, composer, director, and violinist
• Gérard du Puy (died 1389), French Roman Catholic cardinal
• Géraud du Puy (died 1420), French Roman Catholic bishop, politician and diplomat
• Imbert du Puy (died 1348), French cardinal, nephew of Pope John XXII
• Raymond du Puy (c. 1083–1160), Holy Roman Empire knight and second grand master of the Knights Hospitaller
• Raphael du Puy (1009–1062), Grand Chamberlain to Emperor Conrad II

De Puy or DePuy

• Charles H. De Puy (1842–1935), American Civil War soldier awarded the Medal of Honor
• Charles H. DePuy (chemist) (1927–2013), American chemist
• Duarte de Puy (c. 1125–11?), Portuguese nobleman and ambassador of Pope Clement II
• Frank A. De Puy (1854-1927), American journalist and editor for The New York Times
• Jason De Puy (born 1990), stage name Salina EsTitties, American drag queen
• Revra DePuy (1860–1921), American inventor and company founder
• William E. DePuy (1919–1992), American general

See also

• María del Puy, stage name of Spanish actress María del Puy Alonso González (1941–2015)
• Dupuy (disambiguation)

References

1. Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 224b-225a
2. 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.
3. 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.